2010 Drug, DUI and Mental Health Court Conference

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Session Descriptions 14 Wednesday, May 19, 2010 Breakout Session 5 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM (Continued) Ensuring Sustainability: Grants and DATE Funds Judge Michael P. Boggs, Waycross Judicial Circuit; Eden Freeman, City of Sandy Springs Preparing your drug court for long-term financial sustainability is a daunting task. Most drug courts, like other local government programs, operate with a combination of funds, including city and county budget appropriations, state and federal grants, reorganization of existing resources and perhaps foundation and community support. This session will explore the need to plan for long-term sustainability of your drug court program and the steps you can take. 12 Step and Courts: Solutions & Spirituality Mr. Bob King, Dawson County Drug & DUI Court This session will educate participants on the twelve steps and how blending court accountability, twelve step support, and spiritual growth leads to a long term recovery. How to Manage Drug Courts and Stay in Compliance Within ASFA Timelines for Children in Foster Care Judge Juanita Stedman, Cobb County Juvenile Court-Family Drug Court; Judge Patricia P. Stone, Chatham County Family Dependency Treatment Court; Judge John Worcester-Holland, Appalachian Circuit Family Dependency Treatment Court Substance abuse by a primary caregiver is the most frequent reason for children coming into foster care, especially for newborns. Substance abuse treatment requires time and commitment for the parent as well as for the system. Relapse time is often part of the recovery process. Yet, young baby brains need caring, stable adults for attachment and full capacity brain growth. ASFA (Adoption and Safe Families Act) mandates movement toward permanency for children in foster care for 15 out of 22 months. How do all these requirements get balanced in Family Treatment Drug Courts? Carefully. Come listen to three Georgia juvenile court judges talk about what they do every day to both comply with the law and serve the children and families before them. When Sanctions and Incentives Don’t Work: Responding to Addiction-Driven Non-Compliance Mr. Terrence Walton, DC Pretrial Services Agency This presentation will uncover the theories underlying incentives and sanctions in drug courts and suggest strategies for using these powerful tools to effectively influence participant behavior. Special emphasis will be given to distinguishing between addictive behaviors and criminal behaviors, as well as suggesting when and how to respond differentially to both. Finally, this session will describe when sanctions don’t work and how sanctioning not working can sometimes actually assist in the treatment process. Essential Components of a Successful Drug Testing Program Mr. Paul L. Cary, M.S., University of Missouri Health Care in Columbia Missouri, Toxicology and Drug Monitoring Laboratory Effective drug testing in drug court is essential to the overall success of the program. This presentation is designed to provide information and strategies for building and maintaining a successful drug testing program. Collection strategies and result interpretation - two essential components of a credible testing program will be discussed. Attendees will learn the reasons for testing, how to select clients for maximum abstinence surveillance, and what specimens yield the best results. An additional focus issue will be controlling sample tampering.
Session Descriptions 15 Thursday, May 20, 2010 Closing Plenary 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Fidelity to the 10 Key Components Judge Robert T. Russell, Buffalo City Drug Court This presentation outlines the Ten Key Components, including a very brief history on their development. Each component is discussed, along with examples of its application. Thursday, May 20, 2010 Breakout Session 6: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Doing the Right Thing in the Right Way: Evidenced Based Treatment Mr. Terrence Walton, Washington, D.C., Pretrial Services Agency Arguably, treatment is the ground upon which everything else in drug court is built. Interestingly, while we have busied ourselves heralding the success of drug courts, that ground is gradually, yet steadily shifting beneath us. Treatment expectations are changing. The treatment, recovery, and research communities are coalescing around an approach to treatment that calls for the development of Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care and the use of evidence-based practices. This approach will force programs to go beyond what has “worked for us” in the past and forge new relationships in order to achieve the newly-defined “treatment success.” This presentation will provide specific tools and strategies to help you discover the evidenced-based practices that are most likely to work for you. Participants will leave prepared to tune-up their treatment vehicles as we explore helpful resources for providing effective relapse prevention planning, manual-based interventions, co-occurring disorder treatment, medication-assisted treatment, and more. The Effect of Correcting Nutrition on Crime, Delinquency, Drug Abuse and Their Precursors: Intelligence, Academic Performance, and Mental Health Dr. Stephen Schoenthaler, California State University, Stanislaw It is not well known that many state agencies have successfully added a nutritional component to their treatment and sentencing structures that has lowered violence and other antisocial behavior including the elevation of IQ, student grades, better mental health, and even normalization of brain function. Topics include how 803 public schools eliminated the majority of learning disabilities and 14 correctional institutions cut violence almost in half with diet alone. These resulted in several randomized controlled trials that allowed definitive attribution as to how these diets changed blood nutrient concentrations, brain concentrations, and improved the behavior of the most troublesome to treat and confine: the chronic offender.
Page 1: JUDICIAL COUNCIL OF GEORGIA STANDIN
Page 4 and 5: Chief Judge Jeffrey S. Bagley JUDIC
Page 6 and 7: Conference at a Glance 4 Day One Tu
Page 8 and 9: Agenda 6 Wednesday, May 19, 2010 7:
Page 10 and 11: Session Descriptions 8 Tuesday, May
Page 12 and 13: Session Descriptions 10 Tuesday, Ma
Page 14 and 15: Session Descriptions 12 Wednesday,
Page 18 and 19: Session Descriptions 16 Thursday, M
Page 20 and 21: Presenter Biographies 18 Judge Mich
Page 22 and 23: Presenter Biographies 20 Mr. Carson
Page 24 and 25: Presenter Biographies 22 After seve
Page 26 and 27: Presenter Biographies 24 Commission
Page 28 and 29: Presenter Biographies 26 Commission
Page 30 and 31: Conference Sponsors 28 Supreme Cour
Page 32: • • • • • Excellence and

2010 Drug, DUI and Mental Health Court Conference

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?