Successfully Implementing Risk-Need-Responsivity Principles in Your Treatment Program

CE Credits: 1.5 Credits
Length: 1.5 Hours
Level: Introductory
CE Eligibility: APA, ASWB ACE, ANCC, NAADAC, CPA
Training Style: Video
Category: GIFR Membership Exclusive
Intended Audience: Mental Health, Correctional, and Legal Professionals

Training Description

The goal of this training is to guide participants on the application of the RNR model and to offer practical tools to effectively implement this empirically-supported model. The RNR principles are evidence-based and endorsed by many correctional organizations across North America and other parts of the world. The focus will be on the practical needs of the clinicians, program developers, clinical administrators and other professionals who would be implementing these principles at a grassroots level. After summarizing the history of RNR and the science behind it, I will discuss ways to translate RNR principles into practice with sexual offenders; describe what that looks like; and examine the potential challenges of implementation. Although the primary stakeholders targeted by this webinar are clinicians, program developers, and clinical administrators, much of the application is also relevant to probation, parole, policy makers, and other criminal justice system stakeholders.

Trainer Biographies

Sandy Jung, Ph.D., R.Psych., is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology of MacEwan University. Dr. Jung joined MacEwan in 2007. She regularly teaches abnormal psychology, forensic psychology, and senior courses in clinical and forensic psychology topics. She actively provides supervision of honours and advanced research students at MacEwan. She maintains an active research program and has numerous peer-reviewed publications in the field of forensic psychology. Her research focuses on the prevention of sexual, intimate partner, and general violence. She often co-authors papers with her students and collaborators from forensic mental health, law enforcement, and other academic institutions and she is the author of RNR Principles in Practice In the Management and Treatment of Sexual Abusers, published by Safer Society Press (2017).

Learning Objectives

This training is designed to help you:

Understand what RNR is and why it is not a treatment approach
Realize the importance of basing a treatment program, regardless of the chosen treatment approach, on a solid foundation of RNR Principles
Learn strategies for training resistant staff members and motivating them to adhere to RNR Principles

¹ Sponsorship: Multi-Health Systems, Inc. (MHS, Inc.) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. MHS maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts Continuing Education Credit sponsored by the American Psychological Association. The Global Institute of Forensic Research, provider #1371, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Global Institute of Forensic Research maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 6/8/2022-6/8/2025. Social Workers completing this course receive continuing education credits. Multi-Health Systems, Inc. (MHS, Inc.) is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. MHS maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Multi-Health Systems, Inc. (MHS, Inc.) has been approved by NAADAC as an approved Continuing Education, Provider No. 144308. Programs that do not qualify for NAADAC credit are clearly identified. MHS maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The Global Institute of Forensic Research (GIFR) has been approved by NBCC as an approved Continuing Education provider. ACEP No.6711. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. GIFR is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Global Institute of Forensic Research (GIFR) is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0337. Multi-Health Systems, Inc. (MHS, Inc.) is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0036.

² Refund/Cancellation Policy: If you wish to request a refund on account of technical difficulties, please contact [email protected].

³ Commercial Supports: Multi-Health Systems, Inc. (MHS, Inc.) reports no conflicts of interest in the development and sponsorship of this training. MHS receives no commercial support for its Continuing Education programs or from its presenters.

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