Cognitive Behavioral Interventions (CBI) Standard Operating Procedures  - This manual provides information and guidance to all Department of Correction (DOC) staff and other criminal justice professionals facilitating a CBI curriculum in a prison facility or community corrections setting.  This manual covers topics such as Facilitator Selection and Training, Curricula, Participant Criteria, Quality Assurance/Improvement/Support, Program Assessment/Evaluation, Documentation, and Aftercare guidelines.

Seventy North Carolina CBI facilitators attended the CBI Facilitator Refresher Mini-conference in Burlington on September 15 and 16, 2003.   The conference was sponsored by the North Carolina Department of Correction, Office of Research and Planning.  The special keynote speaker, Steve Swisher, Correctional Program Specialist at the National Institute of Corrections, spoke on “Making a Difference” using the CBI program with offenders.   

Special thanks go out to our CBI Master Trainers who did a fabulous job of presenting material in the individual sessions.  Topics included: 

Cognitive Self Change                     Problem Solving

Social Skills                                       Presentation Skills   

Group Dynamics                               Data Issues

 Here are a few photographs from the event