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CRN EVALUATOR WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
(Certification Workshops)
CRN Evaluator Certification (CRN 1) - This two-day workshop is designed to begin the certification
process. A participant seeking certification as an Evaluator needs to have observed at least one CRN
evaluation completed by a certified CRN Evaluator and review the manual prior to attendance of the
workshop.
This workshop will focus on the CRN system, its development, CIF, how the interview and instrument
determine the recommendation, interviewing strategies and using the web based application.
Requirements of the certification process will be reviewed.
12 CAC/CPS credits only
CRN Performance Analysis Workshop (PAW) - Successful completion of this full-day workshop will
result in certification. Participants will be required to submit 3 completed CRN evaluations with
appropriate paperwork.
CRNs completed by the participants will be reviewed by the trainer and discussed at the workshop.
Areas of weakness and concern will be reviewed. A written examination on the knowledge of the CRN
system and PA DUI field will be administered at the end of this workshop.
6 CAC/CPS credits only
Advanced CRN Evaluator - This full-day workshop features small group activities designed to
enhance Evaluator skills by sharing techniques among the participants. These activities will include
conducting the interview, interpreting results, and client management. This is a highly interactive,
participant driven workshop for experienced Evaluators.
6 CRN and CAC/CPS credits
---------------------------DUI INSTRUCTOR WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
(Certification Workshops)
DUI Instructor Certification Workshop - This two-day workshop is designed to begin the
certification process. Participants seeking certification must have observed an approved 12 1/2 hour
Alcohol Highway Safety School.
Topics covered include an overview of alcohol highway safety, BAC, alcohol abuse/alcoholism, and
legal issues. An overview of the approved curriculum, content areas, and teaching methodologies will be
presented. Curriculum implementation and the development of lesson plans will be covered.
Requirements of the certification process will be reviewed.
12 CAC/CPS credits only
DUI Instructor Performance Analysis Workshop (PAW) - Successful completion of this full-day
workshop will result in certification. Participants are required to have conducted an approved 12 1/2
hour Alcohol Highway Safety School curriculum and submit a course outline including lesson plan,
prior to attending the workshop. The Trainer will review the paperwork for approval and
recommendations.
Participant outlines will be discussed with emphasis on utilizing innovative teaching methodologies. A
written examination on the Alcohol Highway Safety School and PA DUI field will be administered at
the end of this workshop.
6 CAC/CPS credits only
UAD INSTRUCTOR WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
(Certification Workshop)
Underage Drinking Instructor Certification - This two-day workshop is designed to certify the UAD
Instructor. Topics covered include an overview of alcohol highway safety, BAC, alcohol
abuse/alcoholism, and legal issues. An overview of the approved curriculum, content areas, and teaching
methodologies will be presented. Curriculum implementation and the development of lesson plans will
be covered. An essential goal of this training is to exchange information regarding the existing Underage
Drinking Class process within your county and share new ideas to utilize in your county.
12 CAC/CPS credits
---------------------------RECERTIFICATION WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
(Credits Applicable to CRN Evaluator, DUI Instructor or UAD Instructor)
Alcohol 101: C2H5OH: This workshop will review basic characteristics and physical effects of ethyl
alcohol. Factors that affect blood alcohol concentration, liver metabolism of ethanol ,central nervous system
depression, alcohol chemical testing, and tolerance will be discussed.
3 CRN, DUI, or UAD and CAC/CPS credits
Alcohol Challenge - Alcohol is the drug of choice for many persons. It is consumed in moderation and
abused on a frequent basis by large segments of the population. What is it? How is it made? What does it
really do inside the human body? How is it stored and marketed? What are the various types and strengths
of alcohol beverages? Why are humans attracted to alcohol? How is alcohol used? What are the effects of
its use and abuse? What are the interactive effects of various combinations of illegal and over-the-counter
drugs? This workshop will test participant’s knowledge of this beverage and discuss these and other related
issues. Participants will not only assess their awareness, but will confront the myths of alcohol by way of
recent studies.
6 CRN, DUI, or UAD and CAC/CPS credits
Case Law Update: This workshop will cover the pressing issue of the legal implications of DUI
enforcement, including the handling of arrest, charging, processing and trial of DUI suspects, current and indepth review of the application of the recently implemented DUI law and recent case law from local, state
and federal cases. In dealing with DUI offenders; officers, probation and parole agents, treatment specialists
and others need to appreciate the recent local changes as well as the proper procedures required for
prosecution, license suspension and court-ordered directions.
3 CRN, DUI, or UAD and CAC/CPS credits
DUI and the Law - This full-day workshop provides an overview of Pennsylvania's laws concerning driving
under the influence, and related legal issues. DUI, license actions, refusal, underage drinking, and .02 laws
will be discussed, among others.
6 CRN, DUI, or UAD and CAC/CPS credits
Group Dynamics: How not to create an angry mob —This training will teach participants the basics
of running therapy and educational groups. The goals of the various types of groups will be explored.
Also covered will be pointers on dealing with difficult group members. The class will conclude with a
group exercise.
3 CRN, DUI, or UAD and CAC/CPS credits
High Alcohol Beverage Content - In the past, the differences between the three alcohol beverage categories
-beer, wine, and spirits- were distinct and recognizable in several ways. Production, taste and alcohol content
of products resulted in clear differentiation. Today, these differences are less discernible. Malternatives,
high-proof beer, low-proof spirits, flavoring and packaging have blurred the characteristics that used to
separate alcohol products. High alcohol content brewed beverages and large container sizes are increasingly
appearing in the market place. This workshop will examine these product changes and implications for
impairment, abuse, and education.
3 CRN, DUI, or UAD and CAC/CPS credits
Interviewing the Alcohol/Drug Impaired Subject - Few challenges to law enforcement, alcohol/drug
treatment and counseling professionals are as varied or frequent as that posed by attempting to gather
useful information from the impaired person - without triggering an unpleasant or violent response. This
workshop addresses several of the issues involved and discusses alternate approaches - both to acquire
needed information and to avoid adverse reactions. Topics include alcohol impairment, compliant vs.
antagonistic personalities, avoiding false information, effects of hangovers on interviews, triggers to
anger when under the influence and suggestions for improving interviews with impaired persons.
Problems encountered with specific drugs other than alcohol, along with approaches which improve
these interactions, are discussed. Specific drug use covered includes alcohol, marijuana, amphetamines,
cocaine, crack, heroin, PCP, methamphetamine, LSD, MDMA, Ketamine, Rohypnol, GHB, psilocybin,
steroids, 2C-B and inhalants.
6 CRN, DUI, or UAD and CAC/CPS credits
Marijuana: 2015 - With the rapid increase in states’ permission to violate Federal laws regarding the
use of a Schedule I Controlled Substance, how are law enforcement officers, courts, schools, highway
safety officials, and drug treatment professionals dealing with both “medical” and “recreational”
cannabis? There are additional states allowing the use of “medical marijuana”, as well as “recreational”
marijuana each year. States have “legalized” the adult use of marijuana as an alternative to alcohol. The
Federal government’s guidelines, through the office of the President of the United States, seem to be
unclear. So what actually is marijuana, and what are the issues that create such definite combative
positions that seem to make a common plant an angel of mercy, a harmless recreational drug, or a devil
of death and misery? How will “legalization” affect DUI enforcement, impairment of workers, safety of
children, and other issues?
This workshop surveys the broad areas of production, marketing, distribution and use of marijuana –
both medical and non-medical, and provides new information on medical research, potency, methods of
use, body retention, symptoms of use and abuse, issues of addiction and withdrawal, legal issues of
enforcement, and the various acute and long-term effects of use. The medical marijuana controversy
will be discussed, with an emphasis on the safety or dangers of marijuana as a “medicine”, the impact of
recreational marijuana in the states which currently permit it, and the issue of drugged driving and
marijuana use.
6 CRN, DUI, or UAD and CAC/CPS credits
Reducing DUI Deaths - Highway deaths claim more than 30,000 lives each year, and while we've made
substantial progress over the past 50 years, it's clear that we have much more work to do," said U.S.
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx This workshop will review the strategies that have been used
to reduce DUI related traffic deaths to the current level. The need to implement new approaches to gain
further reduction in DUI related deaths will be emphasized. Workshop participants will have the
opportunity to discuss several new strategies that have been suggested to help reduce DUI fatalities.
3 CRN, DUI, or UAD and CAC/CPS credits
The Wolf and the Raven - This workshop looks at “rave drugs” (Raven) and PCP (Wolf) in depth. Put
together, one could have a “raven’ lunatic”. These illegal substances are quite different in their
manufacture, use, effects, and attraction from the usual “street drugs”. Topics include substance
appearance, user dynamics, physical and psychological effects, recommendations for dealing with
abusers, and the rave culture.
3 CRN, DUI, or UAD and CAC/CPS credits
Understanding Addiction/Alcohol & the Adolescent Brain - Adolescence is the period of time during
which many people begin to use alcohol and other drugs, and often do so heavily. This presentation will
focus on recent findings regarding adolescent substance use, adolescent brain development, and the
impact of alcohol on adolescent behavior and brain function.
6 CRN, DUI, or UAD and CAC/CPS credits
Weapons of Mass Consumption - alcohol is the drug of choice for many persons. It is consumed both
in moderation and in excess by large segments of the population. Other drugs are abused as well –
especially cannabis. If you work in a field associated with the misuse of alcohol and other drugs this is
your chance to test your knowledge of these chemicals and discuss new findings. Excessive alcohol use
includes binge drinking (i.e., five or more drinks during a single occasion for men, four or more drinks
during a single occasion for women), underage drinking, drinking while pregnant, and alcohol impaired
driving. Drug overuse or abuse includes any inappropriate use of pharmaceuticals (both prescription
and over-the counter drugs) and any use of illicit drugs. Their abuse can impede judgment and lead to
harmful risk-taking behaviors.
Preventing and/or treating drug abuse and excessive alcohol use improves quality of life, academic
performance, workplace productivity, and military preparedness; reduces crime and criminal justice
expenses; reduces motor vehicle crashes and fatalities; and lowers health care costs for acute and
chronic conditions. This workshop assesses each participant’s knowledge of alcohol and other common
drugs in an interesting and non-academic format, and promotes discussion relevant to current issues.
Participants will not only test their awareness, but also confront some common myths along the way.
6 CRN, DUI, or UAD and CAC/CPS credits
What’s New in Alcohol: 2015 - Professionals who work in the area of alcohol abuse and enforcement
of alcohol-related crimes may easily fall into the trap of inertia, believing that since alcohol has been
consumed for centuries, nothing has changed. Few challenges to law enforcement, probation and parole
officers, medical practitioners, alcohol/drug treatment professionals and counseling professionals are as
difficult to subdue as remaining current on the changing trends, methods of abuse, and drug-alcohol
combinations associated with alcohol. Due to the popularity of the Internet and social media, the
discovery of a “new high”, a new method to escape discovery of misuse, or a new method of use is
disseminated throughout the world almost instantaneously.
This workshop focuses on the new and the different as encountered throughout the world, the nation,
and particularly the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Topics include new methods of alcohol abuse,
caffeine issues, the advent of energy and “relaxation drinks”, new uses of alcohol to get high on other
drugs, and new levels of alcohol concentration in alcoholic beverages. By better understanding the new
forms and uses of beverage alcohol and the myths associated with the drug known as alcohol,
participants gain an appreciation for the complex nature of alcohol’s effects and learn how to better deal
with their part of the interaction with the suspect/client.
3 CRN, DUI, or UAD and CAC/CPS credits
What’s New in Drugs: 2015 - Law enforcement officers, treatment specialists, and many other
professionals encounter illegal drugs, abused legal drugs, drug paraphernalia and concealed drugs
frequently during routine enforcement and supervisory activities. Few challenges to law enforcement,
probation and parole officers, alcohol/drug treatment and counseling professionals are as varied as
attempting to keep up with the innovations of the drug user and seller. Unless one is actively engaged in
drug work, as in a drug task force or assigned other drug duties, it is difficult at best to be alert for the
changing trends, substances, abuses, tools, and compartments associated with the drug culture.
This workshop focuses on the new and the different as encountered throughout the nation, and
particularly the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Topics include legal and illegal drugs used and
abused, recognition of various illegal substances, changes in the paraphernalia used with various drugs,
hidden compartments and personal hiding places, and safety issues. This is not a drug enforcement
class, but rather a drug recognition and understanding session, with hundreds of visuals.
6 CRN, DUI, or UAD and CAC/CPS credits
Regional DUI Workshops
The Wolf and the Raven (0830-1130): This workshop looks at “rave” or “club” drugs (Raven) and
PCP (Wolf) in depth. Together, they could constitute a “raven’ lunatic”. Club or rave, drugs are
psychoactive substances that act on the central nervous system and can cause drastic changes in mood,
awareness and actions. Frequently marketed and abused by young adults at all-night dance clubs or
bars, these illegal substances are often quite different in their manufacture, use, effects, and attraction
from the usual “street drugs”. Used less frequently than many street drugs, they include MDMA, GHB,
Ketamine, Rohypnol, LSD, Methcathinone, and Methamphetamine. Topics include substance
appearance, physical and psychological effects, user dynamics, driver impairment, recommendations for
dealing with abusers, and the rave culture.
Improving Vehicle Patrol: Officer Safety and Awareness (1230-1530): Most patrol officers spend a
great deal of time in their patrol vehicles, preventing and responding to illegal activity, as well as
conducting traffic enforcement. With today’s mobile population, there are more vehicles on the
roadways and more opportunities for officers to encounter unfamiliar and/or dangerous situations. This
workshop assesses a variety of issues an officer may encounter during any vehicle stop, and discusses
methods for handling the incidents. Included are identification of new forms of illegal drugs, HAZMAT
issues due to portable meth labs, common personal use drug hides, concealment clothing, vehicle-borne
improvised explosive devices (VBIED), improvised weapons, firearms hiding places in vehicles, and
improving mobile patrol techniques during routine patrol and incident response.
6 CRN, DUI, or UAD and CAC/CPS credits