2010 Drug, DUI and Mental Health Court Conference

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Session Descriptions 10 Tuesday, May 18, 2010 Breakout Session 2 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Continued) Data Collection and Program Advocacy Dr. Kevin Baldwin, Applied Research Services This workshop is designed to help problem solving court practitioners identify, collect, manage, and report data to document their court activities, track key outcomes and indicators, and report data to both sustain and advocate for their work. Handling a Diverse Mental Health Court Population/Treatment Planning Mr. Eric Spencer, National Alliance on Mental Illness This workshop will focus on two of the essential elements of a mental health court: 1. Target population - The first portion of this workshop will discuss the elements of selecting and working with the target population that takes into consideration a broad array of disabling conditions including addiction and participant diversity. 2. Treatment support and services - The second half of this workshop will discuss the process of treatment planning that takes into account the results of a complete mental health and substance abuse assessment, individual consumer needs, and public safety concerns. Participants must also have input into their treatment plans. Treatment providers should remain in regular communication with court staff concerning the appropriateness of the treatment plan and should suggest adjustments to the plan when appropriate. Inside the Adolescent Brain Mr. Guy A. Wheeler, Guy A. Wheeler Group, P.A. Over the past few years, strong research has emerged that documents the enormous changes to the brain in the developing years between childhood and adulthood. This workshop will provide insight to adolescent brain development; effects of trauma, behavior, environmental factors, and discuss questions such as why adolescents use alcohol and other drugs. Community Policing and Public Health Deputy Christopher Worth, Cobb County Sheriff’s Department This training will discuss some threats to the officer’s and the public’s health that the officer needs to be aware of. We will discuss some dangers the officer may encounter including, but not limited to, methamphetamine labs and chemicals, unsafe houses, and diseases that the officer may be likely to come in contact with. We will also discuss some of the safety issues to the general public such as child abuse and neglect and other health issues that can affect the public that may be associated with accountability court participants. Conversation with the Georgia Department of Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond, Georgia Department of Labor This session will provide insight to Georgia’s job availability and how accountability courts can partner with their local Department of Labor office in assisting drug court participants with creating resumes, job applications and further education opportunities.
Session Descriptions 11 Tuesday, May 18, 2010 Breakout Session 2 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Continued) Promoting Awareness for Motivational Incentives (Part 2) Dr. Taunya Lowe, The Resurgent Group of Metro Atlanta, LLC Research has shown that motivational incentives programs using low cost reinforcement (prizes, vouchers, clinic privileges, etc.), delivered in conjunction with outside urine screening promote higher rates of treatment retention and abstinence from drug abuse. This blending team focus assists their efforts on informing the field about successful approaches in the use of motivational incentives (also referred to as contingency management). Challenges in Drug Testing: Detection of Use of Prescription and Street/Internet Drugs Dr. Leo Kadehjian, Independent Biomedical Consultant This session will provide information that will help attendees understand use of urine drug concentrations to assess therapeutic use vs. abuse of prescription drugs. There will also be discussion on the variety of new street/Internet drugs, their structures, and challenges for detection of their use. Wednesday, May 19, 2010 Plenary 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Effective Treatment for 17 – 25 year olds Mr. Guy A. Wheeler, Guy A. Wheeler Group, P.A. Young adulthood is the time in which personal identity and relationships become more complex and meaningful to individuals. This is also the time many emerging adult lives are marked by numerous physiological (brain), psychological, and social changes—after which most emerging adults embark on positive or negative (drugs and crime) trajectories. This training will focus on social, cognitive, variance (diversity), psychological, educational, and personality development processes from late childhood into adulthood (17-25 years old). The training will also provide indepth clinical techniques and best practice standards that will enhance the clinical process. Wednesday, May 19, 2010 Breakout Session 3 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM Ask Not What Your Charitable Organization Can Do For You - Tell It! Ms. Stephanie Woodard, Hall County Solicitor General This session will discuss how establishing a 501 (c) (3) can not only help ensure your court’s accountability, but also help with public awareness, participant activities and other goals. New Drug Trends - Pepspice, Salvia, Suboxone, Soma Major Vincent Hester, Cobb County Sheriff’s Office This session will discuss new drug trends: increased use, illegal distribution and fatal overdoses. Availability of prescription narcotics are primary factors in the rise of addiction, Prescription narcotics deaths accounted for 56 percent of poisoning deaths nationally in 2005, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and their absolute number increased by 84 percent from 1999 to 2005.
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