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Workshop 4E: Native Hawaiian Perspectives on Forensic Mental Health

noreply@blogger.com (Shayna) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:35:00 +0000

Dr. Kimo Alameda and a panel of distinguished practioners will discuss important issues on forensic mental health from a cultural perspective. These issues include the potential for improving services to Native Hawaiians through the integration of cultural solutions with evidence-based practices developed by Western researchers and practioners.

Workshop 4B: Issues, Challenges, and HOPE for Youth with Behavioral Health Disorders in the Juvenile Justice System

noreply@blogger.com (Shayna) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:17:00 +0000

Youth experiencing behavioral health disorders caught up in the Juvenile Justice System are at high risk of adult incarceration. What are their issues and challenges, and importantly, what are the promising practices emerging to give them hope? Speakers representing sectors from the streets to courts to diversion share their insights.

Workshop 4A: The Application of Forensic Best Practices: Who, What, Where, and How

noreply@blogger.com (Shayna) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:09:00 +0000

To achieve recovery goals and avoid further contact with the criminal justice system, persons with mental illnesses need access to effective treatment and support. However, evidence-based practices (EBPs) for justice involved clients require modifications. EBPs with the potential to produce positive public safety outcomes will be presented, and adaptations will be discussed.

Workshop 3C: Mental Health Calendars and Mental Health Courts

noreply@blogger.com (Shayna) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:16:00 +0000

This session will offer a forum in which the participants will learn about and provide input into the judicial system’s response to persons with mental illness at the misdemeanor and felony levels. Discussion will center upon: What are Mental Health Calendars and Courts? What’s the difference? Who, in Hawai‘i, has these? How do they work? What are the benefits? What are the obstacles? Some discussion of national trends in these areas will be offered.

Workshop 3B: The Past, Present, and Future Development of the Department of Public Safety’s Mental Health Services

noreply@blogger.com (Shayna) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:09:00 +0000

Representatives from the Department of Public Safety will discuss present and future efforts to improve services to detainees with mental health disorders. The discussion will focus on the improvement in the process of identification and assessment of detainees with mental health disorders, programs, interventions and dispositional planning. Challenges in changes, development and operationalization of new policies and procedures, as well as the need for ongoing orientation and training in a correctional environment will be outlined. The panel will present the status and outcomes from collaborations with other federal, state and provider agencies, as well as examine potential new directions of service development for offenders with mental health disorders.

Workshop 2C: Hale Imua and K-Fit: Collaborations and innovations in specialized forensic community programs

noreply@blogger.com (Shayna) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:24:00 +0000

This workshops describes Hale Imua and K-Fit, two highly successful community-based forensic programs that integrate housing, treatment, psycho-social rehabilitation, substance abuse treatment, and forensic programming. Hale Imua is designed to accommodate people released to the community on a Conditional Release, while KFit targets individuals released on conditions as Unfit to Proceed with Trial. Speakers will describe the unique make-up of each program, as well as highlight the excellent outcome data for these nationally-recognized programs.

Workshop 2B: Current Practices in Assessing Risk for Violence

noreply@blogger.com (Shayna) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:54:00 +0000

The current state of dangerousness assessment (or assessing risk for violence) is far removed from the dark corners of clinical guesswork. This session will investigate and highlight current, empirically-based methodologies that greatly improve the predictive and contextual accuracy of violence risk assessment. Ethical issues will also be considered.

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

noreply@blogger.com (Shayna) — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:26:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Shayna) — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:19:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Shayna) — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:01:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Shayna) — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:11:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Shayna) — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:53:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Shayna) — Fri, 15 May 2009 23:51:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Shayna) — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:45:00 +0000

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.

4C: Youth to Adult Transition: Opportunities and Challenges

noreply@blogger.com (Shayna) — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:36:00 +0000

This panel presentation will feature transition-aged youth mental health consumers, parents who have experienced the transition process, and staff of the Ho‘omohala Project and will present information on challenges and useful supports as well as describing and evidence-informed approach: the Transition to Independence Process (TIP) Model.

4B: Strategies and Legal Issues for Family Members: “Are There Any?”

noreply@blogger.com (Shayna) — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:07:00 +0000

This workshop will address concerns such as, “ Who will take care of my family member once I’ve passed on? How can I find out more information about whether my family member is in treatment? How Can I be of help? How can I get help for a family member for a family member who refuses treatment?” This is a presentation of the 5th Annual Best Practices Conference in Honolulu on April 25, 2008.

4A: Challenging Burdenhood

noreply@blogger.com (Shayna) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:02:00 +0000

Viewing one’s self as a burden and assimilating such shame and guilt can lead to disconnecting from one’s ‘ohana. This workshop will deconstruct burdenhood and explore psychoeducation and culturally responsive strategies to reconstruct connections. This is a presentation of the 5th Annual Best Practices Conference in Honolulu on April 25, 2008

3C: Strengthening Natural Networks: Clubhouse and Peer Support Strategies

noreply@blogger.com (Shayna) — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:38:00 +0000

Social support acts as a buffer to life stresses. Natural networks – ‘ohana, peers, friends – provide a rich resource of such buffers. This workshop explores natural networks and how clubhouses and peer support strategies can, “pull in community, family, faith, work – be holistic in recovery." This is a presentation of the 5th Annual Best Practices Conference in Honolulu on April 24, 2008

3B: Family Perspectives on Recovery: Voices of Experience

noreply@blogger.com (Shayna) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:57:00 +0000

We will learn from a panel of family members about ways to collaborate with them in the recovery process. This is a presentation of the 5th Annual Best Practices Conference in Honolulu on April 24, 2008

Workshop 3A: Meeting Families Where They Are: Strategies for Engagement

noreply@blogger.com (Shayna) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:58:00 +0000

To date, successfully engaging consumers and relatives in treatment has been an unattended aspect of implementing family interventions. Provider, relative, and consumer obstacles to engagement will be outlined, as will strategies for addressing these common problems. This is a presentation of the 5th Annual Best Practices Conference in Honolulu on April 24, 2008

Workshop 2C: Consumer Panel: Building Our Own Families’ Supports and Spirituality

noreply@blogger.com (Shayna) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:07:00 +0000

This is an open forum with personal stories of recovery and of building our own families’ supports and spirituality. This is a presentation of the 5th Annual Best Practices Conference in Honolulu on April 24, 2008

Workshop 2B: Increasing Family Involvement in Supported Employment

noreply@blogger.com (Shayna) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:07:00 +0000

Family members can play an important role in the successful supported employment of persons with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI). In panel presentations, supported employment staff, consumers/members, and family members will describe their experiences and offer suggestions for maximizing family involvement for successfully supported employment of persons with SPMI. This is a presentation of the 5th Annual Best Practices Conference in Honolulu on April 24, 2008

Workshop 2A: The Nuts and Bolts of Behavioral Family Therapy (BFT)

noreply@blogger.com (Shayna) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:02:00 +0000

BFT is an intensive individual family psychoeducational intervention program, which has been found to reduce relapse rates in schizophrenia and bipolar illness by almost 50%. In this presentation, the rationale and components of BFT – engagement, assessment, illness education, communication skills training, and problem-solving instruction will be presented. This is a presentation of the 5th Annual Best Practices Conference in Honolulu on April 24, 2008

Plenary 2: Cultural Adaptation of Family Psychoeducation in Three Communities: Chinese, African-American, and Latino

noreply@blogger.com (Shayna) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:47:00 +0000

Speaker will review the process and outcomes related to the adaptation and implementation of Family Psychoeducation in three diverse ethnic communities. She will present a framework for cultural evaluation of EBPs and the lessons learned in implementing Family Psychoeducation. This is a presentation of the 5th Annual Best Practices Conference in Honolulu on April 24, 2008.

Workshop 1C: Au No Keia: Supporting Hawai‘i's Mahu, Mahuwahine, and Their Families

noreply@blogger.com (Shayna) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:45:00 +0000

Presenters will describe their `ohana and the ways these are similar and different for gay, lesbian (mahu), and transgender people. They will share strategies for advancing the nurturing factors of their `ohana. This is a presentation of the 5th Annual Best Practices Conference in Honolulu on April 23, 2008.