Community - Based Corrections: Engaging Our Communities Workshop
Professionals working in community corrections and related fields, are invited to attend a free workshop at Russell Sage College.
Professionals working in probation, parole, and community corrections, as well as mental health providers who interact with the criminal justice system are invited to a free, day-long workshop on the Russell Sage College campus in Albany. The workshop will cover self-care for those working in the field, trauma-informed care, and suicide prevention. The training is free but advance registration is required online.
A certificate of completion will be awarded to participants who complete the workshop.
Learn more about the schedule and panelists below:
8:30 a.m. Welcome
8:45 a.m. Community Corrections: Engaging our Communities Panel, Emerald Cancer, program director, Albany 518 SNUG, James Chestnut, program manager, Troy SNUG, Andre Morris, director of reentry services, Trinity Alliance
10:00 a.m. Suicide Awareness for Everyone, Melanie Puorto Conte, Schenectady County Safe Harbour coordinator and adjunct professor at Russell Sage
11:15 a.m. Escaping the Stress - Managing the Stigma for Corrections Professionals, John Cooney, retired Captain, Troy Police Department
12:15 p.m. Break
1:15 p.m. Trauma-Informed Care, Kimberly Brayton, program director for the Master's of Forensic Mental Health at Russell Sage
4:15 p.m. Closing Remarks
This event is located on the Albany Campus in the Kahl Campus Center, Room 224.
Russell Sage College created a fully online Master's in Criminal Justice and Community Corrections degree - the only graduate program nationwide that focuses on community corrections. Learn more here!
Questions? Please contact Dr. Carol DiMambro, program director, M.S. Criminal Justice and Community Corrections program, Russell Sage College, dimamc@sage.edu
Professionals working in community corrections and related fields, are invited to attend a free workshop at Russell Sage College.
Professionals working in probation, parole, and community corrections, as well as mental health providers who interact with the criminal justice system are invited to a free, day-long workshop on the Russell Sage College campus in Albany. The workshop will cover self-care for those working in the field, trauma-informed care, and suicide prevention. The training is free but advance registration is required online.
A certificate of completion will be awarded to participants who complete the workshop.
Learn more about the schedule and panelists below:
8:30 a.m. Welcome
8:45 a.m. Community Corrections: Engaging our Communities Panel, Emerald Cancer, program director, Albany 518 SNUG, James Chestnut, program manager, Troy SNUG, Andre Morris, director of reentry services, Trinity Alliance
10:00 a.m. Suicide Awareness for Everyone, Melanie Puorto Conte, Schenectady County Safe Harbour coordinator and adjunct professor at Russell Sage
11:15 a.m. Escaping the Stress - Managing the Stigma for Corrections Professionals, John Cooney, retired Captain, Troy Police Department
12:15 p.m. Break
1:15 p.m. Trauma-Informed Care, Kimberly Brayton, program director for the Master's of Forensic Mental Health at Russell Sage
4:15 p.m. Closing Remarks
This event is located on the Albany Campus in the Kahl Campus Center, Room 224.
Russell Sage College created a fully online Master's in Criminal Justice and Community Corrections degree - the only graduate program nationwide that focuses on community corrections. Learn more here!
Questions? Please contact Dr. Carol DiMambro, program director, M.S. Criminal Justice and Community Corrections program, Russell Sage College, dimamc@sage.edu