Final Project: Training Lesson Plan

No directly quoted material may be used in this project paper.

Final Project—Training Program Development: Overview

Now that you have assessed the department’s and community’s understanding of crime victims’ rights and
conducted research on important best practices for training officers on victims’ rights, you are ready to assist the
training program director with development of an entry-level training plan and presentation regarding the topic of
your choice. You will want to utilize your research from Project 1 and gaps in knowledge from Project 2 to guide
your training concepts that you include for one of the following topics:

1.       Intimate Partner Violence

2.       Sexual Assault
3.       Stalking

Final Project—Training Program Development: Description

Your assignment requires that you submit the following training plan materials:

1.       Training Lesson Plan 

 The Lesson Plan is a written description of the training objectives, required topic areas to fulfill the
training objectives, a presentation guide that includes trainers notes for each slide that would be
supporting the training, and supporting resources (cited in the Lesson Plan using an APA formatted
Reference Page) (see real LE Victims’ Rights Training Lesson Plan
here: http://www.mdle.net/pdf/crimeviclesplan2012.pdf).
 The Lesson Plan must be 8 pages long and include instructor’s notes for every slide in your Power Point
presentation.

o   Training Objectives;

o   Icebreaker activity (something that engages the audience immediately);

o   Overview of the crime (prevalence rates, history, changes in laws over time, impact the crime has on the
overall community);

o   Barriers for victims in reporting and seeking assistance;

o   Challenges for criminal justice professionals in responding to the crime, investigations, etc.;

o   Best practices for law enforcement and community response to these victims;

o   Any applicable requirements for first responders and law enforcement in the relevant jurisdiction;

o   Applicable victims’ rights and resources; and

o   Conclusion activities (something to close out the training and summarize the learning objectives).

 Your training module consists of both the Lesson Plan and PowerPoint slides. 

Format Requirements

 Paper must be 8 pages double spaced, 11 or 12 pt font and 1” margins all around.
 All APA 7th edition format requirements must be followed (cover page, in text citations, reference page).
Refer to APA/UMGC - learning resources found in the content page of this course.
 You must have resources to support your thoughts/opinions/information.  These must be cited both in text
as well as at the end of the document. Your paper should not contain direct quotes, sourced material must
be paraphrased.