Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Veterans' mental health needs moved to the forefront


Veronica Flores-Paniagua - Web Posted: 05/18/2010 12:00 CDT

How does Bexar County go from the backwater to the forefront of mental health services for veterans?


In one fell swoop.

With last week's green light from District Attorney Susan Reed to develop a pretrial jail diversion program for certain combat-affected veterans, the county has a unique opportunity to lead the pack on mental health care.

In what some regard as a too-low-under-the-radar move, the Center for Health Care Services is developing a grant-funded program to offer post-conviction jail diversion and treatment to veterans with trauma-related mental health needs. According to Aaron Diaz, director of crisis and diversion services for CHCS, the state recognized Bexar County for its effective mental-health and substance-abuse jail diversion programs and sought it as a pilot for the veteran-focused services.

The grant, from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, is an annual renewable award of $394,000 to the CHCS. The program covers a five-year period from fiscal year 2010 to 2014 and would serve about 120 veterans annually.

Diaz said CHCS should be ready to start screening arrestees in about two months, and county officials are fine-tuning the adjudication process.

If the pattern seen in the county's drug and mental health courts is any indication, the combination of a pretrial veterans court programand post-conviction services targeting veterans holds great promise for addressing the root causes of mental illness among this group.

The recidivism rate among those who've been processed through one of the county's three drug courts is 8 percent. In the newer mental health court, in place for two years, recidivism rates among the 108 people who've been served is about 25 percent.

Not impressed? Consider that the recidivism rate for the total jail population is 80 percent.

Reflection on the trends in these courts is essential because there are parallels to the experiences of mentally ill veterans in the criminal justice system. An estimated 60 percent of incarcerated veterans have a substance dependency and nearly 30 percent have a serious mental illness. In most cases (70 percent), the incarcerated veterans are doing time for nonviolent crimes.

After months of lobbying Reed to drop her opposition to a pretrial jail diversion program for veterans who have a mental illness or traumatic brain injury tied to hazardous duty, now there is momentum. Last week, Reed's office agreed to be part of a hybrid pretrial and post-conviction program targeting veterans. The pretrial element will apply only to veterans acutely affected by hazardous duty who are accused of “low-level” misdemeanors.


Reed's approval “was imperative, and we're very happy that happened,” Diaz said.

There still are some valid fiscal concerns for county lawmakers going forward. The courts and adult probation department, for instance, won't share in the grant funding to support the veteran-focused efforts.

For now, though, there's an uncommon opportunity to make a difference in the lives of mentally ill veterans. Let's seize it.

Friday, April 23, 2010

CIT Conference Schedule June 1, 2010


8:30 AM  -  10:00 AMOpening Ceremony
The day will commence with an opening ceremony at 8:30 am with presentation of colors, invocation and welcoming reception by top officials. We will have a special guest speaker to open the conference.
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10:30 AM  -  11:15 AMAn Integrative Treatment Model for Mentally Ill and Drug Offenders
Lead Presenter: Chad Graff , Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, Sr. Director Southwest Institute for Addictions Diseases Dept. of Psychiatry Texas Tech Univ. Health Sciences Center. Additional Presenters: Rudy Arredondo, Ed.D., LPC Board Chair National Center for Behavioral Health Solutions; Greg Cruz, MS, Sr. USPO, U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services Texas Northern District
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10:30 AM  -  11:15 AMThe Restoration Center 
Lead Presenter: Kathryn Jones, LCSW, LCDC, Substance Abuse Director, Center for Health Care Services. Additional Presenter: Melanie Lane, LMSW, LCDC, AAC, Director of Operations, The Restoration Center, Center for Health Care Services
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10:30 AM  -  12:00 PMBehavioral Health Indicators Project
Lead Presenter: Susan Stone, JD, MD, Executive Coordinator Mayor's Mental Health Task Force Monitoring Committee Additional Presenters: James Van Norman, MD Medical Director, Austin-Travis County Integral Care; Abraham Minjarez, LCSW, Criminal Justice Coordinator, Austin-Travis County Integral Care
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10:30 AM  -  12:00 PMCIT Leadership - Top Down for Success
Lead Presenter: Sam Cochran, Ret. Mjr. Additional Presenter: Dr. Randolph Dupont
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10:30 AM  -  12:00 PMCIT Program Calls for Assistance: Two Year Outcomes
Lead Presenter: Sabrina W. Tyuse, Ph.D., Associate Professor School of Social Work, Saint Louis University
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10:30 AM  -  12:00 PMCognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis: Basic Tenets and Skills 
Lead Presenter: Dawn Velligan, Ph.D., Professor/Director, Division of Schizophrenia and Related Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center, S.A. Additional Presenter: Meredith Draper, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow/Licensed Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center, S.A.
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10:30 AM  -  12:00 PMCrisis Intervention Teams for Youth Training Law Enforcement to Respond to Youth 
Lead Presenter: Kathleen Skowyra, BA, Models for Change Mental Health Juvenile Justice Action Network Additional Presenters: Don Kamin, Ph.D., Chief, Clinical and Forensic Services, Sandra Sayre, BA and Sgt. Clifford Gatlin
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10:30 AM  -  12:00 PMCross System Collaboration Promotes Access to Health Care in Miami-Dade County
Lead Presenter: Cindy Schwartz, MS, MBA, Project Director, Eleventh Judicial Criminal Mental Health Project. Additional Presenter: Alejandro Aristizabal, MBA, Felony Jail Diversion Team Leader, Eleventh Judicial Criminal Mental Health Project
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10:30 AM  -  12:00 PMIntegration of Crisis Care Services
Lead Presenter: Debra Dillon, MA, RN-BC, Deputy Director, Transitional Services
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10:30 AM  -  12:00 PMMobile CIT the Toronto Experience
Lead Presenter: David Gotlib, M.D., FRCPC, Medical Director of the Emergency Psychiatry Team, Community Mental Health Services and Mobile CIT, St. Joseph's Health Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Additional Presenters: Michael Zawebny, Police Constable, Toronto Police Service and Conny Stefan, RN, Mobile Crisis Intervention Team
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10:30 AM  -  12:00 PMPsychological effects of war on Veterans
Lead Presenter: Thomas von Hemert, BS CIT Coordinator Thomas Jefferson Area CIT
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10:30 AM  -  12:00 PMTraining Ideas for Instructing CIT: Dispatchers and Medics
Lead Presenter: Sgt. Michael Yohe, Akron Police Department
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10:30 AM  -  11:15 PMIt All Begins at the Jail
Lead Presenter: Denise Curiel, Criminal Justice Liaison, Adult Services/CPSA. Additional Presenter: Diana Carino, Criminal Justice Assistant, CPSA
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11:15 AM  -  12:00 PMA Diversionary Program for People with Psychiatric Disabilities
Lead Presenter: Brian Coco, BS, Chief Probation Officer
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11:15 AM  -  12:00 PMCommunity Mental Health SAMHSA The National Perspective
Presented by: Neal Brown
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11:15 AM  -  12:00 PMTraining curriculum, class structure and training requirements
Presented by: Sgt. Romana Lopez, BA, CIT Coordinator, San Antonio Police Department
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11:25 AM  -  12:00 PMUsing the right language when enlisting the help of law enforcement 
Jeanie Paradise, MA, LPC Clinical Director Crisis Services Center for Health Care Services
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1:30 PM  -  2:15 PMBuddy Up for Success - The Power of Public/Private Partnerships
Lead Presenter: Mary Witwer, LCSW, Emergency Services Supervisor, City of Virginia Beach Dept. of Human Services, Mental Health Substance Abuse Services Division, CIT Coordinator
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1:30 PM  -  2:15 PMKeys to the Successful Development and Implementation of a CIT Program 
Lead Presenter: Frank Webb, Senior Police Officer, Houston Police Department, Mental Health Unit, Founding Program Coordinator
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1:30 PM  -  2:15 PMPersuading Policy Makers: Effective CIT Prorgram Evaluation
Lead Presenter: Maria Feliz-Ortiz, Ph.D. Professor University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio
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1:30 PM  -  2:15 PMRecovery is Possible
Presented by: Gail Tapp, AA
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1:30 PM  -  2:15 PMThe Road to the Houston Police Dept. Crisis Intervention Response
Lead Presenter: Rebecca Skillern, MA., MFT Police Officer/Investigator; Houston Police Department. Additional Presenters: Eric Chimney, Senior Police Officer Houston Police Department. Mike Erickson, MA., Licensed Mental Health Practioner; Mental Health Mental Retardartion Authority
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1:30 PM  -  3:00 PMAdvanced CIT Class: Focusing on Children and Adolescent Mental Health Issues
Lead Presenter: Sgt. Michael Peterson, MA, LAMFT, (Ret). Additional Presenters: Jane Marie Sulzle, RN, CNS,MS, Clinical Nurse Specialist at Prairie Care; Sgt. Steve Wickelgren, MA, MFT
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1:30 PM  -  3:00 PMCIT for Corrections
Lead Presenter: Bruce Handler, MD. Additional Presenters: Jeffry Murphy, President of MH Consultants, Inc. Carl Alaimo, Psy.D., Director of Advance Psych Training, Cook County Dept. of Corrections
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1:30 PM  -  3:00 PMCIT Officers and the Psychiatric Evaluation: Community Collaboration in a Crisis
Lead Presenter: Emily Ribnik, MA in Counseling, CIT Coordinator & Emergency Mental Health Therapist
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1:30 PM  -  3:00 PMCommunity Mental Health Medical Director's Roundtable
Lead Presenter: David Hnatow, M.D., FAAEM, FACEP, Chair, Community Medical Director's Roundtable. Additional Presenters: Harry Griffin, Assistant Police Chief, San Antonio Police Department and Leon Evans, MS, President/Chief Executive Officer, Center for Health Care Services
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1:30 PM  -  3:00 PMExcited Delirium: What Is It?
Lead Presenter: Erik Lindgren, BA, Police Training Officer, Riverside Police Department. Corey Braxton, LVN, CIT Trainer, Riverside County Regional Medical Center - Department of Psychiatry. Deborah Johnson, LCSW, Assistant Hospital Administrator
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1:30 PM  -  3:00 PMMalingering on the Street
Lead Presenter: Felicia Byars, MA, Forensic Psychology, Police Officer, Menlo Park Police Department
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1:30 PM  -  3:00 PMOutpatient Commitment Law: The Missing Piece for Crisis Intervention
Danial Garza, MD
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1:30 PM  -  3:00 PMU.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs Engagement with CIT Memphis
Lead Presenter: Ira Katz, MD, PhD, Deputy Chief Patient Care Services for Mental Health, US Department of Veterans Affairs. Additional Presenters: Thomas Kirchberg, PhD, ABPP, Chief Psychologist, VA Medical Center Memphis, US Dept of Veterans Affairs. Trent Pettis, Course Manager, VA Law Enforcement Training Center, US Dept. of Veterans Affairs.
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2:15 PM  -  3:00 PMCIT The North Carolina Experience
Lead Presenter: Robert Kurtz, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist DHHS Division of Mental Health
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2:15 PM  -  3:00 PMDivert to Where? Cross System Planning
Lead Presenter: Mark Englehart, MS, MSW, Associate Director of Florida's Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Technical Assistance Center
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2:15 PM  -  3:00 PMHaven for Hope Homeless Campus
Lead Presented: Art Vela, Chief of Security, Haven for Hope
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2:15 PM  -  3:00 PMPremise Histories, Mental Health Referrals: The Collaborative Approach
Lead Presenter: Priscilla Rayon, Police Officer, Houston Police Department Mental Health Unit. Additional Presenter: Evelyn Locklin, MCOT Supervisor, HMRA
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2:15 PM  -  3:00 PMThe Need for CIT as viewed by Persons with Mental Illness
Lead Presenter: John Elizondo, BA. Additional Presenter: Paul Eisenhauer, BA
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3:30 PM  -  4:15 PMCIT and Crisis Negotiation Teams: A Natural Alliance
Lead Presenter: Michael Mc Mains, Ph.D. Additional Presenter: Mark Lowther, Lt. Weber County Sheriff's Office
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3:30 PM  -  4:15 PMCustomer Service, CIT and Policing
Lead Presenter: Jeff Futo, Police Officer, Kent State University Police Services, Department of Public Safety.
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3:30 PM  -  4:15 PMGeorgia CIT Partners in Transformation 
Lead Presenter: Pat Strode, BA GA CIT Program Administrator NAMI Georgia. Additional Presenters: Nora Haynes, M.E., Policy Committee Chair NAMI Board of Directors. Wiliam William Massee, Sheriff Baldwin County Sheriff's Office
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3:30 PM  -  4:15 PMProving Success in CIT Developing Evidence-Based Programs
Lead Presenter: Larry E. Thompson, Ed.D, Coordinator of Law Enforcement Initiative, Department of Mental Health and Policy, University of South Florida Additional Presenter: J. Thomas Acker, MS, Sgt. Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
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3:30 PM  -  5:00 PMA Train the Trainer Workshop for Teaching Empathy
Lead Presenter: Don Kamin, Ph.D., Chief, Clinical & Forensic Services, Monroe County Office of Mental Health, Rochester, New York.
  Optional
3:30 PM  -  5:00 PMCivil versus Criminal Commitment Process
Presented by: Oscar Kazen
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3:30 PM  -  5:00 PMCultivating Children's CIT - Grassroots to Systems Implementation
Lead Presenter: Keri Kitzpatrick, MS, Client Services Consultant, Northpoint Institute for Public Management. Additional Presenter: Terri Mabrito, MA, CCIT Coordinator, The Center for Health Care Services
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3:30 PM  -  5:00 PMExploring Statewide Implementation CIT
Lead Presenter: Melissa Reuland, MS Research Consultant, CSG Justice Center. Mark Munetz, M.D., Chair of Psychiatry College of Medicine. Ron Bruno, Detective, Salt Lake City Police Department. Louise Pyers, Executive Director, The Connecticut Alliance to Benefit Law Enforcement (CABLE)
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3:30 PM  -  5:00 PMForensic Court Services Outpatient Competency Restoration, Outpatient Court Ordered Treatment
Lead Presenter: Mike Alkek, Clinical Administrator II. Additional Presenters: Elizabeth Rendon, Quintin thomas.
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3:30 PM  -  5:00 PMFrom Triage to Treatment Innovative Crisis Care
Lead Presenter: David Cozadd, M.Ed., LPC, Director of Operations. Additional Presenters: Thomas Kerss, Sheriff, Nacogdoches County, Texas, Current President of the Sheriff's Association of Texas. Anne Bondesen, Director of the Rural East Texas Health Network, Nacogdoches, Texas
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3:30 PM  -  5:00 PMMedical Conditions Masquerading as Psychiatric Illness or Accompanying a Psychiatric Crisis
Lead Presenter: Rosario Rodriguez, MD, Medical Director for University Health System Psychiatric Emergency Services and Center for Health Care Services Crisis Care Center
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3:30 PM  -  5:00 PMMilitary Culture, Mental Health and Law Enforcement
Lead Presenter: Deloria Ramos Wilson, Ph.D., Clinical Research Psychologist, Warrior Resiliency Program - Training Division.
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3:30 PM  -  5:00 PMPolice Surviving Catastrophic Events
Lead Presenter: Roberto Jimenez, MD, FAPA
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3:30 PM  -  5:00 PMThe Restoration Center
Lead Presenter: Kathryn Jones, LCSW, LCDC, Substance Abuse Director, Center for Health Care Services. Additional Presenter: Melanie Lane, LMSW, LCDC, AAC, director of Operations, The Restoration Center
  Optional
4:15 PM  -  5:00 PMCIT Out of Uniform: Tailor Made Training for Specialized Units
Lead Presenter: Habsi Kaba, MS, MFT, Miaimi-Dade County Coordinator, Eleventh Judicial Circuit Criminal Mental Health Project. Additional Presenter: Patricia Perez Negues, Field Training Unit Officer, Miami-Dade Police Department
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4:15 PM  -  5:00 PMHeartland CIT Toward Comprehensive Evaluation
Lead Presenter: Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Epidemiology Additional Presenter: Stephen Spelic Operational Director Alegent Health
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4:15 PM  -  5:00 PMSpeaking the Language of Community Involvement - Getting the Word out that The Politics of CIT 
Lead Presenter: Dennis Bosley, President, NAMITopeka. Additional Presenter: Ken Kerle.
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5:30 PM  -  7:00 PMNetworking Social
The main ballroom will be open to all to attend and meet with other officers, mental health workers, advocates and consumers from across the world who will be attending the conference. This will be a great opportunity to network and learn of individual stories and accomplishments from others in their respective communities. Please be advised, dinner will NOT be available as part of this social.
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
8:00 AM  -  8:45 AMArresting Stigma and Preconceived Notions
Lead Presenter: Sylvia Luna, MA LCDC Faithbased Mental Health Initiative/NAMI
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8:00 AM  -  8:45 AMCIT Driven Partnerships with the Faith Based Community to address homelessness and substance abuse
Lead Presenter: Alexis Zoss, LCSW, Division Director, City of Virginia Beach Dept. of Human Services, Mental Health Substance Abuse Services Division, CIT Project Director
  Optional
8:00 AM  -  8:45 AMCIT Expansion in Virginia
Lead Presenter: Patrick Halpern, MPIA Executive Director, Mental Health Association of the New River Valley. Additional Presenters: Victoria Cochran, JD, Behavioral Health/Criminal Justice Services Coordinator virginia Dept. of Behavioral Health and Development Services. Joseph Yost, MS, Jail Diversion Coordinator, Mental Health Association of the New River Valley
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8:00 AM  -  8:45 AMFamily Perspective on Mental Health Tragedy: A Video Documentary
Lead Presenter: Richard Stevenson, BA Director of Special Projects NAMI St. Louis. Additional Presenter: Barry Armfield, Sgt. coordinator, St. Louis Area CIT.
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8:00 AM  -  9:30 AMBehind the scenes of self selection into CIT training of Police Officers
Lead Presenter: Michael Compton, M.D., M.P.H. Emory University School of Medicine Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Beth Broussard, M.P.H., C.H.E.S., Emory University School of Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences. Janet R. Oliva, Ph.D., Georgia Bureau of Investigation
  Optional
8:00 AM  -  9:30 AMCalming a Psychotic Person in Crisis
Lead Presenter: Milt Greek, M.A., Project Leader Office of Information Technology, Ohio University
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8:00 AM  -  9:30 AMCIT Program Assessment: Measuring Fidelity with the Model
Lead Presenter: Michele Saunders, LCSW, Director of Community Services for Seminole County Government. Additional Presenter: Larry Thompson, Ed.D., Coordinator of Academic Programs.
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8:00 AM  -  9:30 AMCompleting the Circle of Care
Lead Presenter: John Wallschlaeger, BS Sergeant Appleton Police Department Additional Presenter: Karen Aspenson, MSW, Executive Director NAMI Fox Valley, Appleton, Wisconsin
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8:00 AM  -  9:30 AMHow CIT Works in a Small Rural County
Lead Presenter: Kevin Frye, BS Sheriff, Avery County North Carolina Additional Presenter: Ann V. Robinson, BS Emergency Services Coordinator, Smoky Mountain Center Mental Health
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8:00 AM  -  9:30 AMOfficer Down: Portrait of a Police Suicide
Lead Presenter: Amy K. Lyons
  Optional
8:00 AM  -  9:30 AMOhio CIT-"If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well"
Lead Presenter- Michael Woody, BA, President-CIT International, CIT Coordinator-Ohio. Additional Presenter: Mark Munetz, M.D. Psychiatry, Northeastern Ohio Univerisites College of Medicine and Pharmacy
  Optional
8:00 AM  -  9:30 AMSpecialized Court Programs for Mental Health and Substance Treatment Consumers
Lead Presenter: Bonnie Sultan, MA, Criminal Justice Mental Health Consultant. Additional Presenters: Charles Amrhein, Psy.D., Clinical Director, Bronx Mental Health Court. Christopher Wedzinski, MA., Senior U.S. Probation & Parole Officer
  Optional
8:00 AM  -  9:30 AMTrauma Recognition and Coordination: Early Intervention with Youth
Lead Presenter: Keith Warner, MS. Additional Presenters: Sharon Lipford, Executive Director, Harford County Mental Health. Victor Welzant Psy.D., CIT Program Psychologist Harford County CIT. Shawn Dundon, MA, Director Mobile Crisis Program Sheppard Pratt Health System-Harford County
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8:45 AM  -  9:30 AMCommunity Collaboration: A Case Study
Lead Presenter: Jill Marcrum, J.D. Magistrate, Vanderburgh Superior Court.
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8:45 AM  -  9:30 AMNAMI Community Educational Programs
Lead Presenter: Kym Bolado, BA, President NAMI San Antonio Additional Presenter: Ernest Stevens, officer, San Antonio Police Department and NAMI Board Member
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8:45 AM  -  9:30 AMPsychological Assessment and Psychological Robustness: An Exploration of How Police Officers Cope 
Lead Presenter: Sajida Naz, Ph.D. student, University of Huddersfield, UK, lecturer at Fatima Jinnah Women University, Pakistan
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10:00 AM  -  10:45 AM911 High Utilizer Committee
Lead Presenter: Honorable Polly Jackson Spencer, County Judge Probate Court 1 Additional Presenter: Karen Hogan
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10:00 AM  -  10:45 AMApplying Children's CIT Skills in a School Setting
Lead Presenter: Ralph Garcia, Police Officer, San Antonio ISD Police. Additional Presenter: Jessica Sepulveda, Police Officer, San Antonio ISD Police
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10:00 AM  -  10:45 AMDevelopment of the San Antonio Police Department's CIT Unit
Lead Presenter: Ernest Stevens, Police Officer, CIT Unit, San Antonio Police Department. Additional Presenter: William Kasberg, Police Officer, CIT Unit, San Antonio Police Department.
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10:00 AM  -  10:45 AMNo good deed...Improving Mental Health response to Law Enforcement
Lead Presenter: Dan Abreu, MS, CRC, LMHC, Assoc. Director, National GAINS Center
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10:00 AM  -  11:30 AMCIT Response with Cultural Consideration
Lead Presenter: Patti Kresley, MA, Adjunct Professor, Argosy University-Twin Cities
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10:00 AM  -  11:30 AMCommunity Collaboration: A Successful Partnership ...
Lead Presenter: Kathleen Guerra, NACO
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10:00 AM  -  11:30 AMLee's Story
Lead Presenter: Herbert Cotner, BA Criminal Justice Senior Corporal, Dallas Police Department/NAMI Dallas. Additional Presenters: Sherry Cusumano, MS, Executive Director of Community Eduction and Clinical Development, Green Oaks Hospital/NAMI Dallas; Janie Metzinger, MS, Director of Public Safety, Mental Health America
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10:00 AM  -  11:30 AMPart 1: Excited Delirium Part 2: Taser
Lead Presenter-Jerry Staton, Senior Master TASER Instructor, In-custody Death Specialist
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10:00 AM  -  10:45 PMSystem and Policy level barriers to full implementation of the CIT model
Lead Presenter: Michael Compton, M.D., M.P.H., C.H.E.S., Emory University School of Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Beth Broussard, M.P.H., C.H.E.S., Emory University School of Medicne, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Amy C. Watson, Ph. D., Jane Addams Coolege of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago
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10:00 AM  -  11:30 PMMental Health First Aid
Lead Presenter- Brian Gibb, Director of Public Education, The National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare. Additional Presenter: Lesley Leven, MSW President/CEO of Behavioral Health Response. Carole Bernardo, Training Coordinator Life Watch Employee Assistance Program. Joseph Coffey, Lt., Warwick, Rhode Island Police Department. Anthony Silva, Director Rhode Island Municipal Police Academy, Providence Rhode Island.
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10:00 AM  -  11:30 PMMental Health Needs for Returning Veterans
Lead Presenter: Emma Mata-Galan, PsyD, Clinical Psychologist, Program Director PTSD Clinical.
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10:00 AM  -  11:30 PMThe Houston Response to Elder Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation
Lead Presenter: Barbara Reilley, Ph.D., Research Manager , Geriatric Division Univeristy of Texas Medical School at Houston. Additional Presenters: James Booker, Regional Director, Adult Protective Services, Department of Family and Protective Services. Lynne Parsons, Assistant DA, Harris County District Attorneky's Office. Candice Twyman, Houston Better Business Bureau Foundation
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10:30 AM  -  12:00 PMDomestic Violence
lead Presented: Jared Detter, PsyD, Psychologist, San Antonio Police Department.
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10:45 AM  -  11:30 AMBeyond the 40 Hours: An Indepth Look at the Influence of CIT on Behavioral Health System Develop...
Lead Presenter: James Stringham, MC Community Counseling, VP of Operations, Magellan Health Services of Arizona. Additional Presenter: Nick Margiotta, ME, Crisis Intervention Training Coordinator, City of Phoenix Police Department.
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10:45 AM  -  11:30 AMChildrens Crisis Intervention Training for School Based Officers
Lead Presenter: The Honorable John Specia Additional Presenter: Terri Mabrito MA Children's CIT Coordinator CHCS
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10:45 AM  -  11:30 AMDevelopment of the Deputy Mobile Outreach Team
Lead Presenter: Yvonne Vann, Sgt.,
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10:45 AM  -  11:30 AMSuicide and Law Enforcement- Taking care of your own
Lead Presenter: Michael Alicia, MS, MFT, MSW, Ed.D., Law Enforcement Officer, Therapist Counseling Network. Habsi Kaba, MS, MFT, Miami-Dade County CIT Coordinator
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10:45 AM  -  11:30 PMCriminal Justice's Collaborative Paradigm Shift: A sequential Intercept Model
Lead Presenter: Darek Ardoin, BS CIT Coordinator Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office Additional Presenters: David Anders, Lt. CIT Coordinator FBI National Academy and Mickey Shannon, M.Ed, Chairperson of CIT/Crisis Task Force, Executive Director of Samaritan Counciling Center
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1:30 PM  -  3:00 PMCIT in Idaho: Turnaround Time in Emergency Department
Lead Presenter: Kim Jardine-Dickerson, MSN, RN, BC, CADC, Clinical Assistant Professor Idaho State University, School of Nursing Additional Presenters: Pete Snyder, MS Administrator, Behavioral Health Center and Sam Hulse, BS Captain Bonneville Sheriff Office
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2:00 PM  -  2:45 PMAn Innovative Community Collaboration to Enhance the Continuum of Care
Lead Presenter: Cecile Tebo, LCSW Crisis Transportation Services Program Administrator,New Orleans Police Department. Additional Presenter: Lisa Romback, MA, Program Director, NAMI New Orleans
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2:00 PM  -  2:45 PMIntegration of Safety and Defensive Tactics into Advanced CIT
Lead Presenter: Michael Yohe, BS / MA, Sergeant Akron Police Department
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2:00 PM  -  2:45 PMRural Maine CIT: The Case for Collaboration
Lead Presenter: Richard Brown, M.ED., CEO Charlotte White Center Additional Presenter: Elizabeth Carolin, MSW Clinical Coordinator Charlotte White Center
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2:00 PM  -  3:30 PM"If I am the last resort, where do I turn for support?"
Lead presenter: Kellie Meyer, MA Criminal Justice Director and Development Director, NAMI Indiana
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2:00 PM  -  3:30 PMBuilding Collaboration: What's Our Problem?
Lead Presenter: Mark Anderson, MA, Executive Director Barbara Schneider Foundation Additional Presenters: Charles Jensen, MA Consumer Advocate and Board Member Barbara Schneider Foundation and Renee Jensen, MA Community Collaboration Coordinator Barbara Schneider Foundation
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2:00 PM  -  3:30 PMCIT and Veterans: Support and Community Collaboration
Lead Presenter: Sally Miller, MHA, Chair, NAMI Veterans Council. Additional Presenters: Thomas Kirchberg, Ph.D., Chief, Psychology Section, Veterans Administration Medical Center and Ron Bruno, Detective, Salt Lake City Police Department
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2:00 PM  -  3:30 PMCIT for Telecommunications and Cadets
Lead Presenter: Emile Clede, Communications Training Coordinator, San Antonio Police Department. Additional Presenters: Lauri Berkman, MS, LPC, Team Leader, Crisis Care Center and Melissa Graham, Ph.D., Psychologist, San Antonio Police Department.
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2:00 PM  -  3:30 PMEmotional CPR for de-escalating emotional crises
Lead Presenter: Daniel Fisher, MD, Executive Director, National Empowerment Center. Additional Presenter: Lauren Spiro, MA, Director, National Coalition Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Organizations
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2:00 PM  -  3:30 PMHelping the Helper: the Implementation of Law Enforcement Peers Support Programs
Presented by Troy Anderson
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2:00 PM  -  3:30 PMJust Take Your Meds!
Lead Presenter: Corey Nooner, Sgt. Oklahoma City Police Department
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2:00 PM  -  3:30 PMMHMCT, an example of a Co-Response Model of Mental Health and Policing
Lead Presenter- Mary C. Pyche, MSW, Health Service Manager Mental Health Mobile Crisis Team, Nova Scotia; Additional Presenters-Angela Balcolm, Constable, Halifax Regional Police MHMCT, Susan Hare, BSCOT, Program Leader Crisis Support Portfolio
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2:00 PM  -  3:30 PMSuicide by Cop
Presented by Sgt. Yvonne Vann
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2:00 PM  -  3:30 PMThe Brain Injury Epidemic and its impact on Law Enforcement
Lead Presenter: Elizabeth Bilderback, MA, Counselor/Program Coordinator, Psychology/Day Rehabilitation/Transitional Living.
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2:45 PM  -  3:30 PMChronic Consumer Stabilization Initiative...
Lead Presenter: Kim Kornmayer, LCSW, MSW; Assistant Deputy, Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program Additional Presenters: Mike Lee, MS, Lieutenant, Director of Mental Health Unit, Houston Police Department and Ann MacLeod, MS, Clinical Team Leader Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program
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2:45 PM  -  3:30 PMIncreasing Safety Means, Decreasing Violence through positive behavior supports
Lead Presenter- Terrance Stanton, Training Officer, Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department; Additional Presenters-Sally Phipps, Registar, Mandt System, Inc., Bob Bowen, CEO, Mandt System, Inc.
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2:45 PM  -  3:30 PMPeer Crisis Respite: Recovery-Based Crisis Intervention
Lead Presenter: Janet Paleo, ED, Prosumers, International. Additional Presenter: Anna Gray, M.Ed., Co-owner, PRO International.
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2:45 PM  -  3:30 PMReaching Beyond CIT-West Chester' Police Mental Health Outreach and Coordination
Lead Presenter- Mark Giuliano, LMSW, Program Director Community Support; Additional Presenter-Mrian McCormack, Sgt., Yonkers Police Department
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3:30 PM  -  5:00 PMHIPAA Laws
Lead Presenter: Frank Webb, Senior Police Officer, Mental Health Unit, Founding Program Coordinator, Houston Police Department.
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3:30 PM  -  5:00 PMStalking
Lead Presenter: John Price, Ph.D., Psychologist, San Antonio Police Department
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4:00 PM  -  4:45 PMAccessing Entitlements using SOAR (SSI/SSDI, Access and Recovery)
Lead Presenter: Cindy Schwartz, MS, MBA, Project Director, Eleventh Judicial Criminal Mental Health Project
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4:00 PM  -  4:45 PMAcute episode of illness is a family crisis
Lead Presenter: Yolanda Ortega, BA
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4:00 PM  -  4:45 PMBuilding new partnerships for youth:Implementing CIT programs for School Resource Officers
Presenter: Ron Hornberg, JD, Director of Policy and Legal Affiars Additional Presenters: Ginny Higgins, Major Special Services Bureau Chief of St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office David Anders, Lt. Lake Charles Police Department
  Optional
4:00 PM  -  4:45 PMSteps to Successful Community Collaboration
Lead Presenter: Artie Williams, LCSW Director of Mental Health Intensive Services, MHMR of Tarrant County. Additional Presenter: Sonja Gaines, BA, Chief of Mental Health Services MHMR of Tarrant County.
  Optional
4:00 PM  -  5:30 PMAddressing the needs of Veterans in crisis
Lead Presenter: Juanita Buck, MS, Marriage and Family Therapist, Kern County Mental Health
  Optional
4:00 PM  -  5:30 PMApplied CID Safety Plans and Resources
Lead Presenter: Oren Skurnick, BSCO Deputy Additional Presenters: Ernest Stevens, A.A., SAPD Officer William Kasberg, SAPD Officer
  Optional
4:00 PM  -  5:30 PMEmergency Mental Health Services
Lead Presenter by: Wayne Unger
  Optional
4:00 PM  -  5:30 PMGot Consumers? How to Maximize Consumer Contributions in CIT Training
Lead Presenter: Mark Creekmore, Ph.D. Lecturer University of Michigan Department of Psychology Additional Presenter: Suellen Hummell, Consumer
  Optional
4:00 PM  -  5:30 PMHearing voices that are distressing: A simulated experience
Lead Presenter: Daniel Fisher, MD, Executive Director, National Empowerment Center. Additional Presenters: Lauren Spiro, MA, Director, National Coalition Mental Health Consumer/Survisor Organization. Ron Bruno, Detective, CIT Training Director, SLCPD
  Optional
4:00 PM  -  5:30 PMPost Intervention and Follow-Up with Consumers and Families- Reducing CIT Recidivism
Lead Presenter: Barry Armfield, Sgt. Coordinator, St. Louis Area CIT Program St. Louise County Missouri Police Department. Additional Presenters: Richard Stevenson, BA, Director of Special Projects, CIT Coordinator, NAMI St. Louis. Wendy Dudek, MS, CIT Family Outreach Specialist, NAMI St. Louis
  Optional
4:00 PM  -  5:30 PMThe Wilco-Way... Collaborative Emergency Mental Health Response
Lead Presenter: Anne Burwell, LBSW, Director, Williamson County Mobile Outreach.
  Optional
4:00 PM  -  5:30 PMUpdates in Police Emergency Commitment and Connecticut's Response
Lead Presenter-Marshall T. Segar, Esq., Deputy Chief of Police, City of New London Police Department
  Optional
4:45 PM  -  5:30 PMCIT trained School Resource Officers
Lead Presenter: Scott Davis, Crisis Intervention Team Coordinator Montgomery County Police Department
  Optional
4:45 PM  -  5:30 PMKnocking on Doors, Peeping through Windows
Lead Presenter: Denise Curiel, Criminal Justice Liaison, Adult Services/CPSA. Additional Presenter: Diana Carion, Criminal Justice Assistant, CPSA
  Optional
4:45 PM  -  5:30 PMThe contributions of family members and consumers to the Teach
Lead Presenter: Suzanne Andriukaitis, M.A., LCSW Additional Presenters: Michael Schumacher, Marica Schumacher
  Optional
Banquet
11:45 AM  -  1:45 PMThe Banquet is part of your registration. Guest(s) welcomed at an additional $55 per person. 
We hope you join us at the awards ceremony where dinner will be served and awards will be presented to individuals who have been nominated to receive awards for their work in CIT, exemplary performance and due recognition as their peers nominated them. Entertainment, representative of the culture of San Antonio, will be showcased while dinner is served. The dinner, hosted by the CIT National Committee, is a great opportunity to learn of the work others have accomplished across the world.
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Thursday, June 3, 2010
8:30 AM  -  10:00 AMClosing session with Dr. Frese
The main ballroom will be seated to host Dr. Frederick J. Frese. Dr. Frese is a psychologist who served for fifteen years as Director of Psychology at Western Reserve Psychiatric Hospital, one of Ohio's largest psychiatric hospitals. He is presently the Coordinator of the Summit County Ohio Recovery Project. Along with Dr. Frese, we will have an array of entertainment and presentations for next years convention. We hope all stay and participate in the closing ceremony and provide feedback to continually improve the conference.
  Optional
10:30 AM  -  12:00 PMTours of CIT related Facilities in San Antonio
Please select this option if you are interested in touring the Crisis Center, Detox Restoration Center and the New Haven for Hope Homeless Campus. As tours are set up, you will be emailed details and locations. Group sizes are limited, so please specify as soon as possible your interest in a tour. A waitlist will automatically be generated once capacity has been reached. If you are on the waitlist, please visit the conference information center on the day of tours to check for any cancellations so you may be included in the tours.
  Closed  Optional
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Serves as the Director for Bexar County's new Mental Health Department created in December of 2013 by Commissioners Court. Previously he was the Director of Communications and Diversion Initiatives,The Center for Healthcare Services, Mental Health Authority. • Gilbert Gonzales has more than 29 years of experience in the field of substance abuse and mental health crisis prevention and in treatment provision as a clinician, university faculty member, project/program director and policy advisor. Gilbert Gonzales has led strategic planning, treatment, training and policy development. He continues to lead new systems initiatives that help mental health and substance abuse service providers promote collaboration and build service capacity in support of diverse populations.