Drug Courts: Where Justice and Treatment Meet - Regional Approaches to Tackling the Opioid Crisis

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 

 

A1. The Critical Role of Risk and Need in Applying Incentives and Sanctions  (A1)

Douglas Marlowe, PhD, JD, Chief of Science, Law and Policy, National Association of Drug Court Professionals

 

 

B1. Drug Court Constitutional Issues  (B1)

Carson Fox, Jr, JD, Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Drug Court Professionals

 

 

C1. Community Supervision in Problem Solving Courts: Supporting Recovery  (C1)

Helen Harberts, MA, JD, Chief Probation Officer and Chief Deputy District Attorney (Retired), Butte County California

 

 

D1. The Multidisciplinary Team: Using the Best Practice Standards as a Team Building Tool  (D1)

Vanessa Price, Director, National Drug Court Institute; Past: Law Enforcement Inspector (Retired), Chair, Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board

 

 

E1. Family Drug Court Best Practices: Part I - Intro to Family Drug Courts

Alexis Balkey, BA, RAS, FDC TTA Program Manager, Children and Family Futures

 

 

F1. The Drug Evaluation and Classification (DEC) Program Targeting Hardcore Impaired Drivers  (F1)

Sergeant Deborah Batista, JD, DRE Instructor, Middleborough Police Department
Jack E. Richman, OD, FAAO, FCOVD Police Physician, DRE Instructor, Hingham Police Department

 

 

G1: Effective Cognitive Behavioral Programming with Moral Reconation Therapy in Drug Courts  (G1)

Kenneth Robinson, EdD, President, Correctional Counseling Inc.

 

 

H1: Prescription Drug Monitoring in New England States  (H1)

Jim Giglio, PDMP Training and Technical Assistance Center, Brandeis University
Michelle Ricco Jonas, BS, CPM, Program Manager, Office of Professional Licensure and Certification, NH Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

 

 

I1: Veterans Treatment Courts: Unique Challenges and Lessons Learned  (I1)

Moderator: Honorable Mary Hogan Sullivan, Director of Specialty Courts, District Court Department of the Massachusetts Trial Court

Timothy Holloran, Probation Officer
Meghan Honigman, Clinician, Mental Health Management
Katherine Nicholas Malvey, Veterans Justice Outreach
M. Christine O'Connell, Defense Attorney, Rhode Island
Sean Riley, Assistant District Attorney

 

 

J1: Co-occurring Disorders and the Opiate Crisis  (J1)

Moderator:  Ira K. Packer, PhD, Director, Massachusetts Center of Excellence for Specialty Courts, UMass Medical School

Judith Bazinet, LICSW, Drug Court Clinician - Hingham Court and Brockton Court, Forensic Health Services/MHM Services Inc.
Honorable Roanne Sragow, Cambridge District Court
Lisa M. Taylor, MD, Physician, Internal Medicine, Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess

 

 

K1: Drug for Drug Addiction?: Medications for Substance Use Disorders  (K1)

Jeff Baxter, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Spectrum Health Systems

 

 

L1: Access to Recovery–Outcomes and Lessons Learned:  (L1)

The Impact of Recovery Support to Individuals in Early Recovery

Rebecca Starr, MBA, MSW, LICSW , Program Director, Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. (AHP), Project Director, (MA-ATR)
Linda Frazier, MA, RN, MCHES, Director of Addictions Initiatives, Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. (AHP)

 

 

New England Governors' Panel Discussion

Moderator: Michael Dukakis, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Northeastern University; Former Governor of MA

Governor Peter Shumlin, Vermont
Other Panelists to be Announced
 

 

Keynote: Volume II of NADCP's Best Practice Standards for Adult Drug Courts

Douglas Marlowe, JD, PhD, Chief of Science, Law and Policy, National Association of Drug Court Professionals
 

 

 

M1: How to Beat a Drug Test  (M1)

Helen Harberts, MA, JD, Chief Probation Officer and Chief Deputy District Attorney (Retired), Butte County California

 

 

N1: Understanding the 10 Key Components as a Foundation for Drug Courts  (N1)

Carson Fox Jr., Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Drug Court Professionals

 

 

O1: Family Drug Courts: A Strategy to Address the Opioid Crisis

and Its Effects on Pregnant Women and Their Infants

Alexis Balkey, BA, RAS, FDC TTA Program Manager, Children and Family Futures
Sid Gardner, MPA, MA, President, Children and Family Futures

 

 

P1: Opiate Task Force and Community Outreach Programming:

Addressing the Opiate Epidemic in your Community

Moderator: Sarah Cloud, LICSW, Director of Social Work, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Plymouth, MA

Michael Botieri, Chief of Police, Plymouth Police Department
Marisa Hebble, MPH, MA Community Justice Project Coordinator, Trial Court
Peter Holden, President and CEO, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Plymouth, MA
Peter Monaghan, LPN, Regional Manager, CleanSlate Treatment Centers
Levin Schwartz, LICSW, Director, Clinical and Reentry Services, Franklin County House of Corrections

 

 

Q1: Dialogue with Doug  (Q1)

Douglas Marlowe, PhD, JD, Chief of Science, Law and Policy, National Association of Drug Court Professionals
 

 

R1. Intimate Partner Violence in the Veteran Population

Christopher Mackowiak, PhD, Safing Center Psychologist at Bedford VA

 

 

S1. Forensic Toxicology - Testing to Interpretation  (S1)

Colleen Scarneo, BS, MS, Criminalist, specialized in Forensic Toxicology, NH Department of Safety - State Police Forensic Laboratory
 

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U1. Trauma Informed Responses for Law Enforcement and Probation  (U1)

Vanessa Price, Director, National Drug Court Institute; Past: Law Enforcement Inspector (Retired), Chair, Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board

 

 

V1. Enhancing Recovery with Peer Recovery Support Engagement  (V1)

Maryanne Frangules, Director, MA Organization for Addiction Recovery (MOAR)
Patty McCarthy Metcalf, MS, Executive Director, Faces & Voices of Recovery
Other New England Representatives

 

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Panel: Reaching Out to the Medical Community

Moderator: Jacquelyn Starer, MD, FACOG, DABAM, Past President, MA ASAM

Melissa Fisher, MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Honorable Mary Beth Heffernan, First Justice, Newton District Court
Ruth Potee, MD, Medical Director, Franklin County House of Corrections; Franklin Recovery Center; Valley Medical Group
 

 

A2. Incentives, Sanctions and Therapeutic Responses: Essential Elements  (A2)

Terrence Walton, MSW, CSAC, Chief Operating Officer, National Association of Drug Court Professionals
 

B2: Drugged Driving  (B2)

Honorable Mary Celeste, Retired Judge, Denver, Colorado
 

C2.The Role of Drug Testing in Responding to the Opioid Crisis:

The Drugs, Detection Tools and Interpretation of Test Results

Leo Kadehjian, PhD, Toxicologist
 

D2. Family Drug Court Best Practices: Part II - Advanced  (D2)

Alexis Balkey, BA, RAS, FDC TTA Program Manager, Children and Family Futures

 

E2. Why Veterans Treatment Court?  (E2)

Honorable Robert Russell, Jr, Presiding Judge, Buffalo Veterans Treatment Court

 

F2. Medication Assisted Treatment and Criminal Justice System Populations  (F2)

Joshua Lee, MD, MSc, Associate Professor, NYU School of Medicine, Department - Population Health

 

G2: Gambling and the Criminal Justice System  (G2)

Shirley Hoak, JD, NCGC-II, CPRS, Case Manager III/Peer Counselor, the Bettor Choice Program, The Connection, Inc.
Scott Melissa, Criminal Justice System (CJS) Training & Outreach Director, MA Council on Compulsive Gambling
Jeremy Wampler, LCSW, LADC, NCGC-II, Program Director for the State of CT, DMHAS - Problem Gambling Services

 

H2: Innovations in Probation: MA Collaboration with Probation and Office of Community Corrections  (H2)

Michael Coelho, MPA, Deputy Commissioner of Probation Service
Vincent Lorenti, JD, Director of the Office of Community Corrections
 

I2. The Drug Evaluation and Classification (DEC) Program Targeting Hardcore Impaired Drivers  (I2)

Sergeant Deborah Batista, JD, DRE Instructor, Middleborough Police Department
Jack E. Richman, OD, FAAO, FCOVD, Police Physician, DRE Instructor, Hingham Police Department
 

J2: Ethics for Defense Attorneys and Prosecutors  (J2)

Helen Harberts, MA, JD, Chief Probation Officer and Chief Deputy District Attorney (retired), Butte County California

K2 The State of Science on Teen Brain Development and the Impact of Marijuana Use

Sion Kim Harris, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics , Harvard Medical School, Co-Director of Boston Children's Hospital Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research

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Panel: Recovery Graduates Tell Their Stories

Patty McCarthy Metcalf, MS, Executive Director, Faces & Voices of Recovery

Keriann Caccavaro, MA Graduate
William Delaney, RI Veterans Treatment Court Graduate
Brian Toof, Strafford County Drug Court NH Graduate, General Manager of Wade Landscaping

Mobilizing MAT Resources for Justice Involved individuals: Models and Collaborations

Moderator: David Rosenbloom, Professor, Boston University School of Public Health

Andy Klein, PhD, National Director BJA funded RSAT TTA Center, AHP
Joshua Lee, MD, MSc, Associate Professor, NYU School of Medicine, Department - Population Health

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L2. Judicial Leadership Principles: Application to Practice  (L2)

Caroline Cooper, MA, JD, Consultant
Honorable Robert Russell, Presiding Judge, Buffalo Veterans Treatment Court
Honorable Robert Ziemian, President, NEADCP

 

 

M2. Community Supervision in Problem Solving Courts: Supporting Recovery  M2)

Helen Harberts, MA, JD, Chief Probation Officer and Chief Deputy District Attorney (Retired), Butte County California

 

 

N2. Leveling the Playing Field: Assessing and Achieving Equity in Drug Court  (N2)

Terrence Walton, MSW, CSAC, Chief Operating Officer, National Association of Drug Court Professionals
 

 

O2. Expanding Existing Treatment Courts to the DWI Offender  (O2)

Honorable Peggy Davis, Commissioner, 31st Judicial Circuit - Springfield, Missouri
James Eberspacher, Director, National Center for DWI Courts

 

 

P2.The Role of Drug Testing in Responding to the Opioid Crisis:

The Drugs, Detection Tools and Interpretation of Test Results

Leo Kadehjian, PhD, Toxicologist

 

 

Q2. Prison: Two Examples of Innovative Prison Programs  (Q2)

Jennifer Clarke, MD, MPH, FACP, Medical Program Director, RI Department of Corrections
John Hamilton, CEO, Recovery Network of Programs
Lauranne Howard, MA, LCDP, Substance Abuse Coordinator, RI Department of Corrections
Kathleen Maurer, MD, MPH, MBA, Director of Health and Addiction Services and Medical Director, CT Department of Correction

 

 

R2. Law Enforcement: Outstanding Example of a Police Assisted Addiction Recovery Initiative  (R2)

Fred Ryan, Chief of Police, Arlington Police Department

 

 

S2. Pretrial Services: Exciting Example of a Pretrial MAT Services  (S2)

Elizabeth Simoni, Executive Director, Maine Pretrial Services

 

 

T2. Drug Courts: Examples of Model Rural and Urban Drug Court MAT Programs  (T2)

Honorable Steven Houran, Strafford County Superior Court, Drug Treatment Court
Honorable James LaMothe, Lynn District Court, MA

 

 

U2. Assessing and Addressing Family Needs in Adult Drug Courts  (U2)

Alexis Balkey, BA, RAS, FDC TTA Program Manager, Children and Family Futures

 

 

V2. Forensic Toxicology - Testing to Interpretation  (V2)

Colleen Scarneo, BS, MS, Criminalist, specialized in Forensic Toxicology, NH Department of Safety - State Police Forensic Laboratory

 

 

W2. Jail MAT: Two Examples of Exemplary Jail MAT Reentry Programs  (W2)

James Cummings, Barnstable County Sheriff, Barnstable County Sheriff's Office
Gail Dufault, Manager, Vivitrol Program, Barnstable County Sheriff's Office
Brandon Olson, Substance Abuse Program Manager, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs (ADAP) - Vermont Department of Health
Joshua Rutherford, Facility Superintendent, Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility (MVRCF)
 

 

X2. Treatment Courts and Domestic Violence  (X2)

Brian Clubb, JD, Coordinator, Military and Veterans Program, Battered Women's Justice Project