n o i t a r t s i Reg n o i t a m r o nf I 2014 Missouri Reentry Conference Register! Exciting plans are set for the 2014 Missouri Reentry Conference to be held Nov. 19-21 at The Lodge of the Four Seasons. This year’s theme (Re-energize Reentry: Reflect + Refresh + Restore) will offer you a chance to get away from the daily grind and regroup. More than 25 hands-on and interactive educational sessions are being developed to provide you with new ideas and fresh approaches to your reentry related work. CEUs to be offered. There will many opportunities for networking. The Lodge features restaurants, a spa, and a movie theatre for your enjoyment. Also new this year, the Conference formally starts on Wednesday with registration opening at 10:30 am, and the first session starting with lunch. So, please take a few moments to review the Conference Registration Guide to help you choose your sessions. See you at The Lodge Nov. 19-21! 2014 Missouri Reentry Conference Should I attend? Here’s what participants of the 2013 Missouri Reentry Conference had to say: “Excellent! Very good information that is directly related to my job. Exactly what I came here for.” 90.3% reported they would apply what they learned. 95.7% stated the trainings were a good use of their time. “Outstanding presentations! I am most impressed with the positive approach to reentry MO takes. I am from out of state.” 92.5% said they learned new information. “Great information pertaining to my career. Helpful and informative. A lot of resources that clients and I will be able to use.” Conference Schedule: Thursday, November 20 Wednesday, November 19 7:30 -8:45 am 10:30 am – 5 pm Conference Registration Room: La Salita Noon – 1:15 pm Welcome Luncheon: “Reflect” Presented by: Conference Host Staff Room: Marbella 1:30 – 3:00 pm Featured Session Human Trafficking Panel Presentation Presented by: TBA Room: Marbella According to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center’s hotline, there were 169 potential trafficking situations reported in Missouri from 2007-2013. Key indicators for sex trafficking were indicated in 63% of those Missouri calls. The highest number of Missouri cases involved adults, females, and U.S. citizens/permanent residents. But a substantial number of Missouri cases involved minors, males, and foreign nationals. Learn more. 3:00 pm Lodge Room Check in Lodge Lobby 5:30 pm Welcome Reception Room: Marbella Breakfast: “Refresh” Presented by: Conference Host Staff Room: Marbella 9:00 – 10:15 am Sessions Adapting EBTs for Homeless Children and Families Impacted by Separation/Reunification Presented by: Stephanie O’Neal and Mickie Heiter, Sheffield Place Room: TBA Session discusses Sheffield Place Children’s Clinical Services Program as a platform to explore problems encountered while implementing evidence-based treatments, such as trauma-focused cognitivebehavioral therapy, to address parent and child reunification in a homeless population Includes an overview of the types of trauma that generally impacts this population, current evidence-based practices targeted to treat them, examples of barriers encountered in delivering these practices, and successful adaptations of these treatment modalities. Continuous Quality Improvement – Key to Transformational Success in Reentry Presented by: Michael Christensen and Maria Eaton, Halie’s Hope Organization Room: TBA Interactive hands-on session provides thoughtprovoking ideas from Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) experts. Ideas discussed include: definition of CQI vs. quality assurance, examination of research supporting CQI in reentry programs, six step process for establishing a implementation plan, key targets for agencies providing reentry, summary of processes and tools, and much more. MILESTONES Presented by: James Clark, Better Family Life; Art Peasall Jr., Bridgeway Behavioral Health Room: TBA Session explores the collaborative efforts between Bridgeway Behavioral Health, Better Family Life, and the CHOICES program in assisting recovering people to access community and private resources. Supports and Services for the Aging ExOffender in the Community Presented by: Leslie Anderson, Services for Independent Living Room: TBA Session examines supports and services available to ex-offenders in the community instead of in a nursing home. Discusses available programs and services along with eligibility criteria that will assist an aging ex-offender with receiving home and community-based services as needed. Raises awareness of programs and services to make appropriate referrals to community-based organizations. The Scaffolding of Success: Reframing Our Obstacles Presented by: Eileen Guelich Ingrim, Covenant House Room: TBA In order for youth to be successfully employed, they must believe in themselves. The only way for one to self-actualize is to experience some level of achievement. This occurs when new frameworks are given to create new thought processes, from which to build new behaviors and strong healthy relationships. Session explores the risk factors of unemployed youth, what occurs when youth are idle, the beauty of structure, and how to create a new pathway of understanding for creative ways of overcoming barriers. Opiates: The St. Louis Experience Presented by: Jared Opsal, National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Room: TBA The United States is in the grips of an opiate abuse epidemic, and St. Louis was one of the first metropolitan areas in the country to suffer a dramatic rise in the abuse of prescription painkillers and heroin. Session discusses how prescription opiates have become prevalent in our society, the unintended consequences of prescribing these drugs, what has happened in St. Louis, the current efforts to curb the dramatic increase in abuse, and early positive results from these efforts. Integrated Dual Disorder: Making the Connection Presented by: Deborah Surface, Family Counseling Center Room: TBA Session introduces Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT) and explores the need, philosophy, and interventions to serve persons with dual disorders. Addresses concerns, makes a connection between mental health and substance disorder, and inspires exploring the option of IDDT services. Combating the Criminogenic Adolescent Mind: Putting Moral Reconation Therapy through its Paces Presented by: Kwame Mensah, Mike Herr, and Ashley Watson, Bridges to Success/ Bridgeway Behavioral Health Room: TBA Session looks at hurdles and successes of applying Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) to a difficult, resistant-to-change, adolescent population. Examines some of the shortcomings traditional therapeutic models have had in addressing the root causes of recidivism among adolescents. Increases understanding of the hurdles and stagnation in traditional therapy and how using MRT impacts multigenerational, criminogenic behavior. 10:30 am – Noon Sessions The Roll of Crisis Management in a Transitional Housing Unit Presented by: Darin Gerke and Patrick Fitzgerald, Booneville Correctional Center, Missouri DOC Room: TBA Session examines the crisis management skills essential in assisting offenders’ transition into his or her communities. Addresses offenders who move from one crisis to another using inadequate coping skills, are highly likely to continue a downward spiral, and eventually lose all ego strength. The case management team shares how to assist offenders in learning alternative coping skills, e.g., first build rapport to learn a client’s perception of the event that brought them to the current crisis. Discusses common stressors along with useful crisis management techniques. Kansas City No Violence Alliance: Forging a New Partnership Presented by: Chris Young, Kansas City Missouri Police Department; Shari Morlang and Debbie Farley, Division of Probation & Parole, Missouri DOC Room: TBA Session looks at Kansas City No Violence Alliance (NoVA) and the partnership forged between Kansas City Missouri Police Department (KCPD) and regional probation and parole offices. Highlights the two agencies’ collaborative efforts in monitoring and providing assistance to those, under Kansas City’s probation and parole supervision, who have been identified at a very high risk for violence. Also reviews the NoVA reentry process and progress to engage incarcerated individuals scheduled for institutional release into the Kansas City area. Offers a greater understanding of how these two agencies are working together to support NoVA’s focused deterrence efforts and reduction of recidivism and violent crime in Kansas City. Why Take the Risk? Supportive Housing for Sex Offenders Presented by: Stephen Holmes, U.S. Probation Office, Eastern District of Missouri; Latrice Tate, Division of Probation & Parole, Missouri DOC; Heidi Moore, Criminal Justice Ministry Room: TBA Supportive housing for sex offenders can offer not only many challenges for a program providing services, but also hopes for meaningful supervision and safer transition of these individuals into the community. Session discusses how supportive housing can positively impact clients’ lives and be a resource for probation and parole officers. Panel includes probation, parole, and ministry staffs who demonstrate a team effort to ensure the men in their supportive housing program are successfully reintegrated into society. The Challenges of Reentry: A Simulation Presented by: David Nelson and Ken Chapman, Missouri DOC Room: TBA Session aims to raise awareness about the complexities that offenders encounter when released from prison. Examines issues from an offender’s perspective, and identifies some complexities and challenges faced by returning offenders. Interactive scenario presents the difficult decisions offenders face following their release from incarceration. Relevant Tools, Technology, and Techniques for Successful Reentry Employment Contact Presented by: Roger William Wilcoxen, Heartland Center for Behavioral Change Room: TBA Session explains the seamless, relevant, and innovative employment process approach of Heartland Center for Behavioral Change (HCBC) to maximize returning federal offenders’ chances at securing good employment offers. Provides insight about successful reentry employment. Looks at the importance of collaboration efforts with offenders prior to release and the unique workshops HCBC offers inmates while at the Residential Reentry Center: assisting with computer-aided assessments, use of computers for resume building, providing targeted job searches and career planning, utilizing free online job training opportunities, learning to overcome the “felony question”, and other efforts to launch ex-offenders toward livable wages and successful living. Reentry and Resources: From Behind the Bars to Beyond the Bars Presented by: Lisa Landrigan, U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners; Belinda Lyon and Carmen May, Missouri Career Center Room: TBA Session offers an overview of the efforts that are currently in place in Springfield, MO to help break the cycle of incarceration, reentry, and recidivism. Through collaborative efforts of various agencies in this community, the work group Reentry and Resources (R&R) was created. Introduces members of that team and discusses its impact on successful reentry. Highlights key projects created and implemented by the R&R team, which are now shared nationwide as reentry best practices. Emotional Intelligence: Notice, Choose, and Connect Your Feelings 1:45 – 3:00 pm Sessions Presented by: Marissa Paine, The Painefree Coaching & Consulting Group Room: TBA What am I feeling? What options do I have? What do I really want? These are the questions that guide a person with high emotional intelligence, a powerful skill that can help reentry professionals and exoffenders alike tune into their feelings, avoid “autopilot” reactions, and act “on purpose.” Session offers the opportunity to gain new tools that you can apply immediately to fuel positive change in behavior. Demonstrates a simple, three-step model that explains the what, how, and why increasing intelligence is so important to succeeding at work and life. Familial Relationships of an Offender: The Past, The Present, The Future Studies in Victimology… Understanding the Victim-Offender Overlap Presented by: Denise Weaver, Missouri DOC Room: TBA Session looks at challenges an offender family has faced in the past during incarceration of a loved one, and strides Missouri DOC has made in keeping the familial relationship an integral part of an offender’s recovery. Examines the family’s involvement and programs provided during incarceration to assist successful reentry into the home once released. Offers an opportunity to contribute your ideas for the future, which are integral to DOC and offender success. Vicarious Trauma: The Hidden Hazard of Helping Others Noon – 1:30 pm Featured Session Presented by: Dana Branson, Family Counseling Center, Inc. Room: TBA Vicarious Trauma (VT) refers to the psychological changes that can occur in clinicians as a result of joining with clients in an empathetic relationship. VT has the potential to negatively affect clinicians’ service provision, as well as personal life and interpersonal relationships. Session discusses what VT is, differences between VT and similar terms, and the commonality of VT in social services. Reviews symptoms of VT, risk and protective factors, steps for clinicians to prevent or decrease VT, and the need for VT to be a topic of discussion in supervision. Luncheon & Presentation: The Impact of Prescription and Designer Drugs on Reentry Substance Use Disorders: Common Sense Solutions Presented by: Aida Hass, Missouri State University Room: TBA Studies show that offenders are 1.5 to 7 times more likely than non-offenders to become victims of crime. Conversely, the research literature notes that victims of crime are 2 to 7 times more likely than non-victims also be criminal offenders. Until the 1980s, these dynamics were relatively unrecognized. Session explores various explanations of the victim-offender overlap, plus how to assess resource management in order to better meet the dual needs of both victims and offenders. Presented by: Scott Collier, U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Room: Marbella According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, availability of designer drugs has rapidly increased in Missouri, causing severe adverse health effects and violent behavior in abusers. Head shops often sell these products labeled as “bath salts”. The number of designer drug reports submitted from Missouri to the National Forensics Laboratory Information System skyrocketed in 2010 and 2011 but decreased somewhat in 2012. Learn more. Presented by: Michael Miller, ASCENT Recovery Residences Room: TBA Session looks at substance use disorders and some of the key symptoms/behaviors that characterize them from a lay perspective. Examine some of the physiological characteristics, as well as curious mental twists, which cause a reentering offender to return to active use after extended periods of abstinence. Discusses evidence-based and common sense solutions. Describes components and solutions of a substance use disorder, and increases understanding of the disorder’s nature applied to reentering offenders. Jackson County Parole Reentry Part II: The Judiciary Perspective How Infectious is Infectious? What Do We Really Need to Know? Presented by: Honorable Marco Roldan, Jackson County Circuit Court; Karla GlasgowCobb and Debbie Farley, Division of Probation & Parole, Missouri DOC Room: TBA Session continues exploring the Jackson County Parole Reentry Project from the perspective of the courts. Explores a judge’s role in parole reentry, deciding to be a part of the project, lessons learned, and how to move forward. Offers discernment about doing this in your jurisdiction and the opportunity to ask questions and discuss challenges from the courts’ point of view. Presented by: Fred Rottnek, Saint Louis University; Rita Hendrix and Cathy Duffie, Correctional Health Care Room: TBA Session offers three components: 1.Summarizes current and common infectious disease concerns for professions working with incarcerated and recently released clients. 2. Identifies useful resources to answers questions about infectious and chronic disease states. 3. Compares and contrasts Affordable Care Act (ACA) standards with evidencebased clinical guidelines and common sense. Impact of Crime on Victims Class Presented by: Dee Gordon, Farmington Correctional Center, Missouri DOC Room: TBA Session discusses the importance of the Impact of Crime on Victims Class (ICVC) to the offender’s successful reentry into society. Explains the methods used in aiding the offender’s journey of self-realization and understanding of the farreaching consequences of his or her actions on specific individuals and society as a whole. This understanding and empathy are crucial in assisting the offender in his or her negotiation of the Missouri Reentry Process. Offers a better understanding of the benefits of this program as it applies to reentry. Reentry 101: Merging Two Worlds Presented by: Ideluia Sawyers, Hampton Roads Regional Jail Room: TBA Session explains the basic knowledge of providing reentry services to offenders. Addresses the limitations of typical reentry programs that focus on a specific area, such as job training and placement or treating substance abuse disorders. Examines why, given the density of the challenges faced by returning offenders, a reentry program focused on a single area may not adequately address the issues faced by this population. Recommends agencies, including those not usually involved in reentry services, coordinate with each other to provide more comprehensive reentry strategies. Parents and Their Children (PATCH) Presented by: Barb Burton, PATCH Room: TBA Session introduces Parents and Their Children (PATCH), which provides children and their mothers, incarcerated at Chillicothe Correctional Centers, with services necessary to maintain contact and strengthen family relationships during periods of separation due to incarceration. Explains how PATCH requires parent education classes to increase understanding and improve the parenting skills of offending mothers, provides supervised motherchild interactions in PATCH visiting rooms, transports children who need rides, and gives ongoing encouragement and support to help mothers improve interactions with their children. Friday, November 21 Community Resources United to Stop Heroin in St. Louis 7:00 – 8:00 am 8:15 – 9:30 am Featured Session Presented by: Jared Opsal, National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Room: TBA Session describes the community-based efforts of several organizations in the St. Louis region that tackle the heroin and prescription drug problems, and the history and impact these drugs have had on the community. Jail Reentry Panel Presentation 11:00 am Closing Breakfast: “Restore” Presented by: Conference Host Staff Room: Marbella Presented by: TBA Room: Marbella There are 122 county and municipal-based jails in Missouri that hold more than 9,700 people. Individuals can be held in jail if awaiting bail, trial, or transfer to prison, or if they have a sentence up to one year. In recent years local jails have been viewed as a way to relieve overcrowding in prisons. Unlike more than 30 other states, Missouri has not adopted jail inspection programs or jail standards. The quality of Missouri’s jails varies widely and there is no real incentive for counties to make improvements. Missouri law does allow several counties to join to build regional jails, but counties often prefer to keep local control. Learn more. 9:45 – 11:00 am Sessions Domestic Violence Supervision: Policy Changes for Victim Safety and Offender Accountability Presented by: Tara Boyer and Helen Hurley, Board of Probation and Parole, Missouri DOC Room: TBA Session addresses the new supervision requirements going into effect October 1, 2014 and focusing on increased offender accountability and victim safety. Explains the history of changes, beginning in 2008 when Missouri Board of Probation and Parole began to examine how domestic violence offenders are supervised in the community. Interactive discussions will help identify need areas within your community and develop a plan to address these issues. CEUs Pick up forms in La Salita Lodge Room Check out Lodge Lobby 2014 Missouri Reentry Conference NEW LOCATION: The Lodge of the Four Seasons • The Lodge features restaurants, lounges, a spa, a movie theatre, and free Internet and daily newspaper. • The Lodge was built in 1964 by Harold Koplar, who also owned the famous Chase-Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis. In 1958, he founded KPLR-TV Channel 11 in St. Louis. The Koplar/Brown family still owns and operates The Lodge. • The Lodge was designed by famous Hollywood architect Howard Frank. • Many of The Lodge’s walls are crafted from Missouri fieldstone. • The Lodge’s Japanese Gardens were designed by Buffy Murai, a well-known Hollywood designer who worked with legendary film director Michael Todd. • The Lodge features 54 holes of award-winning championship golf on courses designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr., Ken Kavanaugh, and Jack Nicklaus. • Travel & Leisure Golf Magazine called The Lodge “one of the best golf resorts in the world.” • The original “Board of Directors” of The Lodge consisted of St. Louis Cardinal Stan Musial, broadcaster Joe Garagiola, and former St. Louis Mayor A.J. Cervantes. • The Lodge has been featured twice in Paris Vogue Magazine. • Tennis great, Bobby Riggs, celebrated his 70th birthday at The Lodge. • The Lodge first opened when the county was dry, and no liquor could be served by the drink. Guests would bring their own bottles and The Lodge would store them. 2014 Missouri Reentry Conference Travel/Driving Directions: From Kansas City: Take Hwy 50 east from Lees Summit to Tipton. At Tipton stoplight, take Hwy 5 south. Go left on 52 east. Take 52 east to Eldon. At 2nd stoplight in Eldon, turn right. That will take you to Hwy 54. Turn right on 54 west. Follow 54 west approximately 9 miles and turn right on Business 54 at Lake Ozark. Go about 2 miles on Bus. 54 to 1st stoplight. Turn toward Four Seasons at the stoplight onto State Rd. HH (Horseshoe Bend Parkway). The Lodge is 3 miles down HH (Horseshoe Bend Parkway) on the left. Travel time approximately 2 1/2 hours. From the airport, take 435 loop south to Hwy 50 (please allow an additional 60 to 90 minutes of travel time to reach Lake Ozark from airport). From St. Louis: Take I-70 west to Kingdom City. Exit onto Hwy 54 south(west). Take 54 south(west) 80 miles to Lake Ozark. At Lake Ozark, exit onto Business 54. Go about 2 miles on Business 54 to 1st stoplight. Turn toward Four Seasons at the stoplight onto State Rd. HH (Horseshoe Bend Parkway). The Lodge is 3 miles down HH (Horseshoe Bend Parkway) on the left. Travel time approximately 2 1/2 hours. OR take I-44 west to Rolla. Exit onto Hwy 63 north. Take 63 north to Vienna. At Vienna, turn left onto Hwy 42. Follow 42 to the end and turn right on Hwy 54 east. Go about 2 miles on Hwy 54 to the 1st stoplight. Turn left at the stoplight onto Business 54. Go about 3 miles on Business 54 to the next stoplight and turn left onto State Rd. HH (Horseshoe Bend Parkway). The Lodge is 3 miles down HH (Horseshoe Bend Parkway) on the left. Travel time approximately 3 hours. From Springfield: Take I-44 east to Lebanon. At Lebanon, take Hwy 5 north (2nd exit) to Camdenton. At the stoplight in Camdenton, turn right onto Hwy 54 east. Take 54 east about 16 miles to the Bagnell Dam Blvd. exit in Lake Ozark. Follow the loop around and turn right at the 1st stoplight onto Business 54. Go about 3 miles on Business 54 to the next stoplight and turn toward Four Seasons onto State Rd. HH (Horseshoe Bend Parkway). The Lodge is 3 miles down HH (Horseshoe Bend Parkway) on the left. Travel time approximately 1 1/2 hours. From Columbia: Take Hwy 63 south to Jefferson City. In Jefferson City turn right on 54 west. Follow 54 west about 50 miles to the Business 54 exit in Lake Ozark. At Lake Ozark, exit onto Business 54. Go about 2 miles on Business 54 to 1st stoplight. Turn toward Four Seasons at the stoplight onto State Rd. HH (Horseshoe Bend Parkway). The Lodge is 3 miles down HH (Horseshoe Bend Parkway) on the left. Travel time approximately 90 minutes. From Tulsa, Oklahoma: Take I-44 east to Lebanon. At Lebanon, take Hwy 5 north (2nd exit) to Camdenton. At the stoplight in Camdenton, turn right onto Hwy 54 east. Take 54 east about 16 miles to the Business 54 exit in Lake Ozark. Turn toward Four Seasons at the stoplight onto Business 54. Go about 3 miles on Business 54 to the next stoplight and turn left onto State Rd. HH (Horseshoe Bend Parkway). The Lodge is 3 miles down HH (Horseshoe Bend Parkway) on the left. Travel time approximately 4 hours. From Oklahoma City: Take I-44 east to Lebanon. At Lebanon, take Hwy 5 north (2nd exit) to Camdenton. At the stoplight in Camdenton, turn right onto Hwy 54 east. Take 54 east about 16 miles to the Business 54 exit in Lake Ozark. Turn left at the stoplight onto Business 54. Go about 3 miles on Business 54 to the next stoplight and turn toward Four Seasons onto State Rd. HH (Horseshoe Bend Parkway). The Lodge is 3 miles down HH (Horseshoe Bend Parkway) on the left. Travel time approximately 6 hours. From Wichita, Kansas: Take 54 east to the Business 54 exit in Lake Ozark. Turn left at the stoplight onto Business 54. Go about 3 miles on Bus. 54 to the next stoplight and turn toward Four Seasons onto State Rd. HH (Horseshoe Bend Parkway). The Lodge is 3 miles down HH (Horseshoe Bend Parkway) on the left. Travel time approximately 5 hours. From Chicago: Take I-55 south to St. Louis. Take I-70 west to Kingdom City. Exit onto Hwy 54 south(west). Take 54 south(west) 80 miles to Lake Ozark. At Lake Ozark, exit onto Business 54. Go about 2 miles on Business 54 to 1st stoplight. Turn toward Four Seasons at the stoplight onto State Rd. HH (Horseshoe Bend Parkway). The Lodge is 3 miles down HH (Horseshoe Bend Parkway) on the left. Travel time approximately 7 hours. From Des Moines: Take East 163 for 47 miles. 163 turns into US-63 South, follow 63 S for approximately 208 miles, US- 63 S will merge with several different highway along the way. Once in Jefferson City, MO take 54 south(west) 41 miles to Lake Ozark. At Lake Ozark, exit onto Business 54. Go about 2 miles on Business 54 to 1st stoplight. Turn toward Four Seasons at the stoplight onto State Rd. HH (Horseshoe Bend Parkway). The Lodge is 3 miles down HH (Horseshoe Bend Parkway) on the left. Travel time approximately 5 hours. 2014 Missouri Reentry Conference Share the news… Let your colleagues know about this year’s Conference set for Nov. 19-21 at The Lodge. Early registration ends Oct. 24. Stay current on Conference news and updates at www.stlarchs.org and facebook (stlarchs) Have a question? [email protected].
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