The half-day SPEP™ Informed Training was developed to enable probation staff to gain a better understanding of how SPEP™ is affecting the services they utilize. SPEP™ Informed Training enables probation staff to:

• Interpret SPEP™ research findings and implications to inform recommendations for dispositional hearings in terms of risk, need, and responsivity factors.
• Explain this information to judges, district attorneys, public defenders, placement liaisons, and community-based providers.
• Make more specific recommendations to the Court which match dosage and duration targets outlined in the research. This will assist communication with families in understanding length of stay or assigned weeks in community-based services.
• Understand service provider needs as the alignment between juvenile probation and the service provider becomes clear.
• Decide if they want to attend the SPEP™ Level 1 training to administer the SPEP™ in their area.

Please contact Shawn Peck, SPEP™ Project Manager at smp31@psu.edu with questions or to register.