2021 ACA Nashville Program Book_151st Congress of Correction

Friday

8:30–10 a.m.

Research, as well as anecdotal evidence, has shown correctional staff experience challenges that may include some of the following: exposure to danger, high stress situations, vicarious trauma, burnout, lack of work-life balance and feeling undervalued. These challenges may inevitably lead to desensitization and negatively impact correctional personnel both professionally and personally. The goal of this workshop is to provide an overview of corrections fatigue and desensitization, its prevalence and impact, as well as to highlight strategies to manage it. Learning Objectives: • Define corrections fatigue and desensitization. • Understand the prevalence, symptoms, and risks. • Identify strategies to manage fatigue and desensitization. Moderator: Xyzeidria Ensley , Ph.D., Director of Behavioral Health Services, Davidson County Sheriff’s Office, Nashville, Tennessee Speakers: Xyzeidria Ensley , Ph.D., Director of Behavioral Health Services, Davidson County Sheriff’s Office, Nashville, Tennessee; Sara Vardell , Psy D., Director of Criminal Justice Services, Mental Health Cooperative, Nashville, Tennessee; Carla Joseph , CBHC, Chief of Security, Davidson County Sheriff’s Office, Nashville, Tennessee C-1D Coaching and Fidelity Monitoring in the Digital Age Room 207D Track: Reentry/Community Corrections Agencies spend an exceptional amount of time and money on ensuring staff are well trained to perform job duties in the corrections field. But how much of this training actually transfers into on-the-job skill application? This workshop session will detail how one community corrections agency has adopted on-the-job coaching and fidelity monitoring to aid the transfer of classroom learning to on-the-job skill utilization. Additional technological adaptations as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic will be discussed. The

C-1A Responding to a Correctional Line of Duty Death (LODD) During a Pandemic Room 209A Track: Prisons Each year, families, communities, co-workers and agencies are impacted by the death of correctional staff while on duty. During the COVID-19 pandemic, deaths of correctional staff increased significantly. Agencies must have procedures in place to address death notifications, funeral planning, LODD benefits, family and agency grief reactions and memorial planning in order to provide the necessary structure needed during a line of duty death. This session will include a panel of Texas Department of Criminal Justice representatives who will discuss the steps involved in responding to LODDs, the creation of a LODD policy and response to the pandemic. Copies of the LODD Policy will be available for all session participants. Learning Objectives: • Understand how an agency’s response to a LODD directly impacts the surviving family and the agency. • Discuss the unique aspects of responding to multiple pandemic related LODDs. • Implement or/and enhance agency LODD policy. Moderator: Mary McCaffity , MA, Deputy Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Austin, Texas Speakers: Eric Guerrero , Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Huntsville, Texas; Angela McCown , MA, LMFT, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Austin, Texas; Bobby Lumpkin , Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Huntsville, Texas; C-1B Corrections Fatigue and Desensitization: Prevalence, Impact and Strategies to Manage

Workshops Friday, Aug. 13 t 8:30–10 a.m.

Room 209B Track: Jails

Working in a unique environment such as corrections comes with various challenges.

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