About this program
The Evidence-Based Practices in Corrections Certificate prepares students for working with justice-involved individuals. Developed in partnership with the Hennepin County Department of Community Corrections and Rehabilitation, this one-semester program provides the training and empirical basis for the techniques and tools used by correctional professionals in the field. Students gain the expertise they need to help facilitate changes in behavior, including:
- the research behind evidence-based practices
- Motivational Interviewing
- the Risk-Need-Responsivity model
- administering risk/needs assessments (i.e., the Level of Service/ Case Management Inventory)
- cognitive-behavioral interventions
- facilitating groups
- combining all of these skills to develop an effective case plan
Student outcomes
Students will be able to:
- understand the relationship between academic knowledge and the practical application of that knowledge in working with the justice-involved client
- understand how various evidence-based practice (EBP) interventions and practices relate to and support each other
- identify the eight principles of effective intervention and supporting theory
- demonstrate and model interviewing skills, Motivational Interviewing (MI) skills, critical thinking skills and problem solving skills
- understand and apply the Risk Need Responsivity (RNR) model
- examine the research behind cognitive behavioral interventions (CBI) and what it looks like in the field of corrections, including facilitating CBI groups
- demonstrate how EBP, MI, RNR and CBI inform the case planning process
