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Description
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Friday, January 5, 2024
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Frequent Users Systems Engagement (FUSE) Program
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11th Judicial Circuit Court/McLean County
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Kevin McCall MPH, MSW, LCSW, CHES, McLean County Director of Behavioral Health Coordination
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McLean County has adopted the FUSE model which is a signature initiative of the Corporation for Supportive Housing designed to “help communities break the cycle of homelessness and crisis among individuals with complex medical and behavioral health challenges.”
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Friday, February 2, 2024
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Misdemeanant Wellness Track
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17th Judicial Circuit Court
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Hon. John T. Gibbons and Emily Behnke, Deputy Court Administrator
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The Wellness Track identifies individuals charged with misdemeanor offenses that have behavioral health needs through reviewing case information and conducting screenings while attending Initial Appearance Court and misdemeanor court hearings. Follow-up case management services are provided.
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Friday, March 1, 2024
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Civil Court Pathways to Outpatient Mental Health Care
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Cook County Circuit Court
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Hon. Maureen Ward Kirby and Michelle Luburic, Assistant State’s Attorney
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Involuntary Outpatient Admission and Agreed Care and Custody Orders are two civil court ordered mechanisms that authorize the judicial system to commit eligible individuals with severe psychiatric disorders to mental health intervention in the community. Learn how to incorporate these strategies into your toolbox of interventions.
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Friday, April 5, 2024
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Moral Reconation Therapy and the Court
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22nd Judicial Circuit Court
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22nd Judicial Circuit Staff (Panel)
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Moral Reconation Therapy-MRT® is an effective systematic, cognitive-behavioral approach that treats a wide range of issues including substance abuse, domestic violence, trauma, parenting, job skills, and other issues. Hear how the 22nd Judicial Circuit Court has incorporated MRT in probation case planning, problem-solving courts, and sentencing orders.
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Friday, May 3, 2024
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Take Action Today Inc. (Community Mental Health and Substance Use Liaisons and Peer Support)
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2nd Judicial Circuit Court
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Mike Tyson, CEO, Take Action Today, Inc.
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This project capitalizes on the emergence of a peer-led workforce to promote engagement by justice-involved participants in clinical and community-based primary and mental health services that constitute a recovery-oriented system of care.
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June/July: SUMMER BREAK……………………………………………………………………………….
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Friday, August 2, 2024
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It Takes a Village: What is a Recovery Oriented System of Care (ROSC) Council and How Can it Help the Courts?
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Stephanie Frank, Deputy Director of Planning Performance Assessment and Federal Projects, Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery, IDHS
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A ROSC is a coordinated network of community-based services and supports that is person- centered and builds on the strengths and resiliencies of individuals, families, and communities to achieve recovery and improved health, wellness, and quality of life for those with or at risk of substance use disorders. The central focus of a ROSC is to create an infrastructure, or "system of care", with the resources to effectively address the full range of substance use problems within communities.
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Friday September 6, 2024
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Fostering a Trauma-Aware Court System
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Scott Block, Statewide Behavioral Health administrator, AOIC and Beck Self, Program Manager, AOIC Probation Services
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When court professionals are aware of how traumatic experiences impact behavior, they can better understand how to effectively support the individual. Ultimately, trauma-awareness improves fairness, respect for the individual, and preservation of personal dignity.
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Friday, October 4, 2024
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Cognitive Outreach Groups (COG) and Gender Specific Case Loads
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19th Judicial Circuit Court
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Lake County Probation Services
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The goals of the program are to increase the number of high-risk clients who successfully complete probation, reduce recidivism, and improve clients’ abilities to take control of their thoughts, behaviors, and lives.
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Friday, November 1, 2024
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Court Diagnostic Center
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16th Judicial Circuit Court (Kane County)
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Dr. Alexandra Tsang, Director
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The Kane County Diagnostic Center is the Psychology Department for the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit. It provides psychological services to juvenile and adult offenders, which include: diagnostic evaluations, crisis intervention and individual, group and family psychotherapy.
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