Conferences

JSI Vice President Mack Jenkins will discuss Motivational Interviewing and how it can be used by all recovery court team members to enhance behavior change. This session will explore the application as a part of engagement, building a rapport and implementing a case plan to pursue behavior change.

JSI Vice-President Mack Jenkins will speak about Collaborative Case Management.  Recovery Courts are multidisciplinary teams, where several members (treatment, supervision, VA for Veterans Courts) of the team frequently have case management responsibilities. With multiple team members playing case management roles the possibility exists that services to treatment court participants could be redundant, conflicting, overwhelming and

Gain insights from state leaders and practitioners on their shift towards care management and the use of engagement apps to enhance recovery outcomes in Treatment Courts. Lead by JSI Vice President, Chief Mack Jenkins (Ret.), the panel discussion will delve into the definition of care management within the justice space, the rationale for choosing care

Chief Mack Jenkins With the ongoing evolution of the criminal justice system, there has been a greater recognition of the prevalence of behavioral health needs among individuals who have chronic contact with the criminal justice system. There is abundant research emphasizing the need to focus on those individuals who are assessed as having a high

Theresa Ewing Data is a part of our everyday lives. We use it in businesses every day to help inform decisions, track information, as well as a variety of other ways. We collect data, share data with colleagues, and other authorized agencies. As a result, we have a responsibility to understand what data integrity is, as well as understanding

Danette Montoya Those individuals who develop substance use disorders are also diagnosed with mental health disorders. Treatment and understanding of this subpopulation can be attained by clinical or systems-related interventions. One of the ways of intervening at the systems level is to provide wrap around services for those who struggle with mental health issues. At a clinical level, it

Chief Mack Jenkins (Ret.) Thirty-three years of operational research on Problem Solving courts demonstrates that they are effective at reducing recidivism among justice involved populations who are likely to be arrested and have behavior health issues. Prior and concurrent research on individuals with frequent contact in the justice system led to the development of the Risk Need Responsivity

Honorable Geno Salomone (Ret.) Personnel turnovers are a constant in Recovery Courts. Team members need to be updated on the Best Practices and the new research that supports them. In this session JSI Associate Judge Geno Salomone (Ret.) will revisit Best Practices related to your target population with an emphasis on treatment and on sanctions

Research on Problem Solving courts since their inception in 1989 has shown they can be effective in reducing recidivism of high risk and high need individuals if those courts employ specific components. One of the components is supervision commensurate with an assessed level of risk for the individual. Additionally, over the same period research on

During this session, JSI Vice-President Mack Jenkins will discuss how all treatment courts are composed of multidisciplinary teams working towards a common goal with justice involved individuals with behavioral health issues. In most cases, the teams have more than one discipline that has a role requiring some form of a case plan, most commonly, supervision