Introductory COMPAS Training

Basic training provides users hands on experience using the COMPAS instrument. Participants completing this training will understand how to:

• Appropriately administer the COMPAS Assessment;
• Effectively interpret the COMPAS report;
• Effectively match the offender’s risk to supervision recommendations;
• Effectively match the offender’s criminogenic needs to a treatment plan;
• Appropriately use the COMPAS software;
• Use their knowledge and experience to interpret assessment information;
• Practice translating the COMPAS assessment into a Case Plan; and
• Learn how to integrate client engagement and accountability in the case planning process.

Advanced COMPAS Training: Effectively Matching Needs with Services

Advanced COMPAS Training takes users to the next step in terms of understanding and interpreting the COMPAS instrument. This is a one-day training session. Topics covered include:

• Understanding offender topology (prototype) assignments and their treatment implications;
• Understanding and interpreting criminal theory patterns and treatment implications; and
• Linking assessment to behavior management (treatment) plans.

Master Trainer Certification – Train the Trainer

Northpointe offers clients the ability to establish and certify their own in-house Master COMPAS Training Group. This training will allow agencies to develop and build and maintain competency with the COMPAS software throughout the organization.

Master Trainers can be recertified every year to ensure they are maintaining the standards necessary to deliver and educate their audience properly. Yearly recertification allows Northpointe to update Master Trainers on new features that have been added to the COMPAS product and how that information is best delivered in their trainings.

COMPAS for Supervisors: Ensure Quality through Guidance and Support in Case Management

This one-day training is designed to help supervisors better understand both their offender population and their staff through instruction in the COMPAS Assessment Tool and its reporting features. COMPAS can, for example, be used to understand how the staff is interacting with and managing their case loads. This training also provides opportunities to explore the most effective ways to conduct assessment interviews to produce quality data and ensure client engagement.

Implementation of Classification and Inmate Management

Well-designed, objective classification is at the heart of any jail’s inmate management operations regardless of size. Classification is no longer just used to drive housing decisions. A well-implemented system also drives eligibility for programs, privileges and early release/community management strategies.

Northpointe has been a national leader in developing objective classification training curriculums for over 18 years. The Northpointe JICS, Decision Tree Objective Jail Inmate Classification System, is a national model taught at the National Institute of Corrections. Our highly regarded, two-day training is critical to the proper introduction of classification into the daily inmate management and administrative operations of your jail.

Motivational Interviewing Tied to Case Management

Training staff how to better communicate with offenders through motivational interviewing is the first step to bring about positive behavioral change. Northpointe however, takes this training one step further by tying the skill set developed (through motivational interviewing) to the delivery of the COMPAS assessment and the case planning process. Ultimately, this combination of interview skills with the assessment and case planning process maximizes the opportunity for a successful outcome.

Case Management—The Manager’s Role

As research grows regarding evidence based practice in offender management, supervision managers are required to adjust policy and practice within their departments to maximize positive outcomes to supervision and treatment of offenders. These changes require new knowledge and skills to support the case work and to ensure organizational performance. This training provides an introduction to the science used in the assessment process and explores how the data can be used to inform agency practice. Participants will be taught to use practical tools to integrate assessment in the organization and to ensure successful implementation.

Online Webex Training

Sometimes one-on-one training is more convenient for our clients. Webex training allows each client participant to sit at their own computer with a Northpointe trainer online to train an individual or small group over the internet. This training is especially useful to introduce all staff members to use the COMPAS software as appropriate to their duties and responsibilities.