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Tuesday, February 10, 2015 8:00 - 8:45am Registration | 8:45am - 4:45pm NC State University | Jane S. McKimmon Center 1101 Gorman Street, Raleigh, NC 27606 Target audience Target audience Psychologists, Law Enforcement, Sheriffs and Police Chiefs, Judges, Court Personnel, Attorneys, Probation and Parole Officers, Jail Administrators, Juvenile Justice, Highway Patrol, Security personnel, City and County Officials, Counselors, Social Workers, Substance Abuse Professionals, LME Staff, Crisis Responders, School Resource Officers, Mental Health Advocates, People affected by mental illness or substance abuse, their families and any others interested. Event Description Event Description Our Time is Now: Building the Bridge Together has been chosen to highlight the importance of bridging the space between law enforcement and mental health to more effectively serve those experiencing a crisis. Our intention is to help build and forge relationships between the stakeholders in our communities. This conference will focus on building these relationships and partnerships between law enforcement and mental health. Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) is a partnership formed to divert individuals living with mental illness from arrest through the creation of more effective interactions among law enforcement, providers, individuals with mental illness and their families. CIT is more than just training, it is a way of working together differently. The 2015 Statewide CIT Conference will provide opportunities for collaborations that move us toward our common goals of safety, understanding, and services to those with mental illness in crisis. Keynote Speaker, Sheriff Sam Page, has served as President of the Sheriff’s Association in North Carolina (2010-2011). He was elected in 1998 as Sheriff in Rockingham County, and has thirty plus years of experience in law enforcement, including an early stint as a K-9 handler in the Air Force. He frequently travels to Washington, DC to address congress on issues important in his community. He is a leader in CIT growth in North Carolina, his vision includes seeing the benefits of mental health courts. Sheriff Page is responsible for the rewrite of the Basic Law Enforcement Training Curriculum in 2012 to emphasize de-escalation and positive strategies. Objectives Objectives At the conclusion of this event, participants should be able to: Recognize and understand methods to reduce the criminalization of people with mental illness by promoting the development of jail diversion programs such as CIT (Crisis Intervention Team) Strengthen the coordination and planning efforts between law enforcement and mental health in order to improve public safety Provide continuing education on timely topics and innovative approaches to CIT implementation.
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015 8:00 - 8:45am Registration | 8:45am - 4:45pm
NC State University | Jane S. McKimmon Center
1101 Gorman Street, Raleigh, NC 27606
Target audienceTarget audience
Psychologists, Law Enforcement, Sheriffs and Police Chiefs, Judges, Court Personnel, Attorneys, Probation and Parole Officers, Jail Administrators, Juvenile Justice, Highway Patrol, Security personnel, City and County Officials, Counselors, Social Workers, Substance Abuse Professionals, LME Staff, Crisis Responders, School Resource Officers, Mental Health Advocates, People affected by mental illness or substance abuse, their families and any others interested.
Event DescriptionEvent Description
Our Time is Now: Building the Bridge Together has been chosen to highlight the importance of bridging the space between law enforcement and mental health to more effectively serve those experiencing a crisis. Our intention is to help build and forge relationships between the stakeholders in our communities. This conference will focus on building these relationships and partnerships between law enforcement and mental health. Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) is a partnership formed to divert individuals living with mental illness from arrest through the creation of more effective interactions among law enforcement, providers, individuals with mental illness and their families. CIT is more than just training, it is a way of working together differently. The 2015 Statewide CIT Conference will provide opportunities for collaborations that move us toward our common goals of safety, understanding, and services to those with mental illness in crisis. Keynote Speaker, Sheriff Sam Page, has served as President of the Sheriff’s Association in North Carolina (2010-2011). He was elected in 1998 as Sheriff in Rockingham County, and has thirty plus years of experience in law enforcement, including an early stint as a K-9 handler in the Air Force. He frequently travels to Washington, DC to address congress on issues important in his community. He is a leader in CIT growth in North Carolina, his vision includes seeing the benefits of mental health courts. Sheriff Page is responsible for the rewrite of the Basic Law Enforcement Training Curriculum in 2012 to emphasize de-escalation and positive strategies.
Objectives Objectives
At the conclusion of this event, participants should be able to:
Recognize and understand methods to reduce the criminalization of people with mental illness by promoting the development of
jail diversion programs such as CIT (Crisis Intervention Team)
Strengthen the coordination and planning efforts between law enforcement and mental health in order to improve public safety
Provide continuing education on timely topics and innovative approaches to CIT implementation.
Keynote Speakers
Sharon Denise Wise, MHS, CPS Washington, D.C
Following over thirty years in and out of jails, institutions and hospitals, Sharon calls herself a “Surviving Spirit” who’s life has been riddled with tragedy and those tragedies have led to laws, policies and procedures being changed all over the Country. She travels Nationally and Abroad sharing lessons learned, her personal story, and is a trauma Expert and Lead Consultant who’s clients include; Federal and Private Organizations, Department of Juvenile Justice, Women’s Trade Mission in England, and most recently the International Peers Association in Amsterdam and Germany. Sharon is a Certified Whole Health & Peer Specialist, Certified WRAP Facilitator holding a Masters Degree in Human Services, and is a talented visual and performing Artist. She has written several plays to include the award winning hit play, “Meet Me on the Moon” and “I Wish”.
Sheriff Sam Page Reidsville, NC
Sam Page served in the United States Air Force as Security Police & K-9 Handler then later started his career as a patrolman with the Fort Lauderdale Police Department in Florida. After moving to North Carolina, Page worked as Private Investigator and Bail Agent at the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office, as well as the Eden Police Department. He is a graduate of the National Sheriff's Leadership Institute in Longmont, Colorado, in 2010 he held the position as President of the North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association, and from 2012 to 2014 Page was Co-chair of the National Sheriff’s Association Border Security and Immigrations Committee. Since 1998, Page has served as the Sheriff for Rockingham County where he continues to educate others as a B.L.E.T Instructor as well as trainings on interacting with persons suffering from Mental Illness and physical disabilities.
Anthony Pugh, BS, NCCPSS Asheboro, NC
Anthony Pugh is a graduate of Capella University where he received his B.S in Psychology. He then received his Masters of Psychology from Walden University and since 2013, Anthony has worked as a Care Coordinator In-Reach Peer Support Specialist at Sandhills Center LME-MCO. Anthony has obtained his NCPSS certification and currently serves on the board of NAMI– North Carolina, RJ Blacky Human Rights Committee, Therapeutic Alternatives Human Rights Committee, and the Collaborative board of Randolph County CIT. He has over 38 years of lived experience in the mental health arena and has been a past member of MHA/ Helpline of Randolph Co., Chair and vice-chair of Sandhills Center LME-MCO CFAC, as well as the Sandhills Center LME-MCO Human Rights Committee.
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Conference Agenda 8:00 - 8:45am Registration & Coffee
8:45 - 9:15 Opening Remarks Mike Mayer, President NAMI North Carolina Secretary Frank Perry
9:15 - 10:15 Keynote: A Law Enforcement Perspective on Mental Health in North Carolina: NOW is the time to Fix the System
Sheriff Sam Page, Rockingham County
10:15 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:45 Breakout I
Option 1 Responding the Traumatized Youth and Families: Signs & Symptoms of PTSD
Lindsay Caldwell, MSW, LCSW & Ariana Maccarini-Iacono
Option 2 Working with People with Dementia, Improving Interactions for Now and for the Future
Melanie Bunn, RN, MS
Option 3 Segmented Training for Small Departments Greta Byrd, MBA Det. Brian Shuford (Yancey Co. Sheriff’s Office)
Option 4 Specialty Mental Health Probation: A Cross-Agency Pilot Project
Gary Cuddeback, PhD
Option 5 Changing Lives, Changing Futures: Operating Rehabilitative Detention Facilities
Karen Simon, MA (Mecklenburg Co. Sheriff’s Office)
11:45 - 1:30 CIT Awards Luncheon
My 35 Years Experience with Severe Mental Illness Anthony Pugh, BS, Certified Peer Support Specialist (CPSS)
1:30 - 1:45 Break
1:45 - 2:30 Healing the Healer: Trauma, Recovery & Community Resiliency
Sharon Wise, MHS, CPS
2:30 - 2:45 Break
2:45 - 3:45 Breakout II
Option 1 Is There a Best Way to Teach CIT De-escalation Skills?
Richard Munger, PhD
Option 2 It’s a Tough Job: Dealing with Traumatic Stress & Burnout
Ann Oshel, MS
Option 3 The New Addiction: Synthetic Drugs, Excited Delirium and Emergency Response Considerations
Srgt. Mark Morais (Durham Police Dept.), MS Capt. Steven Kincaid (Durham County EMS)
Option 4 Innovative Collaborations to Help Justice-Involved Consumer
Karen Chapple, MA, CCJP, Dale Willetts, BS & Bob Kurtz, PhD
Option 5 Keeping Youth Out of the Adult System: Advancing the NC Campaign to Raise the Age of Juvenile Court Jurisdiction
Representative Marilyn Avila, BS & Brandy Bynum, MPA
Option 6 Why Do They Always Call the Police and Not Mental Health? Ron Honberg, JD - Dir. of Policy & Legal Affairs, NAMI
3:45 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 4:45 Breakout III
Option 1 Evaluating the Effectiveness of the CIT Curriculum Among Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers
Megan Davidson, PhD
Option 2 Crisis Negotiations Shayna Epstein, LPCA, MS, CRC
Option 3 What I Thought I Knew: Strategies for CIT Refreshers Capt. Elijah Bazemore, BA (Durham Sheriff’s Office)
Option 4 Combat Veterans in Crisis: A CIT Concept Capt. Blair Myhand (Apex Police Dept.)
Option 5 Identifying and Managing Traumatic Stress in the Juvenile Justice System
Kimberly Blackshear, BS & Kyle Reece
Credit & Important Details Credit Provided by: South East Area Health Education Center
Credit Hours
National Board Certified Counselors Credit (NBCC): SEAHEC is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP™) and may offer NBCC- approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the program. We adhere to NBCC Continuing Education Guidelines. NBCC 5.0 hours Category A NC Psychology Credit: This program will provide 5.0 contact hours of continuing education for Category A North Carolina Psychologists. No partial credit will be awarded. Substance Abuse Counselor Certification : 5.0 substance abuse hours—Pending Approval Contact Hours: 5.0 Contact Hours
Law Enforcement Credit: 5.0 LEO hours
Disclosures This project is supported by Federal Grant No. 2013-DJ-BX-0189 This conference is funded through the Governor’s Crime Commission. Project # PROJ010343
Methodologies This course employs lecture and conference.
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Scholarships Available!
-Deadline-
Monday, January 26, 2015
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2015 CIT Awards
-Deadline-
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To learn more, please contact: Nicholle Karim at 919-788-0801
2015 NC CIT Conference REGISTRATION FORM | I45260 Or register online at www.seahec.net
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