2020 Training Conference

2020 Vision: Training Agents of Change

  • September 14 -16, 2020
  • Virtual Experience

The Virtual 2020 Annual Training Conference has ended. The conference hosted 1396 attendees, speakers, special guests, and exhibitors. 

Certificates of Attendance were delivered to each attendee by email on November 1, 2020. 

Select sessions were recorded and the recordings will become available on the CACJ website at a later date.  To access those recordings and handouts for each conference session please see below. 

Conference Details

Monday, September 14, 2020

Plenary & Opening Session

The Epidemic of Opioid Abuse: How It Happened and What the Courts Can Do About It  (PDF, 12.54 MB)

Breakout Sessions A

Supporting Veterans’ Recovery from PTSD, Substance Abuse, and Mental Health Problems  (PDF, 7.09 MB)

An Overview of Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Services in Georgia  (PDF, 3.38 MB)

Up in Smoke: Research Findings on Vaping  (PDF, 3.43 MB)

Due Process and Termination: Constitutional and Legal Implications of Terminating Participants from Problem-Solving Courts  (PDF, 991.29 KB)

Common Mishaps (Findings) in MRT Group Facilitation  (PDF, 1.58 MB)

Cultural Competency in Your Treatment Court  (PDF, 2.37 MB)

Law Enforcement Essentials in Treatment Courts: Standard Operating Procedures  (PDF, 5.12 MB)

Breakout Sessions B

Human Trafficking: Exploitation of Youth and Strategies to Strengthen Court Responses  (PDF, 544.04 KB)

Discovering Life--MRT for Mental Health  (PDF, 1.45 MB)

An Overview of Psychotropic Drugs for Mental Health Disorders

Current Trends in Adolescent Substance Abuse  (PDF, 4.48 MB)

Designing and Implementing Program Evaluations for Accountability Court Programs  (PDF, 1.07 MB)

Nuts and Bolts of Family Treatment Courts: Making the FTC Work in Your Jurisdiction  (PDF, 2.36 MB)

Law Enforcement Essentials in Treatment Courts: Connecting the Dots  (PDF, 3.29 MB)

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Breakout Sessions C

Moving Away from Cookie Cutter Care: What Individualized Treatment Really Means  (PDF, 361.19 KB)

An Overview of Mental Health Services for Georgia’s Juvenile Population.  (PDF, 3.4 MB)

Evidence-Based Practices: What Works and What Doesn’t in Reducing Recidivism  (PDF, 3.06 MB)

Sequential Intercept Model: The Criminal Justice System and Mental Health in Your Community  (PDF, 14.39 MB)

Teleservices for Treatment Providers  (PDF, 1.49 MB)

An Overview of Constitutional and Legal Issues in Treatment Courts  (PDF, 1.01 MB)

Law Enforcement Essentials in Treatment Courts: Participant Interactions  (PDF, 1.65 MB)

Plenary Session 

Characteristics of Effective Programs  (PDF, 10.52 MB)

Plenary Session 

Why Integrating Mental Health and Addiction Services Is Hard and What to Do About It  (PDF, 252.36 KB)

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Drug Testing 101: Best Practices  (PDF, 15.66 MB)

Nuts and Bolts of Quarterly Reporting  (PDF, 450.3 KB)

Manufacturing Workplace Fundamentals  (PPT, 1.91 MB)

Professionalism and Ethics for Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys in Accountability Courts  (PDF, 612.43 KB)

Overview of Participant Evidence-Based Scheduling  (PDF, 1.25 MB)

Research Says in 2020: Best Practices in Assessment, Supervision and Treatment of High-Risk Drunk Drivers  (PDF, 6.31 MB)

Plenary & Closing Session 

The Importance of Self-Care: Working Wounded Preventing and Managing Professional Burnout and Impairment  (PDF, 1.68 MB)