2025 ACA Winter Conference Orlando_Program Book

Leading with Insight: Cultivating Self-Awareness for Effective Leadership Room W240 D Overview: As organizations increasingly adopt hybrid work models, leaders face unique challenges in managing and engaging teams. This interactive workshop focuses on the crucial leadership competency of self-awareness, Participants will explore strategies to enhance their self-awareness, improve communication and foster team cohesion, regardless of physical location. Primary Presenter: Elizabeth Kreger , National Programs Advisor, National Institute of Corrections, Aurora, Colorado Presenter 2: Stewart Baumgartner , National Programs Advisor, National Institute of Corrections, Aurora, Colorado, Aurora, Colorado FDC and Community Collaborations: “An Innovative Approach to Combatting Idleness and Enhancing Programming” Room W 231 B/C Overview: Panelists will discuss leveraging employees and volunteers with lived experience in rehabilitation and restoration efforts in corrections. It is widely acknowledged that policy should be informed by the people it most directly impacts, a concept summed aptly by the popular phrase ‘nothing about us without us’ However, corrections, has been slow to include individuals with previous arrest and incarceration history at the table. This panel will showcase collaborations between individuals with lived experience and correctional professionals to create, improve and enhance existing programs and services for those currently incarcerated. Primary Presenter: Nichole M. Landrum , Assistant Bureau Chief, Florida Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, Florida Presenter 2: Nicole Dyson , Founder, Jesus Infusion, Alachua, Florida Presenter 3: Danielle Thomas , Lead Research Assistant, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida emphasizing its role in navigating the complexities of hybrid environments.

WORKSHOPS Friday, Jan. 10 ▼ 2–3:30 p.m.

I Hate the Dentist [CE/CERP] Room W240 A

Overview: To discuss the misconceptions of the dental world and the unique challenges we face in relationship to both public perception and care. To demystify and clarify the multifaceted and interdisciplinary roles of dentistry in both the correctional and public setting. The presentation will serve to: A) Shift the paradigm of the audience towards a positive and accurate understanding of the dental field, B) Highlight critical areas of dentistry that are often over-looked in the field in corrections, and C) Exemplify the correlation of oral health with substance abuse outcomes and mental health modalities. Learning Objectives: • Understand comprehensive solutions for improving interdisciplinary case outcomes by incorporating oral health considerations for both mental health and MAT programs. • Establish a baseline recognition of the necessity for inclusion of the dental professional in formulating critical policies affecting the dental field. • Provide a more accurate perspective for the critical role of general dentistry in the correctional setting. Moderator: James Clare , DDS, MPH, Dental Director, North Carolina Department of Adult Correction, Raleigh, North Carolina Speaker 1: Lolade Samuel-Cash , DDS, Site Dental Director, Guilford County Detention Center, Greensboro, North Carolina

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