2024 ACA Nashville Program Book_154th Congress of Correction

correctional officers and staff are at a much greater risk of suicide, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety. Participants will learn to better understand the long-term impact of burnout and untreated chronic stress and learn ways to employ evidence-based coping strategies to reduce stress and improve their mental wellness and health. Learning Objectives: • Participants will be familiar with both the inherent and hidden risks and dangers associated with working in a correctional environment. • Participants will be familiar with the long-term impact that chronic stress and burnout can have on a person’s overall physical health and mental wellness when untreated. • Participants will be able to develop healthy coping strategies aimed at mitigating the long-term impact of burnout and chronic stress. Moderator: William Balling , (Ret), MJA, Senior Research Associate, BJA CorWellness, Tallahassee, Florida Speakers: Monroe Hudson , (Ret), M.A.J., Commissioner (Ret)/Program Lead, BJA CorWellness, Tallahassee, Florida; Mary Ann McCaffity , M.P.S., Deputy Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Austin, Texas; Robert Shelor , Senior Policy Advisor, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Washington, D.C. Use of Weekly Rounding and Tier Classification of Seriously Mentally Ill Adult Inmates to Foster Improved Mental Health Monitoring and Correctional Management Decisions [ Y CE/CEU] Room 205B Prisons and jails were not envisioned to serve as clinical treatment settings for seriously mentally ill populations. Yet, the rate of the seriously mental ill (SMI), including those with major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders in jails and prisons is estimated at 16% and

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Moderator: Charles Mautz , Director of Rehabilitation Services, North Carolina Department of Adult Correction-Division of Rehabilitation and Reentry, Raleigh, North Carolina; Speakers: George Pettigrew , Deputy Secretary, Division of Rehabilitation and Reentry, North Carolina Department of Adult Correction-Division of Rehabilitation and Reentry, Raleigh, North Carolina; Toni Nicole Loren Roberts , Case Management Administrator, North Carolina Department of Adult Correction-Division of Rehabilitation and Reentry, Raleigh, North Carolina Burnt Out and Overwhelmed: Smash the Stigma and Embrace Your Mental Health Journey [CERP/CEU] Room 103C Correctional leaders, managers, supervisors, officers and staff need to recognize and understand the impact burnout has on a person’s physical health and mental wellness. Burnout and long-term exposure to chronic stress can result in both mental wellness and chronic health conditions. Studies have shown

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