2022 ACA Phoenix Program Book_Winter Conference

substance suspected of being an illicit synthetic drug. • Understand the properties of specific synthetic drugs and ways to aid interdiction of synthetics. Moderator: Linda Janes , Chief Operating Officer, Alvis, Columbus, Ohio Speakers: Deborah G. Schult , Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Behavioral Health, Vital Core Health Strategies, Topeka, Kansas; Stuart Hudson , Assistant Director, Ohio Department of Corrections, Columbus, Ohio; Randy Shively , Ph.D., Director of Research and Clinical Services, Alvis, Columbus, Ohio C-2D A Unique Approach to Offering the Triple P Parenting Program to Prisoners Room 126C Track: Staff Training Correctional systems continue to face the challenge of having enough staff and resources to deliver programs. A partnership between the Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith, and Family, Triple P and ADCRR has resulted in a unique program which trains and certifies inmate peers as credentialed Triple P facilitators. Triple P is an internationally recognized parenting program and can be used to meet court mandates for parenting class. This workshop will cover the basics of the Triple P program and how it was implemented using peer facilitators.

Workshops

Saturday, Jan. 8 t 10:30 a.m.–12 p.m.

Learning Objectives: • Describe the Triple P Parenting program and the evidence supporting its effectiveness. Identify the elements used for selecting peer facilitators. • Identify the benefits that using peer facilitators produces for the correctional system, the inmates, the peer facilitators, the state child welfare system and society. Moderator: Jahnai Isom , Professional Development Coordinator, American Correctional Association, Alexandria, Virginia Speakers: Karen Hellman , Assistant Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, Inmate Programs and Reentry Division, Phoenix, Arizona; Maria Fuentes , Director, Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith and Family, Phoenix, Arizona

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