2025 ACA 155th Congress of Correction Denver_Program Book

uses evidence-based practices like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and the Risk-Need-Re

and how to strengthen resilience. This program provides practical skills for empowering individuals to recognize when they are triggered and why, and how to use skills to move from the instant reaction to a more thoughtful response. Creating an RRT culture inside the facility by partnering staff and resident teaching and learning has been effective within Topeka Correctional Facility, a women’s prison in Kansas. Johnson County Kansas Department of Corrections is using this program with reentry and substance use populations. Learning Objectives: • Share the Remarkably Resilient Together (RRT) workshop so you experience the content as well as the ease of learning and therefore teaching these materials. • Provide eight of the 52 emotional regulation skills and eight of the 52 self-care practices from the RRT materials allowing reflection time for you to choose 2-3 to practice strengthening your own resilience. • Provide practical insights on implementation of the RRT workshops within correctional settings and share feedback from staff and residents. Moderator: David R. McKune , Retired Warden, Lansing Correctional Facility, Remarkably Resilient, Inc., Shawnee, Kansas Speaker 1: Holly Chavez , Facilities Services Administrator, Topeka Correctional Facility, Kansas Department of Corrections, Topeka, Kansas Speaker 2: Kathleen Harnish McKune , Chief Executive Officer, Remarkably Resilient, Inc., Shawnee, Kansas Meaningful Roles for Individuals with Lived Experience Room 102 Overview: This workshop will help participants understand and identify the value of meaningful roles for individuals with lived experience. The session will highlight the role of peer mentors and PRS for incarcerated individuals as well as those on probation. The session will also focus on the VADOC serving as a second-chance employer, identifying routes within the DOC workforce. The presenters will provide details on training

sponsivity model, alongside therapeutic communities, education and vocational

training to reduce recidivism. Participants also gain community employment opportunities post-program. Research shows CCAP graduates are less likely to reoffend and remain sober, with many achieving lasting recovery. Learning Objectives: • Describe the Community Corrections Alternative Programs and how the variety of evidence-based treatments and opportunities for probationers struggling with substance use disorder reduce recidivism and address recovery needs. • Provide an overview of the evidence-based staff intervention techniques that are utilized in the program to support positive behavior change and lasting recovery. • Review research findings of program effectiveness as an innovative solution for the judiciary with improved outcomes for probationer success in the community. Moderator: Denise C. Hayes , EBP Operations Administrator, Virginia Department of Corrections, Richmond, Virginia Speaker 1: Hannah M. White , M.A., CCAP Program Manager, Virginia Department of Corrections, Richmond, Virginia Speaker 2: Denise C. Hayes , EBP Operations Administrator, Virginia Department of Corrections, Richmond, Virginia Speaker 3: Shannon D. Fuller , Superintendent — Appalachian CCAP, Virginia Department of Corrections, Honaker, Virginia Remarkably Resilient Together ® : Empowering Healing from Trauma Through Learning and Skill Building Inside a Kansas Women’s Prison [CE|CEU] Primary Community of Focus: Prisons & Jails Room: 111 Overview: Remarkably Resilient Together (RRT) is an easy to implement, cost-effective program partnering staff with residents to first learn then teach others (a peer-to-peer model) a 90-minute workshop on trauma, its impacts

WORKSHOPS

Sunday, Aug. 24 ▼ 8–9:30 a.m.

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