2024 ACA National Harbor Program Book_Winter Conference

A-1E Multidisciplinary Approach to Client Engagement: Knock and Talk the Next Level (CEU) Track: Reentry/Social Work NEW! Room: National Harbor 6 Research has shown the incorporation of multidisciplinary teams in coordinating services and meeting the need of justice-involved individuals provides a greater impact on successful reentry. By design, the multidisciplinary approach should improve communication and collaboration with the team and the individual. Each member of the team provides a specific skill set centered around addressing the criminogenic factors and needs of the individual. This approach strategically allows communication and collaboration in real time. The development and utilization of such teams have proven to increase compliance, strengthen trust and build alliances. Learning Objectives: • Understand the benefits of a multidisciplinary approach to community corrections. • Define the Systems Theory and its relation to Multidisciplinary Teams. • Assess the impact of engaging the client, the family and the community. Moderator: Carolyn J. Scruggs , Secretary, Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Baltimore, Maryland Speakers: Donald Bauer , Executive Deputy Director of Law Enforcement Operations, Intelligence Investigation Division, Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Baltimore, Maryland; Amanda Cram , LCSW-C, Director of Social Work, Office of Programs, Treatment and Reentry, Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Baltimore, Maryland; Walter Nolley , Executive Deputy Director of Operations, Division of Parole and Probation, Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Baltimore, Maryland DON’T FORGET TO GET YOUR GRAND PRIZE GAME PIECE STAMPED IN THE EXHIBIT HALL. YOU COULD WIN $10,000!

• Discover how they can access NIC’s Essential Skills for New Supervisors resources for use in their agency. Moderator: Jeff Hadnot , Chief, NIC Academy Division, Aurora, Colorado Speakers: Leslie S. LeMaster , Executive Assistant, Correctional Program Specialist, NIC Academy Division, Aurora, Colorado; Jim Wiseman , Correctional Program Specialist, NIC Academy Division, Jefferson City, Missouri A-1D Effects of Natural Disasters on Local Jails Track: Jails Room: National Harbor 5 Natural disasters come in all forms: flooding, hurricanes, freezing, drought and fire. The impact is especially critical for jails, which usually have limited options and provide a critical service. County budgets are always tight, and resources are sometimes limited or unavailable when needed. This workshop identifies several historic disasters. We focus on the effects of two critical incidents: Hurricane Harvey (2017) and the Texas Winter Storm (2021), on the 10,000-bed Harris County Jail in Houston, Texas. The workshop covers lessons learned, emergency planning, goals during a disaster, ideas to consider and employee preparedness. Learning Objectives: • Ability to recognize how natural disasters of all types will have an impact on every jail and/or correctional facility. • See the lessons learned in Houston, Texas from two of the most serious disasters in modern history and how the Harris County Jail Facility handled the events. • Learn what areas of concern should be priorities during emergency planning and what gaps may be in their own emergency preparation plans. Moderator: Patrick Dougherty , Major, Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Houston, Texas Speakers: Brent Buntyn , Detention Lieutenant, Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Houston, Texas; Patrick Dougherty , CJM, Major, Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Houston, Texas

WORKSHOPS Thursday, Jan. 4 ▼ 8–9:30 a.m.

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