The National Institute of Corrections, in collaboration with Justice System Partners, developed a series of short how-to microskill videos and an accompanying guidebook for community supervision agencies to use as an educational training resource. There has been a reframing of the officer’s role and a setting aside of the dichotomy between law enforcement-like duties and social worker-like practices. The use of risk, need, and responsivity principles and evidence-based practice strategies are grounded in the ability of the officer to connect skills to the person under supervision. Too often, we are trained in these skills in a vacuum, learning the skill but not setting up the situation for the greatest likelihood of the person adopting the skills. This session will discuss how the microskill videos and guidebook are designed to help officers incorporate and increase their use of EBP strategies and practices into everyday activities.
Presenters
Katie Green
National Programs Advisor, National Institute of Corrections
Katie Green is a National Programs Advisor with the National Institute of Corrections (NIC), overseeing and actively participating in the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of resources to enhance the competencies of criminal justice practitioners. Prior to joining NIC 12 years ago, Ms. Green was the director of community criminal justice agencies in Williamsburg and Portsmouth, Virginia. She also served as an implementation team member in the Commonwealth of Virginia leading organizational change efforts, improving pretrial and community corrections services and programming with the implementation of evidence-based practices. Included in her portfolio with NIC, Ms. Green manages resource development for community supervision organizations, including leadership training as well as organizational technical assistance and training to help organizations reengineer and create effective organizations that support behavior change for persons under community supervision. Ms. Green also oversees training and technical assistance projects to advance the work of community supervision organizations. Currently she is managing the implementation of the Community Supervision Leadership Learning Lab and Facilitating Behavior Change trainings.
Kevin Kuehmeier
Senior Associate, Justice System Partners
Kevin Kuehmeier is a senior associate at Justice System Partners. He currently works at assisting criminal and juvenile legal systems and community partners with transforming their systems. Mr. Kuehmeier provides technical assistance to several jurisdictions involved in the Safety and Justice Challenge through the MacArthur Foundation to safely reduce jail populations, eliminate ineffective and unfair practices, and reduce racial disparities. He provides pretrial assessment training and implementation assistance, strategic planning assistance, and is working with the National Institute of Corrections, assisting with leadership development and training, organizational coaching assessment assistance in several jurisdictions, and development of resource videos for community supervision professionals.
Mr. Kuehmeier has 25 years of experience working for the U.S. Courts - Federal Probation and Pretrial Services. He has 12 years of experience working as an administrator with the U.S. Courts providing national organizational assessment, technical assistance, and recommendations regarding policy and procedure improvements. He was at the forefront of policy development and national training and implementation regarding evidence-based practices, assessments for pretrial and probation, supervision of those on pretrial and post-conviction, treatment services, and core correctional practices. He received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in criminal justice from Buffalo State University.
