Recent Activities, New Products, New Programs

All current CRPD projects are funded by OJJDP grant # 2005-JK-FX-0299 through the National Juvenile Detention Association.

Upcoming Training Events - CRPD regularly presents training sessions around the country.

Desktop Guide to Juvenile Reentry for Juvenile confinement

CRPD was chosen by OJJDP to receive an extensive research and writing grant on best practices in reentry programming for juvenile facilities. The result of this 18 month project is The Desktop Guide to Reentry for Juvenile Confinement Facilities downloadable in .pdf format.

Juvenile Corrections Careworker Curriculum - CD only

CRPD gathered an outstanding team of experienced juvenile justice practitioners and training development experts to revise the popular Juvenile Corrections Curriculum. Modules include participant handouts, visual aids, and suggested activities to increase comprehension. Most topics can be presented in a 4-hour block. Trainers and administrators will find the guide to academy and on-the-job training useful in creating large-scale training programs. New modules cover anger management, professional ethics, appropriate personal boundaries, cultural sensitivity, supervision styles, increasing learning capability, youth group dynamics, and conflict resolution. Discounts are available for National Partnership of Juvenile Service members (NJDA, CEARDY, JJTA, NAJCA). Call NPJS #859.622.6259 to order. Cost: $199 - NPJS member, $249 for non-members.

Youth Workforce Development Training Curriculum - CD only

The mission of the Youth Workforce Development (YWD) curriculum is to train staff to create or to enhance existing programming to teach juveniles skills that facilitate law-abiding and successful lives. The YWD Curriculum provides 32 hours of training broken into 8 modules. The main references that have been used in an effort to develop this curriculum are PEPNet, which gives criteria for workforce programs, the National Institute of Corrections Offender Workforce Program, and Barriers and Promising Approaches, which outlines some of the best youth workforce development programs around the country. Discounts are available for National Partnership of Juvenile Service members (NJDA, CEARDY, JJTA, NAJCA). Call NPJS #859.622.6259 to order.

Preventing and Responding to Staff Sexual Misconduct Training Curriculum

The Curriculum will contain legal perspectives, investigation procedures, prevention through recruitment and training, effective policies and procedures, and staff/inmate dynamics. Sections of the Curriculum are based upon the National Institute of Corrections Training Curriculum for Investigating Allegations of Staff Sexual Misconduct with Inmates, a survey on the prevalence of sexual misconduct in detention facilities, and current research on sexual misconduct involving adults working with youth.