2019 ACA Boston Program Book_149th Congress of Correction

Monday

4–5:30 p.m.

three considerations when implementing TC in prison with those who have sexually offended. Moderator: Lisa Mitchell, MPA, Massachusetts Department of Correction, Bridgewater, Massachusetts Speakers: Brooke Berard, Psy.D., Director of Sex Offender Program Services, Wellpath, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; Lisa Mitchell, MPA, Superintendent, Massachusetts Department of Correction, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; Emily Salema, Psy.D., Clinical Director, Wellpath, Arcadia, Florida

C-2A Advantages to Security and Treatment Staff when Implementing Therapeutic

Communities with Those Incarcerated Who Have Sexually Offended (CE/CME) Room 202 Therapeutic Communities (TC) are an effective method to manage and treat those who have sexually offended in the prison system. TC facilitate opportunities to reexperience and recreate interpersonal dynamics and relationships. The goal of a TC is to learn shared responsibility and to form a culture of support and genuine engagement. There is a lower rate of incidents of violence in prison TC and separating those who have sexually offended from the general population, for residential treatment creates a safer environment. TC challenge con code and foster containment and interdependence. The community is the mode to change. Learning to implement TC with specialized populations is advantageous to security and treatment staff. Objectives: At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to define what a TC is; identify three advantages to security and treatment staff when using TC in prison with those who have sexually offended; and outline

Workshops

Monday, Aug. 5 t 4–5:30 p.m.

C-2B Breaking Down Barriers: The Tulsa Mental Health Story (CE/CME) Room 204 This workshop will highlight two topics: first, the mental health challenges Tulsa County, Oklahoma faces in their jail, solutions addressing them, and a summary of early and current operational outcomes within their expandable 62-bed addition during its first few years of operation.

Increased need for mental health beds, especially for the chronically mentally ill led to this addition on Tulsa’s 1999 jail where detainees cycle through four stages of treatment to safely address individual recovery or chronic mental health management. Second, efforts required an established community-based mental health center. This workshop advances the field of corrections through greater understanding of the mental health issues faced, solutions and actual outcomes. Objectives: Participants will be able to identify best practices when designing a mental health addition to a jail and how that impacts successful patient outcomes; identify best practices in communication with all stakeholders to break down communication barriers to create a building that functions well for all staff and patients and adjust the operation within a facility to meet the constantly changing needs of special mental health populations including diverting patients on a case-by-case basis so they receive the appropriate standard of care and have a continuum of care; and understand the efforts

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