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Orbis Partners is a leader in the development of programming for high risk populations – particularly in the field of corrections. However, our programs are suitable for a variety of client groups and for use in diverse human service settings. All based on cognitive behavioural principles, we have created a number of programs to help promote behavioural change in critical target areas that are presented by clients. Based on the most current research on techniques that promote behavioural change, the development of our interventions has also benefitted from input from program delivery staff. The programs feature high quality materials to help program staff deliver interventions in a way that will facilitate maximum gains in participants. All of the curricula use detailed scripting for both didactic presentations and participant exercises with materials designed for both participants and program delivery staff.
Orbis offers a series of dynamic training to certify trainees in the delivery of the interventions. Our associates travel nationally and internationally to provide training in a variety of settings, including correctional institutions as well as community settings. Program areas include anger management, cognitive skill development, effective casework, motivational interviewing, substance abuse and community reintegration. Gender-responsive programs and case management curricula are also available, focusing on skill development specifically for teenage girl and adult women populations.
As part of our program services, we also offer basic training curriculum for new staff recruits in youth and adult community supervision settings and institutional case management. Each program has a complete training, oversight and certification protocol to ensure trained staff achieve and maintain required delivery standards. Please click on any of the logos below for more information.
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WOCMM
Women Offender Case Management Model (WOCMM) is a gender-responsive case management model. The model aims to reduce re-offending among criminal justice system involved women and to increase the health and well being of the women and their families. |
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Girls…Moving On™
Girls… Moving On™ is a gender-responsive program designed to assist girls between the ages of 12-21 who have entered the criminal justice system. The program uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to help girls build new skills. The primary goal of the program is to provide girls with alternatives and choices free from criminal activity by assisting them to identify and mobilize both personal and community resources. |
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Moving On™
Moving On™ is a cognitive-behavioral program that provides women with alternatives to criminal activity by helping to identify and mobilize both personal and community resources. It is a continuous entry program that can be delivered over 9 – to –13 weeks in small groups or on an individual basis by trained correctional practitioners. |
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CALM™ :: Controlling Anger and Learning to Manage It
CALM™ is a cognitive-behavioral group training program designed to reduce anger, violence, and emotional loss of control among male offenders. The popular program is designed to increase men’s knowledge of anger and other emotions and teach the skills necessary to reduce the frequency, intensity, and duration of anger episodes. Originally developed for Correctional Service Canada, CALM has been implemented across the United States, England and Australia. Training in a booster version of the program (CALMER) is also available. |
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CounterPoint™
CounterPoint is a cognitive-behavioral intervention designed for men aged 18 and older involved in the criminal justice system. The program targets three major areas: anti-social attitudes, cognitive and social skills, and the influence of social relationships. |
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Motivational Interviewing
Orbis offers training in MI for a variety of practitioners involved in case work with high-risk clients. We teach counselors, case managers, correctional officers and other professionals helpful techniques for engaging their clients in behavioral change. |
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Effective Case Work
Orbis delivers a variety of training options on effective case work practice – from introductory workshops to intensive training. Customized programs can be designed to fit the unique needs in criminal justice jurisdictions and other service settings. Participants are exposed to a variety of techniques to reduce risk and promote the acquisition of new skills among their clients. |
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Probation and Parole Officer Basic Training
Orbis offers an exciting new curriculum designed for introducing “What Works” as basic training for new recruits in adult and juvenile community supervision settings. The training model focuses on teaching new officers the case planning and intervention skills needed to be successful agents of change. Covering topics that include basic interviewing skills, assessment techniques, case analysis, planning, service implementation, special needs offenders, the curriculum provides a solid introduction to evidence-based practice in the community corrections field. |
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Innovative Substance Abuse Treatment for Offenders
Orbis has developed an innovative treatment model for substance abuse treatment in community settings where there is continuous intake of new clients. A cognitive behavioral approach helps prepare offenders to develop and practice a set of individualized skills for coping with substance abuse problems following release. Community-focused, the program helps offenders identify community resources that will link them to the community and help gain proficiency in a marital, parenting, employment and other contexts that challenge their coping resources. |
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Cognitive Behavioral Primer
The Cognitive Behavioral Primer provides participants with an opportunity to learn about the powerful techniques that have developed over the past twenty years and are now in widespread use in a variety of human service settings. The primer provides an overview of how cognitive behavioral methods are used to reshape anti-social thinking patterns and help clients learn new thinking skills for solving problems. |
Orbis Partners is a leader in the development of programming for high risk populations.
