MATCP 18th Annual Conference
March 14 - March 15, 2017

Agenda

 Please Note that Workshops Times and Topics are Subject to Change
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Day 2: Wednesday, March 15, 2017
NOTE: Highlighted Workshops indicate presentation materials are available; please click on the workshop title - this will take you to a secure page, where you will again have to click on the workshop title to access the materials.  Materials will only be accessible during the conference days.

7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. 
Breakfast [Rooms: Sapphire & Garnet]

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. 
Annual Meeting [Room: Diamond Ballroom]

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Plenary Session [Room: Diamond Ballroom]
- The Sentencing Project
Race, Sentecing & Drug Courts - presented by Dr. Ashley Nellis, Senior Research Analyst, The Sentencing Project

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Break
 
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Session IV Workshops
  • Ethics for Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys [Room: Bronze]
    • Presenter: Helen Harberts, MS, JD
    • Sobriety courts present a completely different way of legal practice, creating ethical and legal challenges for courts. This class will address those issues and legal concerns common to drug courts. 
  • Mental Health - What to Do When the Severity of Symptoms Interfere with Progress [Room: Amethyst]
    • Presenter: Dr. Carmen McIntyre, M.D., Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority 
    • During this workshop, attendees will learn to understand the pyschosocial variables associated with medication compliance, how attitudes about medication impact outcomes.  Further, a review of models of family and social supports that improve organizational skills will be examined, along with a how-to utilize Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) informed skills to stop disruptive and suicidal behavior.
  • Trauma Assessment for Juvenile and Family Courts [Room: Silver]
    • Presenter: Hon. Sue Dobrich, Cass County Probate Court
  • The Behavior Change Drivers: Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Feedback Informed Treatment (FIT) [Room: Diamond Ballroom]
    • Presenter: Michael Clark, MSW, The Center for Strength-Based Strategies
    • How one understands motivation with treatment court participants will directly affect what one does (or doesn’t do) to increase it. Motivation is not a fixed trait it’s a dynamic state—and a state that can be influenced!  Increase your understanding about the conditions that drive positive behavior change and consider what can be done to increase the relationship conditions necessary for change to occur.  Join this presentation to learn how to harness the tremendous power that relationships can offer, through the use of real-time (immediate) feedback. Examine the benefits to be gained when one moves from evidence-based practice to practice-based evidence!​
  • Governor's Opiate Task Force Recommendations [Room: Emerald]
  • Community Resources - Working Together to Combat the Opioid Epidemic [Room: Gold]
    • Presenters: Drug Enforcement Administration representatives
    • This workshop will provide a synopsis of inter-agency cooperation efforts to address the overdose epidemic at the systemic and individual level.  Other topics covered include: identification of roles of government resources (fed/state/local); identification of process efficiencies to ensure effectiveness; and, a discussion of ideas for further improvements in addressing the opioid epidemic 
  • SCAO Best Practices Break-Out - Due Process [Room: Copper/Granite]
    • Presenter: Hon. Patrick Bowler (ret.)​
    • The ten key components of drug treatment courts require the protection of participants’ due process rights.  In recent years allegations of violations of due process and other legal issues have arisen out of drug treatment court practices.  Some have reached the appellate level.  What are the constitutional issues that our drug treatment courts should be aware of?  What are the trends?  What new issues should be anticipated?  These questions and other critical legal issues that impact our drug treatment courts, such as the court’s responsibility to abide by the laws of confidentiality, will be addressed in this session.

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch on your own. Lunch (ciabatta roll, sandwich, pasta salad, cookie & drink) may be purchased from Suburban here. If you purchase lunch in advance for Tuesday, Wednesday, or both, you will be given a ticket that will need to be turned in to receive a box lunch. [Rooms: Sapphire and Garnet]

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12:45 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Office of Highway Safety Planning Press Conference [Room: Coral]
  • The Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP) is planning a crackdown in late March to try and curb drunk driving in Michigan. OHSP would like to draw on MATCP's strong record of success in helping address drunk driving as the basis for a news conference raising awareness of increased enforcement and a reminder that being arrested has serious consequences. The news conference will involve judges from the sobriety court system and graduates of the program, along with law enforcement officers, to deliver messages about the real impacts of drunk driving. 
 
1:30 - 2:45 p.m.
Session V Workshops
  • The Three-Legged Stool [Room: Amethyst]
  • Veterans Court Mentors Panel [Room: Copper/Granite]
    • Moderators: 54B District Court Veterans Court, Ingham County
  • Incentives & Sanctions for Juvenile Courts [Room: Bronze]
    • Presenter: Jacqueline van Wormer
  • Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts & SCAO: Using SCAO as a Resource [Room: Silver]
    • Presenter: Dian Gonyea, Analyst, SCAO Problem-Solving Courts
    • The objective of this workshop is to expose the Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts to the state’s Drug Court Case Management System (DCCMIS) and how it can be used to evaluate programs; explain how SCAO conducts program visits and the resources available; and, to explain how Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts can use interlock.
  • Motivational Interviewing for the Treatment Court Judge: Therapeutic Techniques for Compressed Time Frames [Room: Diamond Ballroom]
    • ​Presenter: Michael Clark, MSW, The Center for Strength-Based Strategies
    • ***It is highly recommended that judges attending this session also attend Mr. Clark's Session IV Workshop - The Behavior Change Drivers: Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Feedback Informed Treatment (FIT) as the information in this session builds upon the previous session's material.
    • In a treatment court review hearing, a Judge may have only two or three minutes to interact with a program participant. Join this workshop to discover what can be done to increase your therapeutic influence in short “microbursts.” Review several therapeutic techniques gathered from brief therapy models that can be used in your next hearing. Learn how you can harm motivation in three minutes but you can also raise and strengthen motivation in this same amount of time! 
  • Human Trafficking Awareness [Room: Gold]
    • Presenter: Homeland Security Investigations representatives
    • This workshop provides a detailed look at the complexity of human trafficking and also discusses HSI’s victim centered approach to assisting victims and investigating cases. Highlighted topics include: overview of Homeland Security Investigations and its broad investigative authority; the distinction between Human Smuggling and Human Trafficking; explanation of the term Human Trafficking and its further breakdown into Sex Trafficking and Labor Trafficking; different venues or industries that are often utilized in both types of trafficking; methods employed by traffickers to lure victims and effect their control; type of victims that traffickers seek out; red flag indicators that trafficking may be occurring; the Victim Centered Approach and victims' safety being the #1 goal; victims' needs and the resources available for assistance to include coordination with both governmental and NGO partners; immigration relief available for foreign national victims; common myths and misconceptions about victims; Department of Homeland Security’s Blue Campaign – a unified anti-human trafficking initiative; prevention of Human Trafficking through outreach and public awareness campaigns; and, National Human Trafficking Hotline and their available resources for victims as well as tip leads.
  • SCAO Best Practices Break-Out - Sanctions & Incentives [Room: Emerald]
    • Presenter: Hon. Geno Salomone,  23rd District Sobriety Court Presiding Judge, Wayne County​

2:45 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.
Break

2:55 p.m. – 3:25 p.m.          
​3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Session VI Workshops
  • Creating a System of Sustainability [Room: Amethyst]
  • ​Drug Court or Mental Health Court? Yes! [Room: Copper/Granite]
    • ​Presenter: Stephen Wiland, LMSW, ICADC, Director, Foundations Detroit
    • This workshop will define the two primary types of specialty court programs presently available in the State of Michigan, and assist participants with program/treatment-matching with the help of available screening tools. Additionally, participants will be encouraged to consider the importance of supporting the development of dual-diagnosis-capable treatment/programming for optimal outcomes for individuals whether referred to Drug Court or to Mental Health Court.
  • ​​Family Treatment Court Experiences with OJJDP Enhancement Grant [Room: Bronze]
    • ​Presenters: Hon. Sue Dobrich, Clarence James, LLMSW, Carol Montavon Bealor, JD, Cass County Courts; Hon. Michelle Bianchi, Amber Reynolds, LLMSW, Megan R. M. Stiverson, JD, Hillsdale County Courts
  • ​Sex Trafficking Court [Room: Gold]
    • ​Presenter: Toni Malone, 14B District Court, Washtenaw County
  • ​Managing and Sustaining Your Drug Court Model [Room: Emerald]
    • ​Presenter: Jacqueline van Wormer
  • Veterans Courts National Research [Room: Diamond Ballroom]
    • Presenter: Kerwin Henderson, American University, Justice Programs Office
    • Participants will hear about current research regarding veteran treatment courts and will have the opportunity to ask questions about the results of American University's recently-concluded survey.
  • ​SCAO Best Practices Break-Out - Drug Testing Standards [Room: Silver]
    • ​Presenters: Barb Hankey, Oakland County Community Corrections Manager, and Dian Gonyea, Analyst, SCAO Problem-Solving Courts
    • The purpose of this workshop is to understand the importance of drug testing participants with substance use disorders in treatment programs; help attendees understand the differences between Standards and Best Practices; and, understand how Standards and Best Practices are applied to treatment courts.
4:45 pm
Conference Adjourns