2019 ACA Boston Program Book_149th Congress of Correction

maximize your team’s performance, improve your resiliency for sustained operations and facilitate your freedom to think and act in ever-changing situations. The adaptive challenges you face in an emergency require more than a standard procedural solution. Empowering your team to adapt to an ever-changing situation can enhance your effectiveness and improve your influence. An adaptive leadership style that shares the pressure and gives your team ownership of the challenge can produce enduring change you may have never experienced. Objectives: Implement an adaptive leadership style; maximize the performance of your team; and sustain your freedom of thought and action in an emergency. Moderator: David Yebra, Training and Leader Development Division Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Huntsville, Texas Speaker: David Yebra, Training and Leader Development Division Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Huntsville, Texas

collaboration; identify common goals/theories associated with victim/survivor and offender participation; and discuss VOD nationally, in violent crimes and participant completion/ satisfaction rates. Moderator: Daniel L. Torrez, Victim Offender Dialogue Coordinator, Office of Victim Services, Arizona Department of Corrections, Phoenix, Arizona Speakers: Hope L. Ping, Arizona Department of Corrections, Florence, Arizona; Daniel L. Torrez, Victim Offender Dialogue Coordinator, Office of Victim Services, Arizona Department of Corrections, Phoenix, Arizona

Workshops Saturday, Aug. 3 t 8:30–10 a.m.

A-1H Putting Citizens Behind Bars: Effective Community Involvement in Volunteer and Religious Services Room 206 This presentation will review the benefit of using volunteers and community partners in correctional environments, outline how to increase volunteer and community participation and discuss best practices in training and utilizing these valuable and underused resources. The conclusion demonstrates how volunteer and religious services benefit from all involved and model individual and collective well-being within a secure environment.

A-1G Corrections-Based Victim Offender Dialogue: A Victim-Centered Restorative Justice Practice Room 203 Victim Offender Dialogue (VOD) has been available for over 25 years to assist victims/survivors of violent crime. It is an opportunity for

victims/survivors to meet face-to-face with an offender in a safe and secure environment with the assistance of a trained facilitator. VOD is strictly victim-initiated, victim-centered and victim-driven while being offender-sensitive. We will review the history and development of VOD programs and the current landscape of this restorative justice practice. We will explore the need for prison/security operations, mental health and victim services staff cooperation to ensure a positive experience for all participants. We will discuss the importance of staff, victim service provider and community partner training on VOD programs. Objectives: Describe corrections-based VOD goals, principles and the need for

Objectives: Gain an increased appreciation for the effectiveness and efficiency of using volunteers; learn effective approaches for increasing community and volunteer participation; and learn proven practices for training and integrating volunteers. Moderator: Tolai Pei, Lieutenant, Utah Department of Corrections, Draper, Utah Speakers: Jared Anderson, Utah Department of Corrections, Draper, Utah; Tolai Pei, Lieutenant, Utah Department of Corrections, Draper, Utah; Kelly Perri, Administrative Secretary, Utah Department of Corrections, Draper, Utah

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