Conference Presentations: 2023 Annual Training Conference

Conference Presentations 

Select materials are available at the discretion of the presenter. If there is not a link to the material or recording, the content is not available. 

CACJ has posted conference session PowerPoints and handouts on this page.

Conference Evaluations and Certificates of Attendance

Certificates of Attendance will be provided to ALL REGISTERED ATTENDEES  via by October 31, 2023.

After October 31, 2023, If you did not receive your certificate of attendance or if the certificate requires a correction, please email [email protected]. 

The deadline to request certificate of attendance corrections is November 13, 2023. 

2023 Annual Training Conference Continuing Education Information/Approved Hours 

2023 Annual Training Conference Full Program

Monday, September 11, 2023 

Plenary 1 - Harm Reduction Strategies: What Fits and What Doesn't  (PDF, 3.99 MB)

Breakout A

A1 - Peeling back the Curtain on Drug Testing  (PDF, 8.39 MB)

A2 - What Works and Doesn't Work in Reducing Recidivism  (PDF, 2.38 MB)

A4 - Reentry to What? Using SOAR as a Tool to Assist Individuals with Disabling Conditions that are Involved in Legal Systems  (PDF, 5.52 MB)

• A4 - SOAR Resource for individuals in the Criminal Justice System  (PDF, 710.45 KB)
• A4 - SOAR FAQ  (PDF, 220.74 KB)

A5 - Engaging Justice-Involved Youth Families  (PDF, 942.92 KB)

A6 - The African American Experience in Drug Court From 2012-2022  (PDF, 394.56 KB)

A7 - Have You Done Everything You Could to Avoid Termination?  (PDF, 3.88 MB)

A8 - Accountability Court Workflow Training: Phasing Up, Sanctions and Incentives  (PDF, 3.81 MB)

• A8 - Handout 1 Phase Up Project Proposal and Court Sheet   (PDF, 487.26 KB)   
• A8 - Handout 2 - Sample Incentive Chart  (PDF, 420.72 KB)

A9 - The Changing Landscape of Impaired Driving  (PDF, 2.95 MB)

A10 - Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) and the Justice-Involved Veteran Population

A11 -National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAME) : In Our Own Voice (IOOV)

Breakout B

B1 - Peeling Back The Curtain on Drug Testing (Repeat of A1)  (PDF, 8.39 MB)

B2 - Words to Live By - Avoid Professional Malpractice by Remembering your Scope of Practice  (PDF, 1.78 MB)

B4 - Beyond Trauma-Informed: Becoming a Trauma-Responsive Court  (PDF, 8 MB)

B5 - The State of Adolescent Mental Health - A Perspective from the Emergency Department  (PDF, 574.6 KB)

B6 - Applying the Principles of Criminogenic Risk and Need to Justice - Involved Veterans

B7 - Burning Issues in Family Treatment Courts  (PDF, 152.21 KB)

B8 - Accountability Court Grant Writing Workshop - Part 1  (PDF, 1.7 MB)

• B8 - Agency Funding Budget Practice  (PDF, 91.32 KB)
• B8 - Logic Model Template  (PDF, 113.45 KB)

B9 - Mindfulness and Self-Care for Professionals  (PDF, 2.51 MB)

• B9.1 - Risk Benefit Article  (PDF, 91.79 KB)
• B9.2 - Seven Pillars of Health Care  (PDF, 101.46 KB)
• B9.3 - Maslach-Burnout-Inventory- MBI  (PDF, 396.41 KB)
• B9.4 - Self Care Plan Template  (PDF, 1.5 MB)
• B9.5 - The Workplace Stress Scale  (PDF, 320.22 KB)
• B9.6 - Professional Growth Sessions-Emotions  (PDF, 317.89 KB)
• B9.7 - Attitude in the Workplace  (PDF, 69.63 KB)
• B9.8 - Stress Inventory - The Holmes  (PDF, 1.85 MB)
• B9.9 - Self Care Assessment  (PDF, 60.44 KB)

B10 - Training to Prevent, Intervene and Mediate Mental Health Crisis  (PDF, 592.18 KB)

B11 - Peer Recovery Support Services and Accountability Courts: Collaborating for Recovery

Breakout C

C1 - Roles of the Community Supervision Officers  (PDF, 1.08 MB)

• C1 - Handout - Specialty Court Overview  (PDF, 176.93 KB)

C2 - Best Practices in Serving Female Drug Court Participants  (PDF, 431.52 KB)

C4 - The Psychology of Effective Communication for Judges  (PDF, 3.44 MB)

C5 - Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Guidelines: Implementation of Court Structure and Supervision  (PDF, 4.39 MB)

C6 - Strategies for Effective Interagency Collaboration in Family Treatment Courts  (PDF, 6.7 MB)

C7 - Beyond Incentives and Sanctions: Effective Tools for Long Term Behavior Change  (PDF, 7.55 MB)

C8 - Accountability Court Grant Writing Workshop - Part 1  (PDF, 1.7 MB)

• C8 - Agency Funding Budget Practice  (PDF, 91.32 KB)
• C8 - Logic Model Template  (PDF, 113.45 KB)

C9 - Georgia's DUI Laws, Clinical Evaluations & Treatment  (PDF, 930.13 KB)

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Plenary 2 - Are We Doing Harm? An exploration of How Jail Disconnects the Participant from the Program and Incorporating Alternative Interventions to Increase Ownership  (PDF, 3.11 MB)

• Guidelines for Managing Substance Withdrawal in Jails  (PDF, 2.14 MB)

• SAMHSA - Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach  (PDF, 788.64 KB)

• Handout - What's Behind the Behavior  (PDF, 169 KB)

Breakout D

D1 - The Other Side of the Coin: Dealing with Criminal Thinking and Behavior in Accountability Courts  (PDF, 2.17 MB)

D2 - Ethics and Boundaries for Working with Persons with Substance Abuse Disorders - Part 1  (PDF, 155.95 KB)

D3 - How to Implement Research Based Best Practices in your DWI Court  (PDF, 3.06 MB)

D4 - Words to Live By - Avoid Professional Malpractice by Remembering Your Scope of Practice   (PDF, 1.78 MB)

D5 - Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Guidelines: Contingency Management and Therapeutic Adjustments - Part 1   (PDF, 2.37 MB)

• D5 -Program Wide Incentives Activity_Handout  (PDF, 282.64 KB)

D6 - Effective (and Equitable) Responses to Participant Behavior in Family Treatment Courts  (PDF, 4.13 MB)

D7 - Law, Ethics, and Professionalism for Defense Attorneys  (PDF, 562.14 KB)

D8 - Effective Substance Use Disorder Treatments for the Justice-Involved Veteran Population  (PDF, 17.87 MB)

D9 - Case Management for Justice Professionals: How to Lead From the Front Line  (PDF, 2.68 MB)

D10 - The 5 C's - Enhancing Team Coordination and Collaboration  (PDF, 1.99 MB)

D11 - 988 and the Georgia DBHDD's Crisis System  (PDF, 2.07 MB)

Plenary 3

True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth A Reporter's Story  (PDF, 14.23 MB)

Breakout E

E1 - True Tales of America and Hope ibn the Time of Fentanyl and Meth A Reporter's Story Continued

E2 - Ethics and Boundaries for Working with Persons with Substance Use Disorders - Part 2

E3 - Co-Occurring Disorders: Expanding Your Court's Treatment Options  (PDF, 3.26 MB)

E4 - Medicated Assisted Treatment Approaches for Alcohol and Opioid Use Disorders  (PDF, 7.55 MB)

E5 - Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Guidelines: Contingency Management and Therapeutic Adjustments - Part 2  (PDF, 2.37 MB)

• D5 - Program Wide Incentives Activity - Handout  (PDF, 282.64 KB)

E6 - Maintaining Active Engagement for Long-Term Recovery and Stable Reunification in Family Treatment Court  (PDF, 4.58 MB)

E7 - Judicial Ethics in Accountability Courts

E8 - Helping Men Recover - Trauma- Informed Treatment For Men  (PDF, 3.19 MB)

E9 - Introduction to Case Management: Programs Don't Ride Solo  (PDF, 983.92 KB)

E10- The Numbers Can Be your Friend: How to Make your Data Work for You  (PDF, 675.67 KB)

E11 - The Critical Role of Law Enforcement and How to be more Innovative and Engaging with your Treatment Courts  (PDF, 2.55 MB)

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Breakout F

F1 - Due Process in Sanctioning: A Nuts-and-Bolts Perspective from the Bench  (PDF, 182.41 KB)

F2 - Engaging Young Black Males and Females: H.E.A.T (Habitation Empowerment Accountability Therapy)  (PDF, 2.13 MB)

F3 - Coping with a Participant's Overdose: When the Unthinkable Becomes Inevitable  (PDF, 704.99 KB)

F4 - Using Data to Advocate for Your Court  (PDF, 2.79 MB)

F5 - Worlds Apart: What Works in Adolescent Treatment and Why  (PDF, 1.22 MB)

F6 - Level of Service/Case management Inventory Refresher Workshop  (PDF, 4.94 MB)

F7 - Effecting Change Through the Use of Motivational Interviewing  (PDF, 11.81 MB)

F8 - Emerging Drug Threats

F9 - Journey of Hope and Healing: Proof that Accountability Courts Work  (PDF, 824.02 KB)

• Journey of Hope_ Handout  (PDF, 330.68 KB)