Registration and Fees: $295.00

The registration fee includes on-line conference materials, a one year complimentary MATCP membership, parking, and continental breakfast both days of the conference. All other expenses (including lunches, dinners, lodging, gratuities, phone calls, mileage, etc.) are the responsibility of the participant.  

Starting March 4, 2016 there is a $50.00 fee per registration for late registrations or check payments received after March 4, 2016

Agenda

​Day 1: Tuesday, March 15, 2016

7:30 -8:30 a.m.
Conference Registration and Breakfast WEST CONCOURSE / CROWN FOYER

8:30 - 9:45 a.m.
Opening Ceremony AMBASSADOR BALLROOM
 - President's Remarks
 - Parade of Transformation
 - Melissa Fitzgerald, Justice for Vets 

9:45 - 11:00 am
Plenary Session: Marijuana, The Latest Research: Dr. Kenneth RobinsonAMBASSADOR BALLROOM

11:00 – 11:15 a.m.
Break/Vendor Exhibits CENTER CONCOURSE / CROWN FOYER
   
Workshop Session I  
Tuesday, March 15, 2016 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM (Eastern Time)
  • Revisiting Phases: Risk Matters (Hardin) PANTALIND
  • Marijuana History, Neuroscience and Toxicology (Celeste) ATRIUM
  • DWI Courts: The Ten Guiding Principles With a Twist (Salomone, Jonas, Valenzuela) VANDENBERG B
  • Guess What? You’re a Family Court Too (if your participants have children) (Bermejo) GRAND VIEW
  • Marijuana Talk-Kit for Parents (Collins) THORNAPPLE
  • Marijuana, Mental Illness and Mental Health Courts (Duckworth, Mack) VANDENBERG A
  • Introduction to Veterans Courts: Observation of a Staffing (Khalil, Jordon, Graham, Bosnic) HALDANE
  • Drug Testing Standards - Sponsored by Thermo Fisher (MacKenzie) IMPERIAL
  • Out With the Old, In With the New: Using Fingerprints to Detect Drug Usage - Sponsored by Smart Start Inc. (Nabors) KENDALL
  • I will not be attending this session.

12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Lunch on Your Own
 
Workshop Session II  
Tuesday, March 15, 2016 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM (Eastern Time)
  • National Association of Drug Court Professionals Best Practice Standards: Volume I (Walton) AMBASSADOR
  • Research Says: Best Practices for Assessment Management and Treatment for Impaired Drivers (Stadola) PANTALIND
  • Matching Service to Need: Exploring What “High Risk/High Need” Means for Family Courts (Breitenbucher) WINCHESTER
  • Where are we now? Where are we going? What can we do? – Substance Abuse Levels and Trends (Collins) ATRIUM
  • Enablement Prevention Program (Panasiewicz) NELSON
  • Dual Diagnosis Treatment in Mental Health Courts (Burger) IMPERIAL
  • Antisocial Personality Disorders and Complex Trauma (Powers) VANDENBERG B
  • Mindful Yoga Therapy for PTSD and Other Disorders (Spilkin) HALDANE
  • Procedural Fairness: The Key to Drug Treatment Courts (MacKenzie) VANDENBERG A
  • Oral Fluid Drug Testing - Sponsored by Forensic Fluids Laboratories (Lemberg) KENDALL
  • Use of Science and Technology in Specialized Treatment Courts - Sponsored by DTPM (Celeste) THORNAPPLE
  • Seven Reasons to Rethink Alcohol Testing and Monitoring in Treatment Courts Sponsored by American Interlock and Total Court Services (Huddleston) GRAND VIEW
  • I will not be attending this session.

3:15 – 3:30 p.m.          
Snack Break and Vendor Exhibits  
Workshop Session III  
Tuesday, March 15, 2016 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM (Eastern Time)
  • NADCP Best Practice Standards: Volume 2 (Walton) PANTALIND
  • Marijuana Impaired Driving (Celeste) VANDENBERG A
  • Keeping Kids Safely at Home: Legal Issues, Opportunities & Challenges to an In-Home FTC Model (Dobrich) THORNAPPLE
  • Incorporating Culture & Tradition to Generation X in Healing to Wellness Courts (Davis, Abramson) GRAND VIEW
  • The Importance of Becoming a Trauma-Informed Juvenile Treatment Court (Callahan) IMPERIAL
  • How to Effectively Communicate With a Mentally Ill Person, the LEAP System (Osterquist) ATRIUM
  • Law Enforcement & the Veteran Population: Safe & Effective Interaction (Khalil, Powers) HALDANE
  • Mindful Yoga and Yoga Nidra Therapy Session (Spilkin) GOVERNORS
  • Designer Drug Testing - Sponsored by Redwood Labs (Happ) VANDENBERG B
  • I will not be attending this session.

5:00 p.m. 
Networking Reception CENTER CONCOURSE
6:00 p.m. 
Open AA (BERKLEY), NA (THORNAPPLE) and Smart Recovery Meetings(WINCHESTER)  



Day 2: Wednesday, March 16, 2016

7:00 – 8:30 a.m. 
Breakfast WEST CONCOURSE

8:00 – 8:30 am 
Michigan Association of Drug Treatment Court Professionals Annual MeetingAMBASSADOR BALLROOM

8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Plenary Session: Medication Assisted Treatment AMBASSADOR BALLROOM
 - Legal implications of MAT: Judge Phyllis McMillen
 - Michigan State Guidelines on MAT: Dr. Corey Waller
 - Experiences Using MAT in Treatment Courts: Hon. Fred Moses, Hon. Linda Davis


10:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Break/Vendor Exhibits CROWN FOYER / CENTER CONCOURSE
 
Workshop Session IV  
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM (Eastern Time)
  • Establishing a Medication Assisted Treatment Protocol: Region 1: Northcare Network - All of the Upper Peninsula VANDENBERG B
  • Establishing a Medication Assisted Treatment Protocol: Region 2: Northern Michigan Regional Entity - Manistee, Wexford, Missaukee, Roscommon, Ogemaw, Iosco and all other counties in the Lower Peninsula north of those counties. GRAND VIEW
  • Establishing a Medication Assisted Treatment Protocol: Region 3: Lakeshore - Allegan, Kent, Lake, Mason, Muskegon, Oceana and Ottawa Counties. HALDANE
  • Establishing a Medication Assisted Treatment Protocol: Region 4: Southwest Michigan Behavioral Health - Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph and Van Buren Counties ATRIUM
  • Establishing a MAT Protocol:Region 5: Mid-State Health Network - Arenac Bay Clare Clinton Eaton Gladwin Gratiot Hillsdale Huron Ingham Ionia Isabella Jackson Mecosta Midland Montcalm Newaygo Osceola Saginaw Shiawassee Tuscola PANTALIND
  • Establishing a Medication Assisted Treatment Protocol: Region 6: CMH Partnership of Southeastern Michigan - Lenawee, Livingston, Monroe and Washtenaw Counties VANDENBERG A
  • Establishing a Medication Assisted Treatment Protocol: Region 7: Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority - Wayne County IMPERIAL
  • Establishing a Medication Assisted Treatment Protocol: Oakland County CMH Authority - Oakland County GOVERNORS
  • Establishing a Medication Assisted Treatment Protocol: Region 9: Macomb County Mental Health Services - Macomb County KENDALL
  • Establishing a Medication Assisted Treatment Protocol: Region 10: Genesee, Lapeer, St. Clair and Sanilac Counties WINCHESTER
  • I will not be attending this session.

12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch on Your Own
 
Workshop Session V  
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM (Eastern Time)
  • CANCELLED Immigration Consequences of Criminal Conduct: How Drug Courts Can Help
  • Issues and Upgrades in the DWI/Sobriety Court Ignition Interlock License Program (Hoffman, Cannon, Tulloch-Brown, Myers, Rademacher) VANDENBERG B
  • Identifying Drug Endangered Children: A Collaborative Approach (Nation, Read) HALDANE
  • The Science of Addiction in Native Americans (Gone) WINCHESTER
  • Fundamentals of Grant Writing: Part 1 (White, Kunkel) IMPERIAL
  • Motivational Interviewing for Juvenile Courts (Clark) GRAND VIEW
  • Medication Assisted Treatment in Mental Health Court (Fox) GOVERNORS
  • Meditation and Other Mindfulness Techniques to Treat Trauma and Addiction (Krajovic, Krajovic) VANDENBERG A
  • Clinical Update on Opioid Dependence and Treatment - Sponsored by Direct Success (Mullen) PANTALIND
  • Drug Testing: Fact vs Fiction - Sponsored by Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics (Zurface) ATRIUM
  • I will not be attending this session.

2:45 – 3:00 p.m.
Snack Break and Vendor Exhibits


 
Workshop Session VI  
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM (Eastern Time)
  • Due Process and Other Legal Issues in Treatment Courts (Bowler) PANTALIND
  • Contributions From Law Enforcement Members of Your Team (Stecker, Stoll, Strich) IMPERIAL
  • The National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children Approach “Moving from Awareness to Action…” (Nation, Read) KENDALL
  • Confidentiality & HIPAA in Healing-to-Wellness Courts (Garrow, Panasiewicz) GRAND VIEW
  • Fundamentals of Grant Writing: Part 2 (White, Kunkel) MUST HAVE COMPLETED PART 1 TO ATTEND THIS SESSION. GOVERNORS
  • Peer Support Services in Drug Courts – Experience of the Ottawa County Circuit Court (Brown, Laing, Achterhof, Shafor, Sledge) ATRIUM
  • Confidentiality Issues in Mental Health Court (Mack) HALDANE
  • I will not be attending this session.

4:30 pm
Conference Adjourns  

Highlighted Speakers 

Melissa Fitzgerald

Melissa Fitzgerald joined Justice For Vets as its new Senior Director in 2013. As an actor, Melissa is best known for her seven-year role as Carol on the television series The West Wing, but off-screen she is widely recognized as a courageous advocate for people in need. She is co-founder of Voices in Harmony, a non-profit mentoring organization that uses theater to work with underserved teens in Los Angeles. In 2007, Melissa traveled to war-torn Northern Uganda to bring the Voices in Harmony theater program to former abducted child soldiers and other teenagers affected by the region’s brutal rebel war resulting in the award-winning documentary, After Kony-Staging Hope. In 2011, Melissa co-executive produced Halfway Home, a documentary featuring Vietnam War veteran and former U.S. Senator Max Cleland and Silver Star recipient and Iraq War veteran, Sgt. Tommy Rieman. Melissa has written pieces published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Huffington Post, in addition to the book The Enough Moment by John Prendergast and Don Cheadle. She has made numerous media appearances on behalf of Justice For Vets including appearances on Hardball with Chris Matthews, CBS Sunday Morning, and Morning Joe.

Terrence Walton

Terrence D. Walton, Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP), is among the nation’s leading experts in providing training and technical assistance to drug courts and other problem solving courts. Prior to being named COO in October 2015, Terrence Walton was the NADCP Chief of Standards. In addition to being responsible for the daily operation of NADCP and planning the national conference, he retains his responsibility for establishing and implementing best practice standards nationwide. Previously, Terrence Walton was Director of Treatment for the Pretrial Services Agency for the District of Columbia (PSA), in Washington, D.C.

Justice Joan L. Larsen

Justice Joan L. Larsen joined the Michigan Supreme Court in the fall of 2015. Before assuming office, she served on the faculty of the University of Michigan Law School, where she was also special counsel to the dean. An award-winning legal scholar and former law clerk for the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice Larsen taught for more than a decade at the University of Michigan, where she received the L. Hart Wright Award for Excellence in Teaching. She currently serves as the Michigan Supreme Court liaison to problem-solving courts.

Carolyn Hardin

As the Chief of Training and Research with the National Association of Drug Court Professionals, Ms. Hardin oversees the daily operations for NADCP’s three divisions: National Drug Court Institute, National Center for DWI Courts and Justice For Vets. The National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP)is a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Washington, D.C. , and the development and implementation of training for the Organization. She currently travels nationally and internationally assisting drug court teams with planning and operating successful drug court.

Corey Waller

R. Corey Waller MD, MS is an addiction, pain, and emergency medicine specialist in Grand Rapids, MI, working within the Spectrum Health system, a fully integrated health system with 11 hospitals and over 1000 employed physicians. He is the Medical Director of the Spectrum Health Medical Group Center for Integrative Medicine, the Medical Staff Chief of Pain Medicine to the Spectrum Health Hospital System, the President of the Michigan Society of Addiction Medicine, as well as SUD Medical Director at Lakeshore Regional Partners (Community Mental Health-Region 3). Dr. Waller is the principal author of Michigan’s Medication Assisted Treatment Guidelines for Opiod Use Disorders.

Nominate a Treatment Court Hero

MATCP recognizes that it takes many good people to keep up the good work of drug courts.  That is why we choose to recognize "Michigan Treatment Court Heroes" each year at our annual conference.  
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PLEASE NOMINATE YOUR HERO ASAP AND ACCORDING TO WHATEVER METHOD IS COMFORTABLE FOR YOU:   Download an application in PDF or Wordformat or email laurynferro@ for an application.  Deadline for HARD COPY, ELECTRONIC OR VIDEO submissions, including a digital photo, is February 28, 2016.  Nominators will be informed of the status of the nomination by early March.  Alerting the recipient will be at your discretion. We will be distributing the awards at the Board reception on Tuesday, immediately following the day's conference.

Scholarships

This year MATCP is offering scholarships for multiple disciplines.  Deadline for submission is February 12, 2016.  Recipients will be notified of their awards by February 20, 2016 and assigned a registration code with instructions to register before March 1, 2016. If you do apply for a scholarship, please do not register until you are notified of the status of your award. Please complete this online form to be considered for a scholarship.

Continuing Education Credit 

This conference will qualify for 12 and 3/4 hours towards Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals (MCBAP) continuing education.   Social Work CEU approval has been confirmed for 9 credits.

Note to SCAO Funded Treatment Courts

As long as the MATCP conference registration expense is listed on the courts' FY 2016 approved budget, jurisdictions approved for grant funding from SCAO drug court grants may seek reimbursement for registration costs for up to three drug court team members to attend this conference. Travel, hotel and meal reimbursement for the conference will not be covered by grant funds. 

Acknowledgements 

This conference has been made possible through the generous financial support of the following entities:
MATCP is thankful for the support of our Private Business Partners:​

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