Evidence-Based Practices
This best describes how ACCC uses the Indiana Risk Assessment System (IRAS) to guide supervision and services for participants.
A. ACCC uses IRAS assessments only to determine participant eligibility for programs.
B. IRAS results are used to assign participants to appropriate caseloads, develop individualized Case Plans, and guide supervision intensity and rehabilitative services.
C. Participants assessed as low risk are required to complete intensive programming and supervision.
D. ACCC administers IRAS assessments without follow-up or integration into case management decisions.
What is the IRAS results are used to assign participants to appropriate caseloads, develop individualized Case Plans, and guide supervision intensity and rehabilitative services?
This 1980s movie involves small creatures creating havoc on Christmas Eve.
What is Gremlins?
Research indicates that successful interventions often include support from family, friends, and community resources. Of the following statements, this statement is NOT true based on ACCC's approach and recent findings.
A. Many pro-social supports, including family, friends, and community resources, play a critical role in participant recovery and compliance with supervision.
B. ACCC collaborates with community partners such as employment agencies, recovery programs, and places of worship to assist participants.
C. Participants are discouraged from including religious activities or sober support meetings in their Case Plans.
D. ACCC's collaboration with local employers has contributed to an employment rate exceeding 75% for the past two years.
What is participants are discouraged from including religious activities or sober support meetings in their Case Plans?
This holiday event from the list below is NOT something that exists in Fort Wayne.
A. Festival of Trees
B. Night of Lights
C. Fantasy of Lights
D. Merry & Bright Night
What is Merry & Bright Night?
This is the primary purpose of ACCC’s Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) programs.
A. To provide entertainment and social interaction
B. To teach participants essential skills for positive behavior change, such as problem-solving and cognitive restructuring.
C. To provide punishment for criminal behavior.
D. To focus on employment and financial independence only
What is to teach participants essential skills for positive behavior change, such as problem-solving and cognitive restructuring?
This is the amount of holiday decorative lights Clark Griswold applied on his house in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
A. 10,000
B. 25,000
C. 50,000
What is 25,000?
Periodically, ACCC surveys its participants to ascertain specific information about our program. This is a demonstration of this principle.
What is measure relevant processes and practices?
This holiday beverage is known for being made with milk, sugar, and whipped egg yolks.
What is Eggnog?
This is an example of a current ACCC internal CQI report - demonstrating both principle 7 (Measuring Relevant Processes & Practices) and principle 8 (Providing Measurement Feedback).
A. Monthly Programs Report
B. Monthly Communications Report
C. Monthly Intake Report
What is Monthly Programs Report?
In the holiday classic A Christmas Story, this was the name of the neighbor whose dog destroyed the Parker family’s Christmas dinner.
A. Johnson
B. Simmons
C. Henderson
D. Bumpus
What is Bumpus?
Research shows that this form of communication from staff, rather than persuasion tactics, can help increase internal motivation and initiate lasting change.
What is Motivational Interviewing?
This popular holiday song was originally written for Thanksgiving.
A. Jingle Bells
B. We Wish You a Merry Christmas
C. Silent Night
D. Deck the Halls
What is Jingle Bells?
Of the following choices, this is NOT a curriculum currently facilitated by ACCC for participants.
A. Courage to Change
B. Moral Reconation Therapy
C. Focusing on Resettlement
D. Fundamentals of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
What is Focusing on Resettlement?
In Home Alone, this was the pizza establishment that the pizza delivery kid worked for.
A. Pepperoni Paradise
B. Planet of the Pies
C. Little Nero's
D. The Saucy Slice
What is Little Nero's?
Allen County Community Corrections is committed to encouraging positive behavioral change within clients, which is a significant factor to influencing successful behavior change. To assist staff in this regard ACCC will identify an array of incentives to reinforce positive behavior. ACCC is on pace to administer this amount of incentives in 2024:
A. 5,000
B. 10,000
C. 25,000
D. 60,000
What is 60,000?
This U.S. state was the first to recognize Christmas as an official holiday.
A. Massachusetts
B. Pennsylvania
C. Virginia
D. Alabama
What is Alabama?
These are the components of Principle 3 - Target Interventions.
A. Risk, Need, Responsivity
B. Risk, Programming, Re-Assessment
C. Risk, Need, Responsivity, Dosage, Treatment
What is Risk, Need, Responsivity, Dosage, Treatment?
This holiday movie encompasses the line, "The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear."
What is Elf?
Through November 24, 2024, this number represents the approximate number of IRASes completed by ACCC staff in 2024.
A. 1,000
B. 1,500
C. 2,000
What is 2,000?
This country is credited with creating the first artificial Christmas tree, and with the following unusual material.
A. Germany – Goose Feathers
B. England - Wool
C. United States - Aluminum
D. France - Straw
What is Germany - Goose Feathers?