Speakers
Brian Lovins PhD
Plenary Session
The American corrections system is hyper focused on punishment. But focusing on punishment comes at a dear cost. Staff are more likely to have significant consequences to both their physical and mental health. Seventy percent of the people incarcerated end up being rearrested within five years of release. This presentation will challenge the century old models of corrections, offering a new perspective to the work. A Coaching Model for Corrections transforms the staff from referees to coaches and opens the door for the development of player-coaches. Staff as coaches change their roles from catching people failing to helping people live within the rules. Similarly, player-coaches provide opportunities for people who remain incarcerated to be a coach for the newer people, creating a mentor-like environment to help people move forward. The presentation will inspire participants to reorient their systems to employ coaches while also shifting the role of people who have been in the system to player-coaches.
