EBP FORUM
April 9th, 2013
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Overview
Joe Arvidson & Dennis Stapf –Training Unit 20 min
Supervisor and Pilot Participants
Rhonda Rhoades Supervisor Adult Division
Kathy Wigstrom Probation Officer/Adult Div
Joe Fiebiger Probation Officer /Adult Div
 “An
integrated set of EBP skills
that an agency believes will
result in public safety
outcomes if they are
supported by the agency and
followed with fidelity by its
officers.”
Risk
Reduction
Risk
Management
◦ Justice Systems Assessment and Training
(JSAT) partnered with Ramsey County
Community Corrections to create a new
practice model of supervision.
◦ Examined previous Practice Models such as:
 Effective Practices in Correctional Settings
 Integrated Behavioral Intervention Strategies
 Strategic Training Initiative in Community
Supervision
 Implementation
Team
◦ Made up of cross section from
the department
◦ Arrived at 33 elements to the
model
◦ Supervisors and Senior Management
undergo 3 day training on the Practice
Model, with a focus on adaptive
leadership
◦ 30 line staff/pilot participants attend 3
day training including
 Practice Model elements
 Immunity to Change
 Building Block Process
August 2012
Elements in the
Original Starting
Method
Elements that
appear to be
working
Elements that don’t
appear to be
working
‘Hits’
‘Misses’
Elements Not in the
Original Starting
Method
‘Finds’
‘Roadblocks’
(Vogelvang, 2009)
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Established Communities of Practice (CoP)
◦ Based on building blocks process --hit,
miss, find, roadblocks
◦ Staff CoP - cross unit /vetted elements
◦ Supervisor CoP -focused on roadblocks
and hurdles staff experienced with
implementation.
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Individual agent/client observations
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Huddles-unit based
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Develop criteria for “green lighting” of
participants
◦ Criteria for focus elements and motivational
interviewing
FOCUS ELEMENTS
MI
Role Clarification
Social Support
Spirit = 4.0
Homework Review
Goal Setting
2 of the following 5 Criteria
Relapse Prevention
Context
Consecutive question string no
more than 3
Physical Safety and
Stability Screening
Explain/Describe
Skill
Open Question % at 60 % or
greater
Assessing Motivation Modeling of Skill
and Responsivity
Reflection:Question Ratio greater
than 1
Actuarial Risk and
Needs
Practice Skill with
Feedback
Skill Balance of .55 or greater
Rules and Schemas
Homework
Assignment
Measure of agent’s ability to elicit
change talk from client
◦ Rubric Development
 Focus on integration
 MI as navigation tool
 Elements are not stand alone and
should bleed into each other
 Client context must drive use
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Research Phase Begins April 1, 2013.
◦ Short Term = Tracking new cases of “greenlit”
staff for recidivism
◦ Long Term = measuring desistance through
client surveys
 Human Capital + Social Capital= Desistance.
 Desistance is gained by regarding people for
what they could become, rather than
containing them for what they have done.
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Continuing Staff/Supervisor Development
and support
◦ Coaching of “non-greenlit” staff
◦ CoP’s to include enrichment components
◦ Huddles
◦ Coaching for “greenlit” staff
◦ Assessment --through coding of taped
agent/client meetings followed by
performance feedback/coaching
 DEPARTMENT
ROLL OUT