The Sky’s the Limit - Strengthening Communities through TASC:
Innovation - Integration - Imagination
September 3-5, 2008
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Tuesday, Sept. 2nd
12:00pm - 5:00pm Welcome Desk Open
2:00pm - 5:00pm Registration Desk Open
5:00pm - 6:30pm Winner’s Circle
Join us for a special opportunity to be part of “Winner’s Circle” - a peer led support group offered by TASC, Inc. of Illinois. This peer to peer recovery support group is led by people who have experienced recovery from a substance use disorder while restoring citizenship to their community following involvement with the criminal justice system. The design is to initiate and or assist participants in sustaining recovery from alcohol and or drug use disorders and related problems and consequences by providing social support.
Wednesday, Sept. 3rd
7:00am - 8:00am 12 Step Meeting
7:30am - 5:00pm Welcome Desk Open
7:30am - 4:00pm Registration Desk Open
8:00am - 9:00am Coffee/Pastries Available
9:00am - 5:00pm Institutes:
- Re-Entry - Sheridan Correctional Center
Off-site trip to the Sheridan Correctional Center, a dedicated model drug treatment prison. Transportation and lunch provided.
- Justice and Mental Health
o Session 1: Developing a Mental Health Court
o Session 2: Trauma Informed Care
o Session 3: Sequential Intercept Model
o Session 4: System Mapping
o Session 5: Crisis Intervention Teams
- Secrets of Sustainability - After the Grant is Gone
o Session 1: Policy Development and Advocacy
o Session 2: Marketing and Media Relations
o Session 3: Research and Evaluation
o Session 4: Constituency Building and Partnerships
o Session 5: National and Local Foundations Panel
- Gender Matters: Women and Girls
o Session 1: Women Offender Case Management Model (WOCMM): A Gender Responsive Approach
o Session 2: Girls Study Group - Findings and Recommendations from the Research
- GLATTC
3:00pm - 5:00pm Exhibit Hall Open
6:00pm - 7:30pm President’s Reception
Thursday, Sept. 4th
7:00am - 8:00am 12 Step Meeting
7:30am - 5:00pm Welcome Desk Open
7:30am - 5:00pm Exhibit Hall Open
7:30am - 4:00pm Registration Desk Open
7:30am - 9:00am Coffee/Pastries Available
9:00am - 10:15am Plenary: Recovery Oriented Systems of Care and their Relationship to Criminal Justice
Kenneth Robertson, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA
10:30am - 12:00pm Concurrent Sessions:
- Evidence Based Practices and Juvenile Justice Reform: Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative
- Case Management and Drug Testing: Critical Components for a Successful Pretrial Diversion Program
- New Advances in the Pharmacological Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
- Working with Latino At-Risk Youth; Gangs, Drugs and Sex CANCELLED
- Getting What You Pay For: Results-Based Contracting
- Prisoner Re-entry: Results from the Multi-Site Evaluation of SVORI
- SBIRT - Assessment and Brief Treatment in an Urban Hospital
12:00pm - 1:45pm Lunch - Featuring: One in One Hundred
Pew Charitable Trusts
2:00pm - 3:30pm Concurrent Sessions:
- Integrating the TASC and Drug Court Model
- Starting Point in Custody Treatment
- Evidence Based Treatment for Adolescent and Young Adult Clients
- Engaging Minority Families
- Implementation and Sustainability of Evidence Based Practices in the Real World
- The NIDA, CJDATS Adolescent Studies - Some Exciting Results
- Homelessness and Contributing Factors Among Veterans
3:30pm - 3:45pm Break
3:45pm - 5:15pm Concurrent Sessions:
- Reclaiming Futures: Working to Help Teens in Trouble with Drugs, Alcohol and Crime
- Co-occurring Disorders in TASC and Other Jail Diversion Programs
- Drug Court: An Effective Juvenile and Family Intervention Strategy
- Effective Approaches to Working with Young African American Males in Treatment
- Sealing Criminal Records-Stop the Stigma
- The Recovery Coach: Title IV-E Waiver for Drug and Alcohol Treatment Support
5:30pm - 7:00pm Reception Hosted by TASC, Inc. of Illinois
Music from: Hope House Gospel Choir
Friday, Sept. 5th
7:00am - 8:00am 12 Step Meeting
7:30am - 4:00pm Welcome Desk Open
7:30am - 10:30pm Exhibit Hall Open
7:30am - 1:00pm Registration Desk Open
7:30am - 8:30am Coffee/Pastries Available
8:30am - 10:00am Plenary: Dr. Timothy Condon, Deputy Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse and Melody Heaps, President, TASC, Inc. of Illinois
10:00am - 10:15am Break
10:15am - 12:00pm Plenary: Re-Entry at the State Level - From Public Policy to Systems Change
Kathryn Jett and Harry Wexler - Presenters
Ed Roberts, Leslie Balonick, Brian Roland and Diane Williams - Respondents
12:00pm - 1:30pm Lunch: Honoring U.S. Congressman Danny Davis, Illinois
Plenary: Social Responsibility, Justice and Advocacy
Some of our faculty include:
§ Dr. Charles Amrhein, Clinical Director, Bronx TASC Mental Health Court Program
§ Mr. Scott Bane, JEHT Foundation
§ Mr. Eddy Borrayo, Division of Substance Abuse, Pilsen Wellness Center
§ Ms. Marrya Briggs, Program Director, Adult Deferred Prosecution Program, TASC Inc., Phoenix, Arizona
§ Ms. Carmen Casas, JDAI Coordinator, Cook County Juvenile Probation and Court Services
§ Dr. Timothy Condon, Deputy Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse
§ Ms. Gabrielle De La Gueronniere, Legal Action Center
§ Dr. Richard Dembo, University of South Florida
§ Mr. Adam Gelb, Pew Charitable Trusts
§ Ms. Joan Gillese, National Center for Trauma Informed Care
§ Ms. Patty Griffin, National GAINS Center
§ Ms. Melody Heaps, President, TASC, Inc., Illinios
§ Representative Connie Howard, Illinois (invited)
§ Ms. Kathy Jett, Director of Corrections Drug Programs, California
§ Ms. Kim Johnson, NIATx
§ Mr. Chris Kahl, Southside Office of Concern
§ Mr. Tony Lowrey, SAFER Foundation
§ Ms. Nancy Martin, Ohio Juvenile Family Court
§ Dr. T. Celeste Napier, Director, Center for Compulsive Behavior and Addiction, Rush University Medical Center
§ Mr. David Ormsby, David Ormsby Public Relations
§ Mr. Kenneth Robertson, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, DHHS
§ Mr. Michael Rohan, Director, Cook County Juvenile Probation and Court Services
§ Mr. Mark Saferite, Director, Adult Deferred Prosecution Program, TASC Inc., Phoenix, Arizona
§ Mr. Scott Sylak, Lucas County TASC
§ Ms. Ivette Torres, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, DHHS
§ Dr. Win Turner, Hitchcock Medical Center, Dartmouth College
§ Mr. Darryl Turpin, MayaTech Corporation
§ Ms. Tracy Walton, Adult Deferred Prosecution Program, TASC Inc., Phoenix, Arizona
§ Dr. Harry Wexler, NDRI, Inc.
§ Ms. Diane Williams, SAFER Foundation
