Online Training & Best Practices Resources
The new NIC Learn Center https://nicic.gov/ houses hundreds of online courses that can be taken any time, any day of the week. Corrections professionals can watch videos and test their knowledge on important corrections topics, while learning the latest trends and standards in the field.
- Free Registration for Trainings
- The online catalog features interactive web trainings on a variety of topics, including:
- Effective Communication
- Digital Literacy
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Accessibility
- Evidence Based Practices
- Case Planning & Supervision
- Performance Management & Succession Planning
- Leadership
- Cognitive Behavioral Programming
- Special Populations & Responsivity
- PREA
- De-Escalation Techniques
NICIC Class Recommendations
- Evidence Based Practices, a 6-Part Learning Plan
- Justice Involved Women, a 5-Part Learning Plan
- Motivational Interviewing (MI): Overview
- Veteran-Informed Care Training on Responsivity, a 2-Part Learning Plan
- Effective Case Planning and Supervision of Justice-Involved Women, a 2-Part Learning Plan
- Microskills for Community Supervision Professionals
- Justice Clearinghouse
Community Supervision Resources
- Community Supervision Resource Center
- Self-Assessment Guide for Releasing Authorities to Enhance Community Supervision Practices
- CSRC Language Guide: Words and Phrases to Effect Positive Change in Community Supervision Agencies
- CSRC Trainings
- American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) National Standards for Community Supervision
- Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center
- 50-State Report on Public Safety
- Supervision Violations and Their Impact on Incarceration