2024 ACA National Harbor Program Book_Winter Conference

skills associated with the provision of behavioral health services for mentally ill inmates or offenders. Providing a national standardized certification that validates capability in working with mentally ill offenders and improves ability to compete in the job market, Correctional Officers, Community Corrections Officers and Allied Behavioral Health in jails and prisons throughout the United States have been awarded the CBHC. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how you and staff in your jurisdiction can improve management of mentally ill inmates or offenders and enhance their professional standing as corrections professionals. Learning Objectives: • Participants will be able to explain the benefit of obtaining the Correctional Behavioral Health Certification. • Participants will be able to identify the eligibility criteria for achieving the Correctional Behavioral Health Certification.

• Participants will be able to explain the Correctional Behavioral Health Certification process. Moderator: Terri Catlett , Director of Correctional Health, American Correctional Association, Alexandria, Virginia Speakers: Dean Aufderheide , Ph.D., ABCP, Director of Mental Health, American Correctional Association, Alexandria, Virginia; Terri Catlett , Director of Correctional Health, American Correctional Association, Alexandria, Virginia; Christopher Edelen , Warden, Hardee Correctional Institution, Florida Department of Corrections, Bowling Green, Florida; Joe Winkler , Assistant Secretary Community Corrections, Florida Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, Florida

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Sunday, Jan. 7 ▼ 10–11:30 a.m.

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