SOMB Quarterly Minute October 2020

Welcome

It is a pleasure and an honor to serve in this new role as Vice Chair of the Sex Offender Management Board. I am incredibly proud of the work the Board does and feel passionate about what it represents. When I joined the SOMB I did so with the desire to represent treatment providers and really be more deeply involved at this level of the mission. What I most appreciate is the varied voices from the field that selflessly lend themselves to the process of ensuring that the treatment and supervision of those convicted of sexual offenses is done to the highest standard, backed by research and bolstered by the passion of what we do. I look forward to representing the Board in this role as we continue that mission.   Kimberly Kline, MA, LPC, ACS, Vice Chair Biography: Kimberly Kline is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and began her career with Teaching Humane Existence in 2013 after running a successful private practice with a focus on couples work as well as victimization and trauma. She also held a position with Front Range College as an Adjunct Professor in the Psychology Department. Other experience includes her work with the Adams County Youth Advocate Program and in emergency mental health with the Poudre Valley Hospital System. Kim assumed her current role as Clinical Director in 2016 and has received the credential of Approved Clinical Supervisor through the Center for Credentialing and Education. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing (2006) from Lakeland College in Green Bay, WI and a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (2011) from Argosy University in Denver, CO. Kim is trained and certified in Animal Assisted Therapy and works alongside her Certified Therapy Dog, Buttercup.

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WHERE:  Online WHEN:   October 16, 2020 TIME: 9:00AM

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Practice Corner The Sex Offender Management Board (SOMB) began collecting data from approved Treatment Providers, Evaluators, and Polygraph Examiners effective on January 1, 2020 after providing training and onboarding for providers to use the Data Management System. This data collection was mandated by the Colorado State Legislature (House Bill 16-1345) to evaluate the efficacy of the implementation of the Standards and Guidelines. All Approved Providers are required to participate in the data collection to remain on the Approved Provider List.   Our intention is not to evaluate any individual provider. Collecting service level data enables us to evaluate the implementation of the Standards and implementation of RNR. We need every active provider who is seeing clients to participate and tell us how things are working. With the baseline data, the SOMB can better support all providers with solid evidence. We understand data entry is an additional task and may take some time for you to get used to, but this will benefit the field as a whole.   Many providers have been entering service data diligently into the data system. We truly appreciate your cooperation with this requirement. Unfortunately, many other active providers do not appear to have put any data in between Jan. 1st, 2020 and now. While we cannot see specific case information or entries, we are monitoring providers' use of the data collection system as a whole.   We want to collaborate with providers and hear any concerns you are having. We are also looking at who should be putting in data and identifying providers who are not providing any direct client services. There is no expectation for use of the data collection system if you are not providing any services to clients. However, we want to emphasize the importance of entering data on any clients with whom you are working. At some point in the future, we may contact you to see if you are using the system and how it is going. We hope to be able to work this through with you and assist you in being able to participate. All providers are required to participate as part of the approved provider status and future efforts may include more formal warning letters. But for now we are just sending out this friendly request to participate. For more information on the data management system, the technical manuals and the most updated FAQs, please go to https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dcj/somb-resources. If you have any questions or concerns about the data management system, please contact Yuanting Zhang via email.

We Need You! This is your time to make a difference in the treatment, evaluation and supervision of adults who have committed sexual offenses. The Adult Standards Revision Committee is starting back up! The SOMB has been tasked by the Legislature to ensure evidence-based Standards for the Evaluation, Identification, Treatment, Management, and Monitoring of Adult Sex Offenders. The Revision Committee is tasked with ensuring the Standards meet the legislative requirement and the needs of those in Colorado who work with the offending population. All who wish to participate are welcome to attend! The Committee will meet VIRTUALLY via WebEx Meetings, on the Third Thursday of each month from 9am - 11am. Want to be on a mailing list to receive notifications about upcoming meetings? Email us here Next Meeting: October 15, 2020 9-11am JOIN HERE Join by phone +14043971516 US Toll Access code: 133 946 2931

Looking to Step Up Your Engagement? Join the Board! The Colorado Sex Offender Management Board (SOMB) is made up of 25 volunteer members representing various disciplines and agencies per 16-11.7-103 C.R.S. Would you like to be involved in the work of the SOMB? The Sex Offender Management Board (SOMB) and the Colorado Department of Public Safety (CDPS) are seeking nominations for the following SOMB position: Juvenile Treatment Provider Representative Members of the Board serve four‐year terms and no member can serve more than eight consecutive years. The Board meets approximately twelve times per year for a full day, and is currently meeting virtually. Board members who reside outside the front range area are eligible to be reimbursed for costs associated with travel such as lodging and mileage. Meeting locations are typically in the Denver Metro Area. All eligible nominees are encouraged to apply. Applications are due by November 6, 2020, 5:00 PM Please download the nomination form to your computer & email the completed nomination form and attachments to Chris Lobanov-Rostovsky via email

Welcome New SOMB Member Gregg Kildow Representing Community Corrections Having lived in Colorado for most of my life, I entered work in the criminal justice system in the First Judicial District in 1975. I worked as a Probation Officer and Supervisor until 2002 when I then retired and became the Executive Director of a nonprofit Community Corrections program. My Probation work with adult clients included supervision of people convicted of a sex offense in the late 1970s. Looking back on the supervision strategies from the 1970s to the 1980s and 1990s and beyond, shows amazing growth in supervision, treatment and accountability of this population. I was instrumental in the development of the Intensive Supervision Probation (ISP) program in 1986 until the early 1990s when I helped develop the Specialized Sex Offender ISP program in Jefferson County. The program continues to evolve to provide better oversight, treatment, and accountability of clients. Working 14 years in the Community Corrections arena found our organization providing services to felony level clients in 10 counties across four Judicial Districts in Colorado. We were fortunate to partner with an offense-specific treatment provider in the First District where we provided crime-specific programming in concert with treatment to Probation as well as DOC clients. Being retired since 2016, I sit on the 1st (as an alternate) and 19th Judicial District Community Corrections Boards. I have been on the Board of Directors of Victim Outreach, Inc for too many years to remember. I appreciate the opportunity to represent Community Corrections on the SOMB.

Research Corner On behalf of the National Institute of Justice’s “Priority Criminal Justice Needs Initiative” a workshop was held in Washington DC in July of 2019 that focused on countering technologically facilitated abuse. This workshop was made up of professionals in the field and through their work they identified areas of specific needs regarding strategies to counter technology facilitated abuse. While this report is not “research” in the traditional sense it is a source of valuable information regarding the needs and strategies for combating abuse perpetrated through the use of technology. This report covers technology facilitated abuse ranging from doxing to cyberstalking to nonconsensual pornography and is available to the public at: Click to read the full report here

Specialized Trainer Application The SOMB is assembling a catalogue of possible training resources on specific and specialized areas that can be offered annually. The SOMB plans to sponsor and list trainings on the website that allows for individuals to register for a particular training. Once enough individuals have registered for that training, the SOMB will contract with the trainer, schedule the training, and notify those registered. Examples of some specific and specialized trainings include but are not limited to, female offenders, LGBT+ offenders, psychopathy, etc. If you are an experienced trainer and would like to be considered for the 2021 year, please fill out this training application and email it back to us.   This form is intended for individuals who are experienced trainers and possess expertise in specialized areas that are relevant to the domestic violence and sex offense management fields. Submission of this form does not guarantee any contractual agreement with the Office of Domestic Violence and Sex Offender Managment (ODVSOM). Rather, if selected, the ODVSOM may consider and choose to advertise training events based on interest, registration, cost, and availability.

Committee Spotlight The Sex Offending Needs Integrated Classification System (SONICS) is a proposed level system for Colorado that provides an overall clinical profile based on risk, protective, and responsivity factors. Its goal is to create standard terminology to provide structured and organized communication practices across all stakeholders with improved consistency and accuracy. The framework of the SONICS derives from evidence-based research which we have adjusted to fit within Colorado’s policy guidelines regarding sentencing, supervision, and treatment of individuals who commit sex offenses. The SOMB SONICS Work Group consists of individuals from clinical, supervision, and legal backgrounds and has worked to create guidelines for implementation. The SONICS is a five level system that is applicable for adult males who have committed a sex offense. The Work Group has created steps for making SONICS designations, developed client profiles for each level, and established guidelines for updating a SONICS designation as a client moves through treatment. The Work Group met with a variety of stakeholder groups (supervision officers, district attorneys, defense attorneys, and victim advocates) and refined the SONICS based off the feedback. The SONICS has been tested with a small pilot group of evaluators and they provided feedback on the utility of the SONICS. We have analyzed and the data received from the pilot group and are currently beginning work on developing training material to provide all evaluators. At this time, we are finalizing the work completed within the subcommittee and preparing to present an update to the SOMB. We are hopeful that the SONICS will provide a common language system to communicate client profiles with greater consistency and accuracy throughout the field.

Standards Revisions: Section 4.000 The Sex Offender Management Board has recently made changes to Section 4.000: Qualifications of Treatment Providers, Evaluators, and Polygraph Examiners Working with Sex Offenders. Recent revisions provide clarification on the required Background Investigations for all applications and providers. All new providers are now required to provide a letter of reference along with Application 1. The “Intent to Apply Status for Polygraph examiners was removed from the Standards. All Polygraph examiners are now required to complete a Standards Introduction or Booster training as a part of the 40-hour training requirement. This will not be enforced for polygraph examiners until JANUARY 1, 2021 to allow time to obtain the required training. The Polygraph Examiners section also revised additional training hour requirement, number of examinations required and modified the number of exams that need to be sent for Quality Assurance.  All applications were revised to reflect recent Adult and Juvenile Standards revisions Please ensure your applications JUNE 2020 for Treatment/Evaluators OR AUGUST 2020 for Polygraph Examiners.  To access all of our applications, please visit our website here. All Applications can be emailed to Adrienne Corday at [email protected] or mailed to the SOMB at 700 Kipling Street, Lakewood CO 80215. Payment for background checks in the Amount of $125 can be made out to the Colorado Department of Public Safety and mailed or delivered to the SOMB 700 Kipling Street Lakewood, Co 80215

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