2020 ACA San Diego Program Book_Winter Conference

SUnday

8–9:30 A.m.

B-1B Hepatitis C Treatment: Lessons Learned from Florida (CE, CME)

B-1A Compassion Fatigue and Secondary Trauma Among Correctional Staff Working with Sex Offenders in Correctional Settings (CE) Room 2 Over the past decade, there have been growing concerns with proximal encounters with incarcerated sexual offenders and the long-term consequences. Studies support adverse effects and perceptions

Room 5B As of October 2019, the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) has started or completed treatment on more than 4,200 patients with Hepatitis C. Pursuant to a court order, the FDC has significantly enhanced resources dedicated to initial screening, patient education, evaluation and treatment of the disease. In addition, FDC has developed administrative processes and tracking systems to monitor treatment requirements and ensure compliance with litigation requirements.  Learning Objectives: • Address the scope and current impact of Florida’s Hepatitis C litigation. • How to build a resource infrastructure to support large-scale Hepatitis C screening, education, evaluation and treatment initiatives (including information on associated costs). • How to develop and manage an effective tracking system to monitor treatment schedules and litigation requirements. Moderator: Jerome Greenfield , MD, DFAPA, Health Services Administrator, Iowa Department of Corrections, Des Moines, Iowa Speakers: Laura Carter , Chief of Health Services Administration, Florida Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, Florida; Thomas Reimers , Health Services Director, Florida Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, Florida Room 9 Trauma-informed care (TIC) aims to utilize a collaborative treatment approach to recognize and understand the long-term effects of exposure to trauma, even if the individual may not recognize how they have been directly impacted by trauma. Many treatment centers, hospitals, and schools are working to make a cultural shift to become trauma-informed in order to better B-1C Trauma-Informed Care in Corrections: How TIC Can Help Reduce Recidivism (CE)

Workshops Sunday, Jan. 12 t 8–9:30 a.m.

of the intrapersonal and interpersonal consequences from working with incarcerated sex offenders. Correctional staff are subjected to and must address a plethora of psychiatric and behavioral issues exhibited by the inmates, including acute psychosis, chronic depression, bipolar disorder, and various personality disorders. An increased awareness and supervision and training and imperative to developing appropriate coping strategies for correctional staff working in prison sex offender treatment programs. Learning Objectives: • Identify and explain the personal and professional/therapeutic consequences of supervising/treating incarcerated sex offenders. • Identify and explain the coping strategies in conjunction with the consequences of the supervision/treatment of incarcerated sex offenders. • Identify and explain the adverse outcomes of secondary trauma/compassion fatigue of supervising/treating incarcerated sex offenders. Moderator: Joe Bugher , Health Services Assistant Director, Oregon Department of Corrections, Salem, Oregon Speaker: Victor Kersey , Ph.D., Utah Department of Corrections, Draper, Utah

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