2024 ACA National Harbor Program Book_Winter Conference

FRIDAY, JAN. 5

10–11:30 A.M.

behavioral health provider in Middlesex County. To enhance the standard of care for individuals in crisis, Sheriff Koutoujian developed a new approach to managing complex cases. Correctional staff have made significant progress with individuals who have lengthy histories of violence, recalcitrance and self-harm. This presentation will examine specific case studies and review strategic interventions employed by correctional and behavioral health staff. In addition, presenters will highlight the ways in which data, information sharing and stakeholder collaboration can yield positive outcomes for individuals with serious mental illness, while keeping correctional staff safe from assaultive behavior. Learning Objectives: • Demonstrate knowledge of the MSO’s bi-weekly mental health intervention crisis team, its Evaluation & Stabilization Unit and behavioral health intervention procedures. • Identify specific examples in which the MSO behavioral health model was able improve care for individuals in mental health crisis. • Understand whether behavioral health procedures and/or data collection methods can be applied to their own correctional facilities. Moderator: Shawn MacMaster , Assistant Superintendent of Program Services, Middlesex Sheriff’s Office, Billerica, Massachusetts Speakers: Aleksander Biljanovic , Sergeant, Middlesex Sheriff’s Office, Billerica, Massachusetts; Laura Dempsey , LICSW, Director of Mental Health Servies, Middlesex Sheriff’s Office, Billerica, Massachusetts B-2H Best Practices in Addressing Staff Trauma and Organizational Stress in Corrections (CE, Y CE, CME) Track: Staff Training Room: National Harbor 11 Corrections workers mental health is negatively affected by workplace stress and trauma. They have an instrumental role in informing the health and well-being practices that best fit the needs and demands of their workplace. In this workshop you will learn more about innovative practices, participatory

B-2F Can Sports-Based Interventions Solve the Recidivism Challenge Whilst Simultaneously Improving Custodial Behavior? Track: Prisons & Jails Room: National Harbor 10 The Twinning Project is a partnership between corrections services and professional football clubs with the objective of twinning prisons and jails with a local professional football club. The aim is to engage prisoners in sports-based programs to improve their mental and physical health, wellbeing and obtain a qualification which will help improve their life chances and gain employment upon release. To date over 50 correctional facilities in the UK have adopted the project and pilots are underway in New York, Los Angeles, D.C. and Florida. Learning Objectives: • Using sport as a catalyst for engagement into learning. • Addressing the recidivism challenge through brand-based upskilling. • Learning the value of professional sporting brands and teams in addressing the mental and physical well-being of those serving custodial sentences. Moderators: Robert T. Goble , Executive Vice President Emeritus, CGL Companies, Miami, Florida; Reginald A. Wilkinson , Ed.D., ACA Past President, Connecting the Dots, LLC., President, Columbus, Ohio Speaker: Hilton Freund , Chief Executive, Twinning Project, London, United Kingdom; Jason Swettenham , Head of Prison Industries, Catering and Physical Education, HM Prison Service, London, United Kingdom B-2G Breaking the Mold: How Uncommon Strategies for Behavioral Health Care Can Produce Positive Results (CE, Y CE, CEU) Track: Healthcare & Treatment/Social Work NEW! Room: National Harbor 7 The Middlesex Sheriff’s Office is the largest

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