Last week, partners from California, New Mexico, and Oklahoma joined us for a three-day training event in New Yorkâand it was a fabulous success!
As part of an initiative funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, participants completed the train-the-trainer curriculum "Integrating a Strength-Based, Family-Focused Approach in Corrections." The team spent two days learning the material through an experiential model, then gave a lively presentation on the third day, showing a growing mastery of the content.
Front row, from left: Courtney Woodard, probation and parole team supervisor for the Oklahoma Department of Corrections; Rosalinda Rosalez from the California Division of Juvenile Justice; and Sarah Clawson, family services development coordinator and newsletter editor for the New Mexico Corrections Department. Back row, from left: Margaret diZerega of Family Justice; Amanda Stinson, female offenders compliance officer for NMCD; Shola Shopeyin, a unit manager with Oklahoma DOC; and me.
(Photo by Ryan Shanahan)
