2022 ACA New Orleans Program Book_152nd Congress of Correction

from incarceration. The ultimate goal of the program is to improve formerly incarcerated persons chances of having a successful reentry experience through improved access to transitional and permanent housing opportunities. Learning Objectives: 1.Identify the steps that lead to the creation of the Emergency and Transitional Housing Program. 2.Better understand the considerations associated with a State Department of Corrections supporting a housing initiative. Coordinator, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Speakers: Nicole George , JRI Coordinator, DOC/HDQ, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Natalie LaBorde , Executive Counsel, DOC/HDQ, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Robert Vehock , Program Manager, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Adult Reentry, Baton Rouge, Louisiana C-2E Mysteries of the Adolescent Brain ( Y CE, CE-RN) Track: Multi-Disciplinary Service Team Room 256 Ah, youth ... Adolescence is the time of life when puberty causes so many physical and hormonal changes to the body - including developmental changes to the brain! Have you ever wondered why youth make poor decisions or take questionable risks? By studying brain development, we can unlock some of these very mysteries. Join us as we share surprising facts regarding how the brain develops throughout adolescence and how that may impact our correctional environment, including a discussion of correlating psychological treatments strategies that may work best with those growing and changing adolescent brains. Learning Objectives: 1.Review basic brain anatomy/clinical development and identify major 3.Articulate the collaborative partners necessary for a successful housing initiative. Moderator: Nicole George , JRI

differences between the adolescent brain and a fully developed adult brain. 2.Define characteristics of “typical” adolescence. 3.Identify various appropriate psychological treatment strategies which can be utilized to better manage delinquent youth. Moderator: Kevin Runyon , RN, Medical Operations Manager, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Columbus, Ohio Speakers: Deanna Dwenger , Psy.D., HSPP, Executive Director of Behavioral Health, Indiana Department of Correction, Indianapolis, Indiana; Michelle Viets , RN, Senior Vice President of Operations, VitalCore Health Strategies, Columbus, Ohio; Amy Whitmore , RN, BS, Director of Nursing, Ohio department of Youth Services, Columbus, Ohio C-2F North Carolina Peer Observer Program: Evaluation and Expansion (CE-RN, CME) Room 256 Track: Mental Health Sponsored by the Behavioral Health Committee This workshop combines perspectives from facility behavioral health staff and division-level research staff to describe the process of evaluating and expanding a Peer Observation Program across facilities in North Carolina Prisons. This program uses carefully screened and trained offenders for direct supervision of suicide watches. North Carolina is not the first correctional system to implement peer observation of suicide watches, but our fundamentally data-centric approach stands out in the literature. Evaluation was incorporated into program development almost from Day 1. Our experiences may be helpful for individuals interested in Peer Observation specifically and in the value of data-driven program evaluations generally. Learning Objectives: 1.Participants will be able to describe how North Carolina leveraged a data-driven program evaluation to inform expansion of the Peer Observation Program.

Saturday, Aug. 6 t 10:30 a.m.–12 p.m.

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