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Tribal Opportunities for Training and Technical Assistance
At the National Criminal Justice Training Center, it’s our mission to equip you with the right training and tools to affect lasting and meaningful change in your community.
ABOUT OUR TRIBAL OPPORTUNITIES In this brochure, you will find a wide variety of courses for law enforcement, prosecutors, court system personnel, treatment providers, victim providers, educators, probation/parole officers, tribal leaders and tribal community members that can be requested or attended in person. For your convenience, we also offer On Demand online courses and recorded webinars, which can be found in our On Demand catalog at www.ncjtc.org.
WORKING WITH TRIBAL COMMUNITIES NCJTC, along with our network of associates and partners, have a broad understanding of the unique issues tribes face, as well as extensive experience working with stakeholders and victim service providers in tribal communities. We’ve helped more than 200 tribes nationally to strengthen tribal justice systems and promote collaboration. Our tribal programs staff, associates, and partners integrate culturally based strategies to provide customized training and technical assistance. NCJTC provides culturally relevant responses that address complex public safety threats, including: • Alcohol and substance abuse • Child abuse and neglect • Child sex trafficking • Community policing and prevention • Courts and community corrections • Endangered, missing, and abducted children • Leadership, management, and planning • Sex offender management • Technology facilitated crimes against children
ABOUT NCJTC At the National Criminal Justice Training Center, it’s our mission to equip criminal justice professionals with the right training and tools to affect lasting and meaningful change in their communities. Established more than twenty years ago, NCJTC has extensive experience managing complex national training and technical assistance projects that demand attention to detail, competency, diversity, flexibility, and innovation. Through federal grants and national contracts, we’ve had the great privilege to train hundreds of thousands of criminal justice professionals in every state and internationally. From On Demand training online to on-site training at select locations throughout the United States or at your own facility, we’re ready to serve you when it is convenient for you. Have a specialized need? We’ll develop customized training designed specifically for your organization and community.
• Technology investigations • Victims and at-risk populations
CONTACT US NCJTC is here and ready to listen. For more information or to schedule one of the training or technical assistance programs outlined here, contact us at (855) 866-2582, at info@ncjtc.org , or visit us at www.ncjtc.org.
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This publication is funded in part through grants from Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART), and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Neither the U.S. Department of Justice nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse, this publication.
ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
Drug Abuse and Recognition: A Systematic Approach to Drug Influence and Identification Review the 7-step approach to drug influence and identification which includes pulse, horizontal gaze nystagmus, vertical nystagmus, lack of convergence, pupillary comparison, pupil reaction and Romberg stand. Gain understanding in how the eyes react to drug influence and the effects on the central nervous system. Practice what you have learned using hands-on activities.
Child Abuse and Exploitation Investigations Gather up-to-date information for the investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases. Learn the importance of using a multi-disciplinary team approach when investigating and prosecuting child abuse, child sexual abuse, and exploitation cases. Identify the preferred methods for interviewing children and suspects, evidence collection, case management, and current legal issues.
Drug Awareness for the Community Gain awareness of current drug trends. Discuss how drug abuse affects our youth. Learn about marijuana abuse including synthetic THC, behaviors associated with abuse, and needed medical response to abuse. Drug Identification and Recognition to Support Tribal Justice Recognize drug influence through a systematic approach using the 7-step drug recognition process. Participate in hands-on activities to recognize signs and symptoms of stimulants, hallucinogens, opiates, marijuana, alcohol, depressants, inhalants, dissociative anesthetics, and various drug combinations. Examine current drug trends and the legal considerations related to drug investigations. Drug Interdiction Address issues commonly encountered by officers during criminal interdiction situations. Review the basic legal aspects concerning search and seizure, types of legal searches, including traffic stops and in-depth vehicle searches, and common concealment methods and detection practices. Learn about pre-search objectives, officer safety, and the common pitfalls associated with vehicle contraband searches. Recognize after-market hidden compartments, contraband concealed in container trucks, and electronically hidden compartments. Drug Trends Learn about current drug trends and related issues. Discuss specific drugs, how they are designed and why the design of the drugs is so popular. Examine the marijuana culture, the science behind the drug, and the challenges legalization has caused in some states. Explore the dangers of pharmaceuticals and heroin. Emerging Drug Trends Examine current drug trends and recognize drug culture identifiers. Explore best practices in implementing drug abuse prevention. Obtain the ‘Good Drugs Gone Bad Rx’ Abuse Prevention Train-the-Trainer Toolkit. Explore the dangers of pharmaceuticals and heroin.
Creating a Community Action Plan for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse Join other child-serving professionals to create a plan of action for preventing sexual abuse of youth in your care. Learn the signs and symptoms of child sexual abuse, mandated reporter and stakeholder responsibilities. Identify strengths and weaknesses of current prevention practices, and develop an action plan for your organization. Crimes Against Children in Indian Country Conference Discuss the unique and challenging threats that affect the physical and emotional development of Native American and Alaska Native youth. Explore effective strategies to strengthen relationships between various agencies, tribes and states and promote a multi-disciplinary, multi-jurisdictional approach to serving Native youth. Following the Evidence in Child Exploitation Cases Examine the need for evidence to corroborate a child’s statement when differed information is gathered from various multi-disciplinary team members. Learn how to evaluate evidentiary findings through crime scene images, interviews, and case studies. Learn how to work cooperatively with other disciplines for the benefit of child victims and the prosecution of offenders.
CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING Child Sex Trafficking in Indian Country Understand, recognize, and investigate child sex trafficking and exploitation cases in Indian Country. Focus on the survivor’s perspective and changing perceptions regarding trafficking victims. Learn the dynamics of trafficking and exploitation to improve skills related to interviewing the victim and interrogating the trafficker. Child Sex Trafficking: Law Enforcement Response Understand, recognize, and investigate cases involving child sex trafficking and exploitation. Learn the dynamics of trafficking and exploitation to improve skills related to interviewing the victim and interrogating the trafficker. Focus on the survivor’s perspective and changing perceptions regarding trafficking victims. Tribal Opportunities for Training and Technical Assistance | Page 2
Human Trafficking and Exploitation in Tribal Communities Explore the different types and dynamics of human trafficking in tribal communities. Recognize the importance of domestic trafficking of children in tribal communities and acquire responses to prevent, interdict, and prosecute those who would exploit our children.
The Role of Technology: Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation Examine case studies and discuss how technology is used to seduce, lure, and control child victims of prostitution/ trafficking. Develop investigative techniques to proactively identify and locate child victims of prostitution/ trafficking. Discuss investigation pitfalls and challenges.
Multi-Disciplinary Response to High-Risk Victims of Sex Trafficking Construct a multi-disciplinary response to high risk victim cases. Quantify the problem of sex trafficking locally, define the high risk victim and the correlation and commonalities between the chronic runaway, repeat victims of sexual abuse, and the child victimized through sex trafficking. Learn effective victim interview techniques and a 5-point strategy to combat the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC).
COMMUNITY POLICING AND PREVENTION
Multi-Disciplinary Team Response to Child Sex Trafficking Improve multi-disciplinary team responses to child sex trafficking (CST) cases. Gather information about establishing a formal MDT in your community. Identify gaps and develop short and long-term response plans with the help of subject matter experts. Recognition and Response to Child Sex Trafficking and Exploitation at Tribal Casinos Explore types of human trafficking and the importance of recognizing domestic trafficking of tribal children. Learn about the investigative challenges of trafficking cases, as well as the importance of the victim interview and placement. Those who work in management and security at tribal casinos/hotels/resorts are encouraged to attend.
Community Violence Solutions for Tribal Communities Examine community violence types, warning signs, and root causes. Develop a community threat assessment team and explore prevention resources. Examine how schools and youth provide a foundation for resilience, prevention, and violence reduction. Identify community, justice, culture-based solutions, and create an action plan tailored to your community violence prevention needs. Creating Safe and Secure Communities Discuss basic concepts and strategies of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design. Explore effective situational crime prevention strategies to enhance public safety. Conduct security assessments through practical field exercises. Examine lessons learned in active shooter events and various principals in effective active shooter and threat response. Critical Incident for K-12 Campus Safety in Tribal Communities Examine the most common failures in critical incident response and learn a proven methodology to quickly stabilize and organize these events. Explore a 4-step critical incident response plan that has been successfully implemented in hundreds of criminal, man-made, and natural disasters throughout the country. Discuss and develop a fundamental plan to successfully handle critical incidents on campus. Developing Community Communications to Protect Children Discover methods that tribal leaders, law enforcement, social services and others can use to reach youth in the community. Learn the latest technology, social networking and communications tools to prevent crimes against children, provide educational resources, report crime, locate and recover victims of exploitation and abductions. Enhancing Multi-Jurisdictional and Multi-Disciplinary Partnerships in Policing Examine best practices in establishing or enhancing multi-jurisdictional partnerships to combat public safety
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challenges and improve community quality of life. Discuss the benefits of sharing resources and services across jurisdictional boundaries. Review successful outcome examples resulting from Memoranda of Understanding or Memoranda of Agreement. Promoting Procedural Justice with Native American and Alaska Native Youth Discuss the cultural elements of effective procedural justice enhancement efforts. Explore root causes of delinquency and effective strategies to reduce disproportionate minority contact including diversion techniques, detention reduction, community based alternatives and positive youth interaction. Identify methods to implement a successful community youth forum for engaging the entire community in enhancing procedural justice. Regional Community Safety Summits Creating and maintaining safe communities requires collaboration to develop strategies that effectively address public safety concerns such as alcohol and substance abuse, child abuse, juvenile delinquency, domestic violence, crime and other threats. The Regional Community Safety Summits will discuss key public safety issues impacting tribal communities and how these concerns can be addressed through community policing, inter-agency collaboration, and multi-jurisdictional partnerships. Tribal Oriented Policing Strategies Training Explore strategies to enhance collaboration between law enforcement agencies and the community to reduce crime and improve community quality of life. Practice
working in organized problem solving teams to develop an action plan using community policing principles to address specific public safety threats in your community.
COURTS AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS
Advanced Interviewing and Case Management for High Risk Juveniles in Indian Country Examine victim, system, and societal perceptions which may pose barriers to a full and complete disclosure of abuse and exploitation. Learn interview models and uncover the circumstances where these models are most effective. Practice and apply interview and corroboration techniques by working through an interactive case study. American Indian Justice Conference Interact with tribes across the nation to learn strategies that enhance tribal justice systems and expand knowledge of court development, drug and alcohol abuse, probation and parole, reentry, SORNA implementation, and other topics. Engage in workshops to discover multi-jurisdictional approaches to develop justice programs. Court Safety and Security for Tribal Courts Establish safe and secure courthouses by developing a comprehensive security plan, creating implementation timelines, and communicating the appropriate level of security with justice system personnel. Learn new strategies to maintain a safe and secure environment for the public, employees, and officials.
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Defensive Tactics and Personal Safety Training Practice skills to effectively resolve disturbances that may arise in community supervision, during home visits, search and seizure, or in a court setting. Review the Disturbance Resolution model, a framework for determining what level of force is necessary and reasonable in various situations. Explore the legal justification for using force as well as situational desirability, threat assessment opportunities, officer versus subject factors, and effective communication techniques. Drug Identification & Recognition for Tribal Probation Develop the critical skills you need to recognize common paraphernalia and the signs and symptoms of persons under the influence of stimulants, hallucinogens, opiates, marijuana, alcohol, depressants, inhalants, and dissociative anesthetics through hands-on instruction. Implementing Evidence-Based Practices in Tribal Community Corrections Explore the eight principles of effective offender intervention and identify how they impact your department/ agency. Develop a departmental vision and mission statement to support evidence-based practices (EBP). Develop goals, objectives, and action steps for organizational change and development of EBP. Establish measures for evaluation of program and individual success. Improving Supervision Outcomes for Drug and Alcohol Involved Probationers Explore promising practices in supervising drug/alcohol-involved probationers/parolees in a community-based setting. Examine the importance of utilizing Risk-Need-Responsivity principles, community-based sentencing options, effective case planning, and graduated responses to increase public safety and long-term behavior change. Discuss how stakeholders can contribute to improve outcomes for this population.
Improving Supervision Outcomes for Probationers with Mental Health Disorders Discuss the pervasiveness of mental illness in the criminal justice system. Identify basic mental, sociological, and educational characteristics of the mentally ill offender population. Explore strategies to address mental health and addiction concerns in crisis and non-crisis situations. Examine the complexity of co-occurring disorders and the interventions that are most effective. Gather tools to implement an action plan that addresses suicidal thoughts or behaviors, self-injury, reaction to trauma, overdose or withdrawal symptoms and others. Justice Teams Training to Support Community Corrections Identify the struggles jurisdictional justice teams have in the support/implementations of community corrections. Learn the skills needed to problem solve as a team and develop an action plan to address identified struggles in your tribal community. Suicide Awareness and Prevention for Tribal Probation Officers Learn the QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) method to utilize with people in crisis. Examine suicide myths and facts, warning signs, and the impact of historical and intergenerational trauma on suicide in Indian Country. Reduce the risk of suicide among probationers by eliminating any one element of the deadly triad. Strengths-Based Approaches to Supervising High-Risk Populations Promote healing, enhance public safety, and reduce recidivism in your role as a tribal probation officer. During this training, you will explore strengths-based supervision strategies and case management skills for the following populations on probation: probationers with mental illness, alcohol and substance abuse addiction, and domestic violence offenses. Engage in a variety of activities to enhance your ability to effectively
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case manage high risk populations. Examine strategies for multi-disciplinary team building to support tribal probation. Tribal Probation Academy Develop critical skills necessary for the role of probation including effective case management, specialized caseload supervision, report writing, leveraging resources, applying evidence-based practices, identifying risks and needs, and more. Explore relevant case studies, sample procedures, and effective officer safety practices.
ENDANGERED, MISSING, AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN
Abduction: Family Perspective Examine the impact a child abduction has on family members. Hear first-hand accounts of how loved ones cope with the pain and anguish experienced during the search for an abducted child. Apply this information to improve the response to future cases involving missing and abducted children. Investigative Strategies for Child Abduction Cases Understand, recognize, and investigate cases involving missing and abducted children. Determine scope and scale issues and how to manage a missing or abducted child case. Explore crime scene evidence collection and processing, profiling suspects and legal issues, including search warrants and interrogation related to a missing or abducted child. Call Taker Training for Tribal Communities Learn about the role call takers play in the successful resolution of endangered, missing, or abducted children cases. Become more effective at initial call intake and information gathering. Acquire procedures for the use of NCIC, leads management programs and other important tools. Explore legal and cultural issues impacting investigations in a tribal community.
Child Abduction Response Team Training Develop a multi-disciplinary approach for responding to a missing or abducted child incidents. Learn how relationships across disciplines and jurisdictions can greatly improve the team’s ability to be successful in the recovery of a missing or abducted child. A commitment from the CEO is required prior to placement in CART training. Child Abduction Tabletop Exercise Test the organization’s response in conducting an initial investigation into searching for a missing or abducted child using the Incident Command System (ICS). Employ strategies and responses in mitigating and resolving the emergency. Participate in a multi-disciplinary, multi-jurisdictional tabletop exercise, developed by the Department of Homeland Security to build cohesiveness within the investigative team when responding to an emergency. Child Abduction Training for Tribal Communities Develop strategies for response and investigation of endangered missing and abducted children in tribal communities giving consideration to jurisdiction, location, culture, and community dynamics. Discuss offender characteristics, evaluate investigative strategies, study search and canvass techniques, review legal considerations, examine case studies and engage in a practical scenario exercise. Effectively Working with Tribal Law Enforcement for Missing and Abducted Children Discuss the challenges faced by tribal, state, federal, and local law enforcement officers responsible for missing children investigations. Explore jurisdictional issues experienced in Indian Country. Learn how to effectively communicate and work with tribal leaders and expel factors that lead to adversarial relationships. Discuss techniques to improve compromised relationships.
Canvassing, Search and Recovery Strategies for Abducted Children Gain critical skills needed to conduct effective canvassing investigations and operations. Learn effective search tactics and methods to recover abducted children. Child Abduction Case Studies Examine the facts surrounding an actual child abduction. Discuss the significance of each phase in an abducted child investigation. Discover the potential implications of activating or not activating an AMBER Alert and evaluate lessons learned.
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Indian Country Child Abduction Response Team Training Enact a culturally significant multi-disciplinary team response to a missing or abducted child incident. Discuss team development and composition, study search and canvass techniques, review legal considerations, examine case studies, and engage in a practical scenario tabletop exercise. Leadership for Missing and Abducted Children in Indian Country Develop policies and programs that protect children from threats including abduction, exploitation, trafficking, and technology facilitated crime. Explore victimization of Native American and Alaska Native children. Learn best practices for child protection programs. Gain access to state, federal, and local resources and obtain knowledge of planning and program oversight. Shielding Our Community for Endangered, Missing and Abducted Children Build collaboration between leaders, service providers, and community matriarchs to form a cooperative “shield” that protects Native American and Alaska Native children. Learn skills to better protect children from exploitation, abduction and other forms of victimization. Develop community-based strategies for communication and coordination of efforts. Gain access to tools and resources to insure effective and sustainable programs. Tactics for Immediate Response and Rescue Learn the role first responders play in the successful recovery of an abducted child. Identify the steps needed to facilitate containment of the abduction area, preserve evidence, and detect witnesses. Acquire techniques for determining direction of travel, the use of attraction techniques, and steps needed to facilitate a successful recovery of an abducted child.
LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, AND PLANNING Community Analysis Process for Planning Strategies Learn techniques to enhance collaborative efforts between service agencies and community members, identify community issues, and create unified responses. Devise long term goals and an action plan to successfully implement grant projects. Grant Program Management Develop skills and gather tools to effectively coordinate grant funded programs. Explore advisory board identification and facilitation, grant financial
management, grant reporting, and compliance with grant deliverables. Tribal Justice System Planning Process (Phases 1-3) Phase 1 “Working Together” Learn strategies to enhance collaborative efforts for justice system planning. Identify stakeholders and advisory board members needed in the planning process. Define community quality of life and create vision/mission statements for your justice system. Phase 2 “Identifying Strengths & Needs” Understand how to conduct focus groups, stakeholder interviews, community meetings, and needs assessments. Create a strategic plan by performing a needs assessment to identify justice system strengths and gaps. Utilize customized technical assistance to analyze your needs assessment results. Phase 3 “Goals & Action Steps” Compose effective goals and feasible action steps based on emerging themes from your needs assessment. Prepare an evaluation and performance metrics to measure the success of your justice system strategic plan.
SEX OFFENDER MANAGEMENT Assistance with Development and Preparation of a Tribal SORNA Substantial Implementation Package Identify guidelines for sex offender registration and notification for substantial implementation. Collaborative Sexual Violence Prevention Programs Learn about the benefits of developing collaborative relationships to respond to and support sexual violence victims. Explore preventive programming to implement in your tribal community. Comprehensive Approaches to Sex Offender Management Learn how to implement innovative and evidence-based registration and notification strategies. Examine tools for assessing and monitoring your community’s most dangerous offenders. Develop a collaborative approach with other disciplines for managing of sex offenders in your community. Looking Beyond Initial SORNA Implementation Learn how to leverage the Comprehensive Approaches to Sex Offender Management (CASOM) model to provide reentry options and services, monitor and evaluate your program, maintain program buy-in through staff transitions, and prepare a strategic plan for sustainability.
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Looking Beyond Initial SORNA Implementation: Sustainability Identify ways to develop issue-based planning strategies to identify and address barriers and challenges beyond initial SORNA implementation. Discuss current issues and planning considerations to support and enhance ongoing program success. Looking Beyond the Framework: Application of SORNA Requirements Learn techniques to conduct sex offender absconder investigations. Obtain strategies for registration safety, tiering of offenders and resources such as the SORNA Portal exchange. Maintaining Sex Offender Registration and Notification Program Support through Staff Transitions Identify steps for program sustainability focusing on new employee training, cross training, contingency planning, records retention, and incorporating a multi-disciplinary team to garner continued program support.
Monitoring and Evaluating the Tribal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Program Gain understanding of the monitoring and evaluation component of the Comprehensive Approaches to Sex Offender Management (CASOM) model. Discuss policies and practices, including highlighting specific monitoring measures for each sex offender management stakeholder. Learn about current trends, sex offender management boards, task forces, and coalitions. Multi-Disciplinary Team Development, Collaboration, and Enhancement for Tribal Sex Offender Registration Identify the need and benefits for developing a multi-disciplinary team to support program capacities beyond registration: victim safety and community education, reentry and treatment initiatives. Native American Sex Offender Management Identify the five fundamental principles for offender management and opportunities for integration into programming.
Managing Sex Offenders in Tribal Communities Develop skills and learn tools to effectively coordinate a grant funded program. Explore advisory board identification and facilitation, grant financial management, grant reporting, and compliance with grant deliverables. Tribal Opportunities for Training and Technical Assistance | Page 8
Sex Offender Absconder Investigations Learn basic investigative techniques and requirements for conducting absconder investigations, reporting requirements, and reaching out to support services. Tribal, Federal, State, and Local Relationship Building for Tribal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Programs Learn about developing sex offender management boards, task forces, and coalitions. This workshop will include components of formal and informal agreements, recognition of who should be involved, and benefits of written agreements. Tribal Sex Offender Reentry Options and Services Discuss community reentry challenges for sex offenders and the barriers offenders face. Review best practices highlighting planning for successful reentry programs, as evidenced by successful strategies from around the country. Key concepts include finding ways to reduce the dynamic risk factors associated with reentry, including providing a high level of accountability for offenders.
Tribal Sex Offender Registration Community Notification and Public Education Identify key considerations in notifying and protecting victims. Identify information required for notification, and when website notification is required. Plan effective key steps and strategies for conducting effective community notification meetings. Tribal Sex Offender Registration Coordinating Fingerprint/Palm Print Collection and Submission to IAFIS Examine finger/palm printing requirements and options for submission. Tribal Sex Offender Registration Form Development Identify required information for form development to support SORNA registration requirements. Tribal Sex Offender Registration Needs Assessment and Strategic Planning Identify community needs to guide to strategic planning processes specific to SORNA. Tribal Sex Offender Registration New Employees: Where to Start Identify steps for program sustainability focusing on new employee training, cross training, contingency planning and records retention.
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TECHNOLOGY FACILITATED CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN Digital Evidence Investigations Improve capabilities to conduct digital evidence preservation, collection, and analysis. Understand the role this type of digital evidence plays in child abduction, exploitation, and child sex trafficking cases. Technology Dangers and Risk for Youth Learn about the risks technology poses to youth surrounding sexual exploitation and abuse cases. Examine different types of offenders and the technology used to victimize children. Uncover social networking sites and applications used by children and offenders. Identify cyberbullying and prevention methods including sexting and its legal ramifications. Gather information on all aspects of child trafficking from the grooming process to how gang influence impacts victimization.
VICTIMS AND AT-RISK POPULATIONS
Tribal Sex Offender Registration Policies and Procedures Development and Review Identify policies and procedures to support SORNA implementation. Tribal Sex Offender Registration Process Identify the process and steps for SORNA registration. Tribal Sex Offender Registration Public Education, Tribal Buy-in, History, Adam Walsh Act, and SORNA Identify approaches to creating public education opportunities, on the Adam Walsh Act, and practices to support child, victim and community safety. Tribal Sex Offender Registration Safety Considerations and Strategies Identify strategies for addressing safety, specific to field work, reporting locations, and victim/public concerns. What You Need to Know about Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act in Indian Country Gain an understanding of the history of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act. Identify tribal needs related to policies and procedures, codes and the registration process. Learn strategies to address public education and tribal buy-in needed to complete the substantial implementation of SORNA.
High Risk Victims in Indian Country Identify factors and juvenile behaviors that significantly increase the risk of victimization such as abduction, trafficking, sexual exploitation, and drug abuse. Develop effective interventions, learn investigative tools and techniques, and explore community partnerships for dealing with high-risk victims. Introduction to Elder Abuse Learn how to recognize various types of elder abuse during interactions with probationers. Explore the reporting process and the common barriers to reporting. Examine supervision strategies , conditions of probation/ parole, and reentry issues encountered when offenders go back into the tribal community. Suicide Awareness and Prevention: Law Enforcement, School, and Tribal Community Collaboration Explore how historical trauma impacts suicide in tribal communities. Determine how to reduce suicide risk by eliminating any one element of the Deadly Triad: alcohol, firearms, and distress. Apply the QPR method, an evidence-based lifesaving technique.
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