Upcoming Training Opportunities: MAT and Motivational Interviewing

The following training opportunities are sponsored by the San Francisco Superior Court.
MCLE and CAMFT continuing education credits available. Training sessions are free of cost; no RSVP required.

Medication Assisted Treatment for Substance Use Disorders

Thursday, February 8, 12:15-1:30PM

“Medication assisted treatment (MAT) is the use of medications in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies for the treatment of substance use disorders. A combination of medication and behavioral therapies is effective in the treatment of substance use disorders, and can help some people to sustain recovery.” (SAMHSA)

Facilitator
Dr. Hannah Snyder is a clinical fellow of primary care addiction medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She practices as a primary care physician, hospitalist, and addiction medicine consultant at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. She is the project leader for SHOUT, an initiative of UCSF and the California Health Care Foundation, which supports medication-based treatment of opioid use disorders at hospitals across the state.

Training Goals

• Impact of substance use on brain function and healing process
• New developments in medication assisted treatment (MAT) for substance use disorders
• Strategies to engage patients/clients in treatment and effective responses to relapse and overdose

Location
Judicial Council of California
Milton Marks Auditorium, Lower Level
350 McAllister Street
San Francisco, CA 94102


An Introduction to Motivational Interviewing

Friday, March 9, 2:30-4:30PM

Motivational Interviewing is a method of communication that aims to enhance the individual’s intrinsic motivation to change by addressing specific behaviors. This is accomplished within an atmosphere of acceptance, patience and compassion.  This training will include demonstrations of role plays and real plays with scenarios related to the collaborative court population that we serve.

Facilitator
Debra Collins is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has provided behavioral health support to primary care, hospice, addiction, and school based community agencies throughout the San Francisco Bay Area for 20 years. Debra works at Felton Institute’s Training and Research Division as their Coach, Trainer and Consulting Educator. Debra has consulted, or provided training(s) for such organizations as : Kaiser Psychiatry, Children’s Hospital of Oakland, Marin General Hospital, County of San Mateo – Adult Division DPH, SF Health Network – San Francisco Department of Public Health Youth/Families and Adult Divisions, YMCA Urban Services, California Pacific Medical Center (Pediatric Oncology/Hematology) and Novato Youth Center, Services for Addiction Recovery – Family Service Agency of Marin.  She is a member of the  Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT).

Training Goals

• Learn how to enhance engagement and to listen with understanding. 
• Learn how to minimize participant resistance by increasing communication.
• Learn how to elicit “change talk” and to set into motion a participant’s potential for
• behavior change.

Location
Judicial Council of California
Milton Marks Auditorium, Lower Level
350 McAllister Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

Collaborative Courts Speakers Series: Adolescents, Young Adults, and the Brain

San Francisco Collaborative Courts offers a quarterly speaker series to provide relevant training opportunities to partners across justice, substance use, mental health, and family service systems. Participation is free of charge.

Upcoming training opportunity: 

Adolescents, Young Adults, and the Brain

Friday, June 9, 2:30-4:30pm

Judicial Council of California
455 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA
Milton Marks Auditorium, lower level

Overview

Working with adolescents and young adults requires an understanding of the developmental processes affecting behavior, decision making, capacity and motivation. This training provides an overview of the typical and trauma-reactive developmental changes in adolescence and young adulthood. Training content provides a brief overview of neuroscience, substance use, developmental differentiation, mental health issues and trauma. Participants will learn key strategies for positive engagement with youth and young adults. 

Speaker

Dr. Gena Castro Rodriguez, Psy.D., holds a BA in psychology from Sacramento State University, a Masters in Counseling Psychology from University of San Francisco, and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from California Institute for Integral Studies. She has worked in the dependency, delinquency and criminal justice systems for 25 years, including 10 years as the co-founder and executive director of the Youth Justice Institute. She is currently the Chief of the Victim Services Division and Parallel Justice Programs for San Francisco District Attorney’s Office overseeing victim advocacy, restitution, State Victims Compensation Program and the Sentencing Planning Program. Her clinical and research interests are in the areas of trauma, delinquency, cultural humility, victimology and gender responsivity.


The training is free and CEU credits (MCLE and BBS) will be provided. RSVP is not required. Room is available based on seating capacity. Feel free to forward this information.

Collaborative Courts Speakers Series: Talking About the Complexity of Class and Culture

San Francisco Collaborative Courts offers a quarterly speaker series to provide relevant training opportunities to partners across justice, substance use, mental health, and family service systems. Participation is free.  

Upcoming training opportunity:

Talking About the Complexity of Class and Culture
Friday, April 28, 2:30-4:30PM

Judicial Council of California
455 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA
Milton Marks Auditorium, lower level

Overview

Culture supersedes policy, procedures, laws and regulations.  Cultural aspects of poverty are more consistent than cultural aspects associated with gender, race, country of origin, and religion.  Individuals from extreme poverty have their own culture, yet government agencies work from a middle class value set.  Without understanding the hidden rules, values, and goals of those in poverty, treatment providers are likely to struggle with being effective in their efforts to assist.  This lecture will aim to help raise awareness about this controversial but essential topic.

Presenters

Rachyll Dempsey, Psy.D. is a Forensic Neuropsychologist licensed as a Psychologist in 2006 by the Board of Psychology; certified as an Independent Practitioner by the California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB) in 2012; and became a Qualified Medical Evaluator certified by the Worker’s Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) in 2014.  Dr. Dempsey serves as Continuing Education Chair for the California Coalition on Sexual Offending (CCOSO), Bay Area Chapter; Office of Professional Development Committee Member for the California Psychological Association (CPA); and was President of the Northern California Neuropsychology Forum (NCNF) 2015-16. She spent six years as a licensed psychologist working as Assessment Coordinator and supervisor for trainees at San Quentin State Prison and is currently CEO and Founder of Psychological Assessment, Inc., a corporation providing psychological testing and assessment in forensic and non-forensic domains, competency restoration program, sex offender treatment, and corporate services.  Dr. Dempsey has been qualified as a forensic psychologist, neuropsychologist, correctional specialist, sex offender specialist, and developmental specialist in court.

Venus Klinger, Psy.D. completed her doctorate in Clinical Forensic Psychology at Alliant International University. Her interest area is in NGRI (not guilty by reason of insanity), competency, and evaluation. Currently, she is the Director of the Crossroads Competency Restoration program at Psychological Assessment, Inc. Since the Competency Restoration Program began at PAI, she has been providing competency restoration training to adults and juveniles released on their own recognizance or incarcerated in various jails around the bay area.. Dr. Klinger is also adjunct faculty for Alliant International University.

Presentation Goals

• Participants will be able to identify at least five differences between socioeconomic status (SES).
• Participants will be able to describe how individuals move from one class to another.
• Participants will be able to identify how organizations that are run from a middle class paradigm can negatively impact individuals from poverty. 
• Participants will be able to list three ways (or more) about how to be more successful in working with clients challenged by poverty.

The training is free and CEU credits (MCLE and BBS) will be provided. RSVP is not required. Room is available based on seating capacity. Please forward this information widely.

Dr. Douglas Marlowe Returning to San Francisco!

Dr. Douglas Marlowe is the Chief of Science, Policy & Law for the National Association of Drug Court Professionals. His training presentations are highly rated, and we're bringing him back to San Francisco!

Dr. Marlowe will facilitate a full-day training session on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 (location to be determined). This training is open to our collaborative court partners, social service providers, and other interested individuals. We hope teams from Marin, Alameda, and other Bay Area courts can  also participate. CEUs will be available. 

Topics will include: 

 

Practical Guide to Incentives & Sanctions (morning)

This presentation will review the basic principles of behavior modification for improving outcomes among drug-involved offenders. Particular emphasis will be placed on identifying a specific range of sanctions and incentives that may be utilized to modify offender behavior, and describing the benefits and burdens of administering various types of reinforcers and punishers.

Developing an Evidence-based Criminal Justice System of Care and Supervision (afternoon)

With the War on Drugs coming to an end, we need a comprehensive plan of reconstruction that builds an evidence-based criminal justice system and incorporates successful programs from across the justice continuum. This presentation will address the critical questions of how to match offenders to the best programs that can meet their needs, protect public safety, and do so at the least cost to taxpayers.

For more information, please email Lisa Lightman, Director of San Francisco Collaborative Courts.  

Douglas B. Marlowe, J.D., Ph.D. is the Chief of Science, Policy & Law for the National Association of Drug Court Professionals, a Senior Scientist at the Treatment Research Institute, and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.  A lawyer and clinical psychologist, Dr. Marlowe has received numerous state and federal research grants to study coercion in drug abuse treatment, the effects of drug courts and other diversion programs for drug abusers involved in the criminal justice system, and behavioral treatments for drug abusers and criminal offenders.  He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and has received proficiency certification in the treatment of psychoactive substance use disorders from the APA College of Professional Psychology.  Dr. Marlowe has published over 125 professional articles and chapters on the topics of crime and substance abuse.