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Advancements in the Impaired Driving Assessment
SESSION INFO
Monday, January 6, 2020
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Session Type: Workshop
In 2013, with funding from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, APPA released the Impaired Driving Assessment (IDA) to the field. The IDA is a screening tool to identify risk and preliminary needs for individuals convicted of an impaired-driving offense and used primarily at the frontend part of the justice system. To date, APPA has trained hundreds of probation and court personnel on using the IDA. In addition, an online training course and a desktop software application are now publicly available. This presentation will involve a brief overview of the IDA, discuss practical ways to use the IDA, access to IDA materials and training options, and current research on the effectiveness of the tool.
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SESSION PRESENTERS
Nathan Lowe, PhD
Senior Research Associate, Child Welfare & Justice, American Probation and Parole Association
Nathan Lowe, Ph.D., is the Program Director of Grants and Research with the American Probation and Parole Association. In this role, he oversees the staff who work on the association’s various grant-funded projects involving the provision of training, technical assistance, and research/evaluation to the community supervision field. Nathan also manages and directly contributes to such projects, as well as coordinates the production of APPA’s journal Perspectives. As a former practitioner, Nathan’s areas of interest primarily concentrate on efforts to improve community supervision practices. Notably, he is co-author and manager of the Impaired Driving Assessment, a screening tool to identify risk and needs for individuals who are convicted of an impaired-driving offense. He has extensive experience in conducting research with populations involved with the justice system using mixed-mode methodologies and various statistical techniques. Nathan’s work has been published in a variety of formats, including scholarly peer-reviewed journals, professional journals, and technical reports. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Kentucky.
Mark Stodola
Probation Fellow, American Probation and Parole Association
As NHTSA’s Probation Fellow, Mark Stodola brings over 30 years of experience working in the field of court management and adult probation in Arizona. Mark worked at the Maricopa County Adult Probation Department for 18 years serving in a number of capacities including field supervisor and division director overseeing drug and alcohol treatment programs.
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