Workshop 2A: The Sequential Intercept Model — Service Engagement in the Justice System

This session describes opportunities to engage mental health consumers in services when they come into contact with the criminal justice system. From initial police contact to re-entry from jail or prison and placement on parole or probation supervision, collaboration with justice professionals and services designed to engage persons at each of the criminal justice system intercepts can produce both improved public safety and public health outcomes. Don’t miss out on the SIM Mall Experience (Workshop 3-E) — an interactive, hands-on experience that will give you with a chance to experience what our forensic consumers encounter when they come into contact with the criminal justice system.

Workshop 1C: Police-based Emergency Psychological Services and Pre-booking Jail Diversion

This session reviews different police-based jail diversion programs, the unique Honolulu Model, outcome data for the Honolulu program, and plans for the future.

Workshop 1B: Designing and Implementing a Coordinated Intervention Approach for Elders Experiencing Legal Encumbrances and Mental Health Issues

This session reveals strategies utilized on Maui for developing and implementing multi-disciplinary proactive interventions for individuals over the age of 60 who are engaged with the criminal justice system and the mental health system. Workshop presenters include a District Court Judge, an AMHD Forensic Coordinator, and a Geriatric Mental Health Specialist.

Workshop 1A: The Judge as a Change Agent — Developing an Effective Local Community Criminal Justice/Mental Health System

This workshop describes the nuts and bolts on how to establish an effective local community criminal justice/mental health/substance abuse system — including mental health courts and diversion programs.

Plenary 4: Managing the Prevalence of Co-occurring Disorders in Forensic Populations

EBPs and best practices in forensics are essential to help consumers avoid further contact with the criminal justice system. Dr. Osher’s landmark APIC model for community re-entry has set a new standard for practical, effective best practices in forensics.

Plenary 1: Transforming Mental Health Systems — A Judicial Perspective

This presentation focuses on our mental health crisis, problems, and history as well as the consequences of untreated mental illness and how to construct a comprehensive and competent criminal justice/mental health/substance abuse treatment system.

Plenary 3: Peer Support and Trauma Informed Care within the Forensic System: Hope, Resiliency, and Healing

The high rates of trauma history amongst incarcerated consumers and the lack of trauma informed services undermines the recovery process. We must strive for integration of trauma informed services in all delivery models and settings. Effective use of peer staff and innovative collaborations with consumer operated programs in particular can inform and infuse systems with values of hope, resiliency, personal, and community healing.