2025 ACA 155th Congress of Correction Denver_Program Book

Speaker 2: Melanie Martin , M.P.A., Deputy Director for Administration, Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Honolulu, Hawaii Crisis Response Intervention Training for Critical Incidents: Designing Your Model for Success [CE] Primary Community of Focus: Prisons & Jails Room: 109 Overview: Across the nation, jail administrators and front-line staff are facing developmental disabilities, often encumbered with low frustration tolerance, impulsiveness and poor coping skills. That creates problems, and there is an increasing demand and vast support from politicians, experts, academics and the public to move beyond what is legal and to start focusing on what is preventable. Recognizing the need, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has made funding available to assist jails and prisons in the planning and implementation of effective Crisis Response Intervention Training (CRIT). Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how Security Operations and Psychologist. Learning Objectives: • Know how to access and implement the BJA’s Crisis Response and Intervention Training (CRIT) grant. • Identify the key components in the BJA’s Crisis Response and Intervention Training (CRIT) Curriculum. • Recognize how the American Correctional Association can provide customized technical assistance (TA) in the planning and implementation of your CRIT. Moderator: Tony Wilkes , Chief of Corrections (Retired), Davidson County Sheriff’s Office, Henderson, Tennessee Speaker 1: David Randall , M.B.A., Behavioral Health Administrator, American Correctional Association, Alexandria, Virginia Speaker 2: Dean Aufderheide , Ph.D., Director of Mental Health, American Correctional Association, Alexandria, Virginia challenges with a growing population of offenders with behavioral health and

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Leveraging Partnerships to Implement Medication for Addiction Treatment (MAT) for Incarcerated Individuals [CE|CEU] Primary Community of Focus: Prisons & Jails Room: 111 Overview: This presentation will address the challenge of providing Medication for Addiction Treatment (MAT) services in carceral facilities by sharing the innovative and collaborative approach taken in Allegheny County (PA) to support individuals in the Allegheny County Jail. The presentation will cover lessons learned from the Allegheny County Jail’s strategic phased implementation of MAT services — continuation and induction — for methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone, including how to leverage partnerships throughout the implementation process, and address logistical, regulatory and security challenges. Additionally, we will discuss data tracking and how data can be used to increase transparency and continuously improve MAT services. Learning Objectives: • Discuss the importance of partnerships between carceral facilities, community providers and human services when planning, funding and implementing Medications for Addiction Treatment (MAT) for incarcerated populations. • Describe Allegheny County’s innovative, collaborative approach to providing

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