2020 ACA San Diego Program Book_Winter Conference

• Participants will learn the role of supportive therapies to address urges and triggers of Opioid Addiction. Moderator: Linda Janes , Chief Program Officer, Alvis, Columbus, Ohio Speakers: Jennifer Clarke , M.D., MPH, FACP, Medical Program Director, Rhode Island Department of Corrections, Cranston, Rhode Island; John J. Hagan , M.D., North Dakota Department of Corrections, Bismarck, North Dakota; Randy Shively , Ph.D., Director — Clinical Development, Alvis, Columbus, Ohio;

Services, Mt. Meigs, Alabama; Ida Lewis , Facility Support Policy Administrator, Ohio Department of Youth Services, Columbus, Ohio; Darlene Smith , Director of Nursing, Ohio Department of Youth Services, Columbus, Ohio

C-1F Crisis Intervention and Conflict Resolution Training: A Fundamental Component of Organizational Culture Room 3 Crisis Intervention and Conflict Resolution Training (CICR) has become a central building block of the organizational culture in two very different but major correctional agencies. Both the Nebraska DOC and the California Division of Juvenile Justice (formerly the California Youth Authority) have used a comprehensive, skill-based and corrections specific

C-1E Policy Driven Culture Room 1B This presentation will be sharing strategies for creating a work culture that is driven by policy and where

Workshops Monday, Jan. 13 t 2–3:30 p.m.

consistency in practice produces a higher rate of compliance. The exchange of information in any organization is crucial to success; however, the information has to be true, correct and according to policy. A quality policy development process, performance-based training, and ongoing dynamic learning opportunities and assessments are the basic elements of creating a work culture that is policy-driven. When staff in correctional settings are policy-driven, their decision-making is fuel by policy and procedures, they create a consistently safe and secure environment and their accuracy sets them apart as a leader.  Learning Objectives: • Develop performance focus policies for correctional line staff. • Create learning strategies that are policy-driven and meet the need of adult learners. • Create policy driven curriculum that are measurable. Moderator: Darlene Smith , Director of Nursing, Ohio Department of Youth Services, Columbus, Ohio Speakers: Alesia Allen , Executive Assistant to the Director, Alabama Department of Youth

training program on CICR for years, so that the philosophy, concepts and even the language are an integral part of the agency. Teaching hard skills practically and realistically for situations ranging from staff-offender confrontations to managing mentally ill and suicidal offenders receives positive staff offenders particularly for • Understand and explain the relationship of crisis intervention and conflict resolution. training to many of the most challenging and dangerous situations faced by correctional staff. • Specify how a long-term commitment to a specific training program can reinforce core organizational values. • Appreciate and explain the advantages of using staff training on crucially important subjects to develop and help define the organizational culture in a correctional agency. Moderator: Jeffrey A. Schwartz , Ph.D., President, LETRA, Inc., Campbell, California Speakers: Bradford E. Hansen , Staff and Partnership Development Coordinator, the focus on staff safety. Learning Objectives:

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