Projects 

The Global Issues Resource Center is involved in extensive and diverse projects sponsored by the Center and its many partners.

Upcoming Projects:

Free Training!    The Northeast Ohio Juvenile Detention Professional Development Project - Strengthen  training to reduce high turnover & low job satisfaction of juvenile detention employee; Deliver skill-based training to local juvenile corrections officers:

1. Officers work in Juvenile Detention Facilities - primarily house youth who have committed a violent or sexually oriented crime, mentally ill, repeat offenders and history of substance abuse
2. Topics include: conflict management & crisis intervention, adolescent development & psychological impact of incarceration, mental health & chemical dependency, trauma & suicide prevention, prison rape elimination act, child abuse, juvenile rights, officer safety and...
3. Seven day - 56 hour pilot curriculum will be offered 3x during the 2008 calendar year
4. Partners include:

• Mahoning County Juvenile Detention Facility
• Medina County Juvenile Detention Facility
• The Lake County Detention Facility
• Ohio Attorney General's Child & Elder Protection Section
• Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission
• Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management
• The Department of Youth Services
• Cuyahoga Community College- Public Safety Institute

The Center is available to provide technical assistance as you develop similiar projects, programs and workshops:

1.  Help on the Home Front:  Military Families in Transition-A Winter Carnival
   
2. Veterans & Their Families:  You Are Not Alone - The Transition
   
3. Inter-American Summit on Conflict Resolution Education:  International Innovations & Challenges