The responsivity principle suggests that an individuals’ characteristics affect how they respond to treatment and interventions. Characteristics such as learning style, personality, culture, gender, education level, etc. should play an important part in choosing which services and interventions a justice-involved individual is assigned to. In this era where practitioners are encouraged to incorporate strategies and practices that are “evidence-based,” we should be cautious not to discount indigenous, tribal or culture-based interventions that could work more effectively with AI/AN populations, even though they have not been evaluated and labeled as “evidence-based.”
Following this webinar, participants will be able to:
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Summarize what the research literature says we should be doing with American Indian/Alaska Native individuals on community supervision caseloads;
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Describe a new standard of measuring the effectiveness of programs (deemed “Practice-Based Evidence”);
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Explain the results of a survey regarding general and specific responsivity factors identified by PPOs as unique to American Indian/Alaska Native individuals on community supervision;
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Provide recommendations for administrators, policy makers, and practitioners to ensure responsivity factors unique to American Indian/Alaska Natives are incorporated into supervision plans to improve their outcomes.
Faculty:
Ada Pecos Melton
President
American Indian Development Associates, LLC
Brian Colgan
Supervisory USPO
Phoenix Field Division
Adrienne Lindsey, MA, DBH
Research Specialist Senior
Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy
Arizona State University
Kimberly Cobb
Project Director
American Probation & Parole Association