Joseph Arvidson

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Enrolled

 Neurocriminology is an interdisciplinary subfield of criminology that incorporates methodological approaches from neuroscience, physiology, genetics, biology, and psychology. The goal of neurocriminology is to better understand, predict, prevent, and treat criminal and violent behaviors. Although there is no single determinant of such actions, neurocriminology strives to identify different risk factors that increase the likelihood of specific criminal and violent behaviors. This continuing education training certification program provides attendees with an in-depth examination of the neurocriminology field and its potential implications for interviewing, screening, and treating individuals involved in the criminal justice system. Attendees can also expect to learn how incorporating neurocriminology research into existing approaches can help allied disciplines work more effectively with clients who engage in anti-social, problematic, irrational, and other externalizing behaviors. This comprehensive program features 14 distinctive on-demand training sessions (42 total hours) that cover different topics related to neurocriminology.  

Graduate

Concordia University of Saint Paul's Graduate Certificate in Trauma, Resilience, and Self-Care Strategies consists of 15 credit hours. Our career-connected curriculum features courses that explore trauma and stressor-related disorders, the impact of trauma on the developing brain, and the behavioral health aspects of trauma. Each class is taught by two professors from different human services fields to ensure a unique, multidisciplinary perspective. 

Program Outcomes:  

• Foster self-care, body-based mindfulness in patients experiencing trauma.
• Understand prenatal and child development issues and strategies.
• Use trauma-informed care practices in the field when working with those impacted by trauma.
• Teach relevant sleep improvement and stress management practices.
• Be prepared with crisis intervention and de-escalation strategies.

Graduate 

Metropolitan State University's  Graduate Certificate in Project Management prepares students for the challenging field of Project Management by providing them with tools, skills, and knowledge necessary to initiate, plan, and implement projects successfully.

Some of the major skills areas covered include:

• Project planning, implementation, and control using Microsoft Project
• Request for Proposal (RFP) formulation
• Earned Value Analysis
• Computer-aided problem solving and decision making methodologies
• Systematic approaches to risk identification, risk modeling, risk impact assessment, response planning, and documentation
• Simulations using Microsoft Project, Crystal Ball, and Excel
• Techniques in data mining and visual display of quantitative data
• Team building, negotiation, and conflict resolution in projects
• Project management organizational options

Trainer

Trainer and coordinator behind the International Training School on Core Correctional Skills. Based on the training kit of the same name by Professor Ioan Durnescu of the University of Bucharest, the ITSCCS  was established 2021.  The Core Correctional Skills training kit focuses on developing five of the most important practices that are  associated in literature with desistance or reduced reoffending:  how to  build up a working alliance;  pro-social modelling; problem solving;   motivational interviewing and cognitive restructuring.

Speaker and Expert Columnist

Part of a team of professionals who give continuing education presentations. Writes a quarterly Forensic Mental Health Insider as to Evidence Based Practices (EBP) in Corrections.

Adjunct Faculty 

Designed and have thought several courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level. These include Correctional ideals, Criminal Justice and the Media, Criminal Justice and Media Relations (Graduate Level), and Correctional Design in a Changing World(Graduate Level).

Adjunct Faculty

Teach the course CSJ 300-Correction and Community Corrections. 

Part of the team of faculty members teaching the Evidence Based Practices (EBP) Corrections Professional Certificate Program.

Planning Specialist

Develop comprehensive long and short-rage plans, projects and programs.

Develop recommendations on policies, procedures, and service specifically as to the implementation of Evidence Based Practices (EBP).

Analyze trends, research data and changes in laws, rules and regulations to determine the impact on the agency.