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Eliminate the criminalization of people with
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| 4th Annual Midwest CIT Conference |
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Conference Outline
8 a.m. Registration
9 a.m. Welcome: Bruce Kramer, Ph.D., Dean, College of Applied Professional Studies
9:05 a.m. Opening remarks: Patricia Jensen, J.D., Conference Chair and
Adjunct Professor, University of St. Thomas
9:20 a.m. Morning panel: “Real Life Perspectives “
10:30 a.m. Break
11 a.m. Keynote address: CecileWatters Tebo, Head of New Orleans
Police Department Mental Health SWAT Team
“Lessons From Katrina – A Journey From The Streets”
Noon Lunch break
1 p.m. Afternoon panel: “Calming A Crisis”
2:30 p.m. Closing remarks and Reception
For a complete listing of panel members, please visit
www.stthomas.edu/education/events.
Conference Committee
Patricia Jensen, Conference Chair, University of St. Thomas, Department of Leadership, Policy and Administration
Mark Anderson, Executive Director, Barbara Schneider Foundation
Bob Brown, Professor Emeritus, University of St. Thomas, Department of Leadership, Policy and Administration
Pamela Hoopes, Legal Director, Minnesota Disability Law Center
Roberta Opheim, Ombudsman, Minnesota State Mental Health and Disabilities
Pat Stankovitch, Director of Psychological Services, University of St. Thomas Interprofessional Center
ChrisWilson, Director of Real Estate Development, Project for Pride in Living
For more information and to register
www.stthomas.edu/education/events
(651) 962-4441 kao89077@stthomas.edu
Registration Fees*
$30 per student with current student ID $40 community members
$125 Professionals seeking continuing education units
*Scholarships available
Award Winners:
Our CIT training partners from the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office and the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office joined us for an evening of celebration of our success at growing the CIT movement in Minnesota. Our thanks to all our law enforcement partners who have become incolved in CIT.
The evening will be filled with delicious food, exciting prizes, great company, and the music of the nationally known Yolande Bruce, best known as a member of the award winning vocal jazz group Moore by Four. She has performed nationally and internationally, and opened for such legendary acts as Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Sara Vaughn, and BB King.
Thanks! to our Major Training and Collaboration
Partners, Summer 2008-Summer 2009
10th Judicial District
180 Degrees
Chicago Police Department
CIT International
Hennepin County Attorney’s Office
Hennepin County Community Corrections
Hennepin County Mental Health Court
Hennepin County Sheriff’s Deputies Association
Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office
Isanti Police Department
Metro Critical Incident Response Team
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Tribal Police
Minneapolis Police Department
Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association
Minnesota CIT Officers Association
Minnesota Legal Services Coalition
Minnesota Peace and Police Officers Association
Partners in Crisis Florida
Ramsey County Emergency Communications
Ramsey County Mental Health Court
Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office
Scott County Sheriff’s Office
St Paul Police Department
University of Minnesota Police Department
Washington County Attorney’s Office
Washington County Sheriff’s Office
Century College
Concordia University
Metropolitan State University
Minneapolis Public Schools
St. Olaf College
University of Minnesota
University of St. Thomas
American Women/Men In Need
American Indian Safety Council
Argosy University Twin Cities
Basilica of Saint Mary
City Advocates for Human Rights
African of Minneapolis
Council on Crime and Justice
Eli Lilly
Gadtke Family
Heading Home Hennepin
Interfaith Network for Mental Health
Minnesota Chapter, Public Risk Management Association
Olu’s Home
Oswald Family Foundation
Scott County CDA
St. Joan of Arc Mental Health Ministry
Tom Braun Fund of the Minneapolis Foundation
Alzheimer’s Association
Brown County Human Services
Consumer Survivor Network of Minnesota
Crisis Connection
Delancey Street
Guild, Inc.
Hennepin County Human Services
HSI
Mental Health Association of Minnesota
Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Network of MN
Mental Health Education Project
Mental Health Legislative Network
Metro Children’s Crisis Services
Minnesota Assn of Mental Health Residential Facilities
Minnesota Department of Human Services
Minnesota Disability Law Center
Minnesota Mental Health Advisory Council
Minnesota Mental Health Association
Minnesota Teen Challenge
NAMI Hennepin County
NAMI Minnesota
NAMI Ramsey County
People Incorporated
Ramsey County Human Services
Ramsey County Local Mental Health Advisory Council
Region 7E Crisis Services
Rise, Inc.
SAVE
Scott County Community Action Program
South Central Community Based Initiative
South Metro
Tasks Unlimited
Trilogy Integrated Resources-Network of Care
Wadena County Local Mental Health Adv.Council
Washington County Local Mental Health Advisory Council
Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Allina
Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio (CLUES)
District One Hospital
Fairview
Hazelden
Hennepin County Medical Center
Janssen Pharmaceutical
Mayo Clinic
Mille Lacs Health System
Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans
Metro EMS Board
Northfield Hospital
Prairie St John’s
Regions Hospital
St Peter Regional Treatment Center
88th Regional Readiness Command
Consumer Volunteers
Crisis Company
Double O Media
LEAP Institute
MASA Consulting
Pro-Crisis
Temple Israel
SAVE THE DATE
First International CIT Conference
(Formerly the National CIT Conference)
June 1 - 3, 2010
On site registration May 31, 2010
San Antonio
CIT - Deep In The Heart of Texas!
How Minnesota can take better care of underserved populations – the homeless, elderly and poor, people of color, veterans, prison populations, is the focus of this event.
The daylong conference is sponsored by the university's Public Policy and Leadership program. It is open both to professionals and the public. Registration fees range from $20 (student) to $100 (for professional and continuing education credits). Online registration and more information is available at www.stthomas.edu/education/events.
The conference features presentations and commentary by a wide-ranging group of mental health professionals, public servants and interested citizens. A variety of breakout sessions also are scheduled on topics ranging from homelessness, cultural diversity and the elderly to veterans and prison issues. The day will conclude with a discussion of action plans. A special thank you to the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community for their generous support.
For further information or questions about this conference, call Sonja Runck in the College of Applied Professional Studies, (651) 962-4431.
Conference photos courtesy of James Robert Herbert Imaging
Building Safe, Healthy, Respectful Communities Together
7:30am-5:00pm | Wednesday April 22, 2009
Minneapolis Convention Center
“Communities large and small are seeking answers to managing crisis issues. …partnerships are the key.”
Major Sam Cochran, Founder of CIT
Memphis, TN
Crisis Intervention Partnerships
Co-sponsors: Barbara Schneider Foundation, NAMI, Minneapolis Police Department, Hennepin County Mental Health Court, Ramsey County Mental Health Court, Ramsey County Sheriff’s Department, Minnesota Psychiatric Society, Consumer Survivor Network
FEATURING GUEST SPEAKERS:
Dr. Xavier Amador, Clinical Psycologist and Forensic Expert, Author, “I’m not Sick and I
don’t need Help,”
Lt. Michael Woody, President CIT International
Overview of the Conference
7:30 a.m. Check-in and Coffee
8:30 Convene, welcome and overview of the day
8:45 Keynote Speaker: Lt Michael Woody, 200D-G 
9:45 First breakout round
205A Track 1, What is CIT?
205B Track 2, Partnerships in Higher Education
202A Track 3, Chicago PD Advanced CIT Classes
202B Track 3, Network of Care
11:00 Second breakout round
205A Track 1, Children in Crisis
205B Track 2, Courts and Mental Health
202A Track 3, Programs to Reduce Mental Health Crises
202B Track 3, Network of Care
12:00 Lunch provided, 200A-J
12:45 What’s Our Problem? A new short film from BSF
1:00 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Xavier Amador, 200D-G 
2:15 Third breakout round
205A Track 1, Minnesota Department of Human Services:
Supporting CIT
205B Track 2, Detention, Corrections and Mental Health
202A Track 2, Rural and Urban CIT Partnerships
202B Track 3, Network of Care
3:30 Fourth breakout round
205A Track 1, Bridging the Cultural Gap
205B Track 2, K-12 Mental Health Partnerships
202A Track 3, Evaluating Your CIT Program
202B Track 3, Network of Care
4:30 Where do we go from Here with CIT in the Upper Midwest?
5:00 Adjourn
CEU Hours
5.75 Hours are offered by the Minnesota Board or Social Work
5.75 Hours by the National Association of Social Workers, applied for
6 Hours are offered by the Minnesota Board of Peace Officers Standards and Training
There are 3 tracks for Breakout Sessions
Tracks at a Glance
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What is CIT?
Lt Woody will discuss how CIT programs work in other parts of the country and how these programs have found the resources needed to grow
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Rural and Urban CIT Partnerships in training and collaboration: Mobile Crisis, 911, ER, EMS, Nurses
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Chicago Police Department Advanced CIT Classes on Responding to Youth and Veterans
40 hr block on veteran issues: veteran's court, trauma, PTSD, TBE, DV, women's legal issues, peer support, housing, the VA. Juvenile Program: diversion, emerging mental illness, juvenile justice, NAMI, schools, family issues, community provider services, autism, substance abuse, meds, suicide. Both emphasize risk assessment & intervention skills |
Children in Crisis: Demonstration Role Play
New program to train school staff and school resource officers using professional actors in role plays. |
Partnerships Between Courts and Mental Health
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Evaluating Your CIT Program: Tools From Florida, Illinois and Minnesota for
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Minnesota Department of Human Services Supporting CIT
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Partnerships Between Detention, Corrections and Mental Health
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Creating Programs to Reduce Mental Health Crises and Improve Quality of Life
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Bridging the Cultural Gap: Responding to Those with Mental Illness in Diverse Communities
Learn examples of language-appropriate and culturally competent responses to crisis management. |
Partnerships in Higher Education Between Law Enforcement, Mental Health and Student Services
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Network of Care
Learn how Network of Care for Behavioral Health is an on line information place for individuals, families and agencies concerned with mental and emotional wellness, substance abuse and developmental disabilities. Provides on line critical information communication and advocacy tools.
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Minneapolis K-12 School/Mental Health Partnerships:
Learn the benefits of designing a continuum of services that focuses on prevention and early intervention. Creating an atmosphere which strengthens the stability of class dynamics and the possibility of student recovery. |
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Resource Tables of Organizations Supporting the Conference
The Barbara Schneider Foundation works to eliminate the criminalization of people with mental illness through proactive training and education.
Consumer / Survivor Network of Minnesota Table 2
Ann Meyer, Milestones to Recovery
Jennifer Padelford, Metro West CSN
Telephone: 1-800/483-2007 Fax: 651/637-2777
E-Mail: ann.meyer@mhcsn.org, jennifer.padelford@mhcsn.org Web Site: www: mhcsn.net
Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Network of Minnesota’s mission is to organize consumers and others who believe in a mental health system based upon recovery and wellness. The Consumer/Survivor Network is dedicated to self-help, education, advocacy, and the fight against discrimination and stigma
Nicole Lindberg, Program Treatment Director Interlachen Lodge
Telephone: 952-767-0360 Fax:952-922-8892
Email : nlindberg@tasksunlimited.org
Web Site : www.taskunlimited.org
Tasks Unlimited is a Twin-Cities based nonprofit helping people with serious and persistent mental illnesses recover and live independently by providing supportive services including jobs and housing.
M. Tim Burkett, Ph.D., L.P., CEO
Telephone: 651-774-0011
Web Site: www.peopleincorporated.org
People Incorporated is a nonprofit organization that serves people with mental illness in the Minneapolis and Saint Paul metro area. Founded in 1969, we now operate 39 programs on 37 sites in Hennepin, Ramsey, Anoka, Washington, and Dakota counties.
Mike Conner, M.A., Faculty, Criminal Justice Department
Telephone: 651-641-8249
Email: conner@csp.edu Web Site: www.csp.edu
The bachelor's and master's criminal justice degree programs have been developed specifically for adult students who are already working in the field of criminal justice or have experience.
CIT International Table 6
Lt. Michael S. Woody Ret., President and Founding Member CIT International
Telephone: 330-815-0671 Fax: 330-325-5907
Email: michael.s.woody@earthlink.net
Web Site: www.citinternational.org
CIT International is a non-profit membership organization whose primary purpose is to facilitate understanding, development and implementation of Crisis Intervention Team CIT training programs throughout the U.S. and in other nations worldwide in order to promote and support collaborative efforts to create and sustain more effective interactions among law enforcement, mental health care providers, individuals with mental illness, their families and communities and reduce the stigma of mental illness.
Jacqueline Zimmer, Trilogy IR
Telephone:415-458-5900 Fax: 415-256-9036
Email:jzimmer@trilogyir.com
Web site: www.networkofcare.org
Network of care is a highly interactive, single information place where consumers, community-based organizations and municipal government workers all can go to easily access a wide variety of important information.
Mille Lacs Health System Table 8
Ruth Anne Millstead and Scott Ampe
Telephone: 1-877- 535-3154
Email: rmillstead@mlhealth.com
Web Site: www.millelacshealth.com
Mille Lacs Health System has been providing quality health care for years to our neighbors in the Lake Mille Lacs area. They have clinics in Onamia, Isle and Richardson Corner. Their hospital and nursing home are located in Onamia.
Kathy Harowski, PhD, LP, Program Chair, Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology
Telephone: 651 846 3459 or 1-877-377-0617
Email: kharowski@argosy.edu
Web Site: www.argosy.edu/locations/twin-cities
The MA in Forensic Psychology program provides coursework in forensic psychology for application to law enforcement, legal and organizational consultation, and program analysis.
Audrey Peer
Telephone: 612-331-6840 or 800-862-1799 Fax: 612-331-1630
Email: info@mentalhealthmn.org
Web Site: www.mentalhealthmn.org
The Mental Health Association of Minnesota’s mission is to enhance mental health, promote individual empowerment, and increase access to treatment and services for persons with mental illnesses.
Pamela Hoopes, Legal Director
Telephone: 612-332-1441 or 1-800-292-4150 Fax: 612-334-5755;
E-mail: mndlc@midmnlegal.org Web Site: www.mndlc.org
The Minnesota Disability Law Center (MDLC) addresses the unique legal needs of persons with disabilities. A statewide project, MDLC provides free civil legal assistance to individuals with disabilities on legal issues that are related to their disabilities.
Polly Uner, Senior Area Business Specialist
Telephone: 1-888-526-2244 x5487
Email: puner@its.jnj.com Web Site: www.janssen.com
Based in Titusville, New Jersey, U.S., Janssen is focused exclusively and passionately on mental health and offers prescription medications for the treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar mania, and irritability associated with autistic disorder. The focus of our vision ensures we will continue to deliver innovative products, and deepen our partnerships with healthcare professionals, patients, and caregivers within the mental health community.
Dustin Chapman, Behavioral Services Liaison
Telephone: 612-273-6168 Fax: 612-273-4866
Email: dchapma1@fairview.org
Web Site: www.fairview-university.fairview.org
Fairview is one of the largest not-for-profit health care systems in Minnesota, with a continuum of care unparalleled in its breadth. Fairview is redefining the delivery of health care through an integrated health network, providing care from prevention and disease management to treatment of the most complex of life-threatening injuries and illnesses.
Gerald Gomez, Community Liaison
Telephone: 701-476-7219 or 1-877-333-9565
Email ggomez@prairie-stjohns.com
Web Site: www.prairie-stjohns.com
At Prairie St. John’s, the quality of care we provide our patients is taken very seriously. We the staff, take pride in striving for and achieving the Prairie Standard... a higher level of care and service.
Jenelle Slobof, Senior Psychiatric Social Worker and Jeanne DiMeglio, Senior Psychiatric Social Worker
Telephone - 612-873-3337 Fax - 612-904-4656
Web Site: www.hcmc.org
For the 12th year in a row, Hennepin County Medical Center ranks among America's Best Hospitals in U.S News & World Report's annual rankings of where consumers can go for the best level of medical care.
Roger Meyer, MetrCCS Coordinator
Telephone: 651-338-5318 Fax: 1-866-833-6142
Children’s Crisis response offers on-site response to children in homes, schools, or institutions. Services are available 24 hours per day, every day
Cathie Perrault
Telephone: 612-852-2213
Email: cathie.perrault@crisis.org
Web Site: www.crisis.org
Crisis Connection is a non-profit mental health counseling agency providing telephone counseling services, specializing in crisis counseling, intervention and referral.
George Broostin, Development Director
Will Susens, Board Member
Telephone: 651-925-8451
Email: info@guildincorporated.org
Web Site: www.guildincorporated.org
Guild Incorporated is a health and human services organization that exists to help people with mental illness lead quality lives.
Donna Fox, Director of Training & Development
Telephone: 612.578.3313
email: director.training@mncit.org
Web Site: www.mncit.org
Our mission is to help alleviate the problem by providing law enforcement personnel with information and training in how to safely and compassionately handle a person in a mental health crisis.
Stephanie Kraft
Telephone: (952) 946-7998
Web Site:www.save.org
SAVE works to prevent suicide through public awareness and education, reduce stigma and serve as a resource to those touched by suicide.
Mary Paradis
Telephone: 612.823.8205
Email: rrogers@stjoan.com
Web Site: www.stjoan.com/mim
The purpose of the Mental Illness Ministry is to work collaboratively to diminish the stigma surrounding mental illness, to shine a light into the shadows by providing education so the community may understand mental illness, and to provide resources to support Pursuers of Wellness (consumers) and their families and friends.
Telephone: 651-645-2948 or 1-888-NAMI-HELPS
fax: 651-645-7379
email: nami-mn@nami.org
Web Site: www.namihelps.org
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Minnesota is dedicated to improving the lives of adults and children with mental illness and their families. NAMI MN offers programs of education, support and advocacy, and supports research efforts.
Thank you to all of our
Crisis Intervention Team Supporters and Friends!
Presenters and Presentation Summaries
Keynote Speaker, Lt Michael Woody, retired from the Akron Police Dept. in 2002 after 25 years of service. His last 4 years he was the Director of Training for the Department. He graduated from the University of Akron with a Bachelor of Arts in Education Degree and was a secondary education school teacher before becoming a police officer.
Mr. Woody sits on the Ohio Supreme Court’s “Advisory Committee on Mentally Ill in the Courts”. He also chairs a subcommittee of that Court titled “Police Training”. Mike is credited with bringing the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) program to Ohio in 2000 and helping to spread it throughout the state and nation.
He has received the National “Compassion in Law Enforcement Award”, the Summit County, Ohio Mental Health Associations “Heart of Gold Award”, and the Ohio Department of Mental Health’s “Forensic Leadership Award”. Mr. Woody has consulted with police, mental health, & advocacy organizations throughout the country.
Over the past 5 years Mike has been an independent contractor with the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM) as the Law Enforcement Liaison for their Coordinating Center of Excellence in Criminal Justice (CCOE/CJ).
He is also President of the CIT International organization. In 2005 the First National CIT Conference was held in Columbus, Ohio with nearly 700 persons attending. Mike coordinated this historical event.
Mr. Woody has consulted with The Bureau of Justice Assistance, The Council of State Governments, National NAMI and the GAINS Center.
Keynote Speaker, Dr. Xavier Amador, author of “I’m not Sick and I don’t need Help.” Dr. Amador is an internationally sought-after speaker, clinical psychologist, professor at Columbia University, Teachers College, in New York City, and author of eight books including the national best seller “I’m Not Sick, I Don’t Need Help!” His forensic cases include the Unabomber, PFC Lynndie England, Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping, and Zacarias Moussaoui trials.
Breakouts:
What is CIT? Why do I want it? What does it look like? How do I get it?
Presenter: Lt. Michael Woody, President, CIT International, Mark Anderson, Executive Director, Barbara Schneider Foundation
Topic: Learn from programs that initiated in other parts of the country as well as Minnesota, how they grew, how they attracted funding and how they built their collaborationsPresenters: Lt Michael Woody, President of CIT International and Mark Anderson, ED, Barbara Schneider Foundation
Rural and Urban CIT Partnerships
Presenters: Patti Kressly, MA, retired police officer after 13 years with the South Saint Paul Police Department, trained in CIT in 2006; Officer Kelly Drane, DesMoines Police Department Mobile Crisis Response Team, Senior Officer Kelly Drane is the Mobile Crisis Response Team police liaison. Kelly's role is imperative to the success of Mobile Crisis. Officers call Kelly if they would like assistance outside a typical Mobile Crisis call, she provides information to officers about team communication and participates in officer trainings. Kelly has built a bridge between officers and mental health workers. Cynthia Steidel LSW, DesMoines Mobile Crisis Response Team, team leader of the Mobile Crisis Response team, is a Licensed Independent Social Worker. Cynthia has been the team leader for seven of the 7 1/2 years Mobile Crisis has been in operation. Cynthia provides trainings to officers on mental health, provides community education and works on MCRT expansion efforts; Michael Keller, Minnesota region 7E Crisis Services and Five County Mental Health Center, Todd Turgerson, Linda Schmid PhD, LP, Clinical Director of Crisis Connection
Topic: Rural & Urban Partnerships in Training & Collaboration: Mobile Crisis, 911, ER, EMS, Nurses. Find out how the whole dynamic changes when potential crisis calls are handled in a coordinated way and law enforcement can count on a collaborative effort.
Chicago PD Advanced CIT Classes
Presenters: Bruce Handler MD, Training Consultant to Chicago Police Department and Cook County Sheriff's Office; Lt Jeff Murphy, CIT Coordinator, Chicago Police Department
Topic: Chicago Police Department Advanced CIT Classes on Responding to Youth and Veterans
This presentation will include a short review of the Chicago Police Department Experience and the vision for advanced training. Additional 40 blocks of training are ready to be implemented this year on Veteran Issues and Juvenile Issues. The Veterans Program will cover the new veteran's court of Cook County, symptoms and signs of trauma, PTSD, TBE, domestic violence, women's and legal issues, peer support programs, housing and partnering with the Veteran's Administration. The Juvenile Program will cover symptoms and signs of emerging mental illness in youth, diversion and partnering with the juvenile justice system, NAMI and schools, family issues and community provider services, Autism, substance abuse, medications and suicide. Both blocks of training emphasize risk assessment and intervention skills
Minnesota Department of Human Services Supporting CIT
Presenters: Ruth Moser, BA, Program Consultant, Adult Mental Health Division, Minnesota Department of Human Services. Ms. Moser works with the Adult Mental Health Division as policy lead work with criminal justice issues for persons with serious mental illness. Dave Schulz, Manger, Adult Mental Health Division Minnesota Department of Human Services
Topic: Minnesota’s statewide crisis response services that support recovery for people who experience mental illness. The participant will gain knowledge about the Adult Mental Health Service system's focus on Recovery. The presentation will cover the core components of CIT Memphis Model and mobile crisis response and how these core components are being implemented by Adult Mental Health Initiatives statewide.
Partnerships in Higher Education
Presenters: Chief U of M PD Greg Hestness, Assistant Vice President and Chief of Police, Emergency Management, University of Minnesota; Dr. Gary Christenson, MD, Psychiatrist, Boynton Mental Health Clinic, University of Minnesota; Michael Duenes, ABD, Academic Progress Coordinator, Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence; Alisa Eland, PhD, Assistant Director, International Student and Scholar Services; and Betty Benson, PhD, Associate Director, Disability Services
Topic: Partnerships in Higher Education between Law Enforcement, Mental Health and Student Services
Learn how the Behavior Intervention Team works together with various segments of campus life including health care, housing, residences and Student Affairs to address particular student behavior. Also discussed will be the long term plan to make services more accessible when there are concerns about the mental health of a student.
Session Description:Hear how the Behavior Intervention Team works together with various segments of campus life including health care, housing, residences and Student Affairs to address particular student behavior. Also discussed will be the long term plan to make services more accessible when there are concerns about the mental health of a student.
The University of Minnesota Provost’s Committee on Student Mental Health is a campus-wide committee charged by the provost to raise awareness about issues related to student mental health, to affect policy change, to improve conditions on the University of Minnesota campus for students with mental health conditions, and to serve as a model for campus collaboration. During this panel presentation members of the committee will provide an overview of the innovative work that has supported student mental health as a campus-wide public health issue on our campus. In addition, participants will leave the session with an understanding of the benefits of working collaboratively to address student mental health. Guidance will also be provided on how to duplicate and sustain a collaborative committee on other campuses.
Detention, Corrections and Mental Health
Presenters: Randy Carroll, Lt. Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office; Jeff Spies, MN Department of Corrections, Nicole Lindberg, Interlachen Lodge, Tasks Unlimited
Topic: Partnerships between Detention, Corrections, Social Services and the Community
Find out how this adaptation of Crisis Intervention Team training is changing the attitudes of jail staff and improving the lives of mentally ill people in jails throughout Minnesota.
Learn how this collaboration has resulted in a reduction of crisis situations as well as emerging options for ongoing support of individuals with mental illness. Hear a firsthand account from a person who has successfully navigated the system to a constructive environment.
Children in Crisis
Presenters: Belinda Hoole, president Crisis Company; Mark Anderson, Founding Executive Director of the Barbara Schneider Foundation; Patti Kressly, MA, retired police officer after 13 years with the South Saint Paul Police Department, trained in CIT in 2006; and Police Officers
Topic: Children in Crisis: Demonstration Role Play Used for Professionals responding to Children. This is a demonstration using trained crisis actor and a de-escalation coach to show crisis de-escalation in action. Preview a demonstration role play using the successful model of trained Minnesota actors offering experimental role play scenarios. the panelists will discuss role play developed especially for school staff and school resource officers being introduced in Minnesota this year
Courts and Mental Health
Presenters: Lori Swenson, Hennepin County Mental Health Coordinator, Hennepin County District Court, Leslie Fletcher, Therapist, Mental Health Court, Hennepin County, Eau Claire WI AIM
Topic: Partnerships between Courts and Mental Health
Learn about jail diversion programs in Minnesota for offenders with mental health needs. Gain new understanding about how courts and mental health professionals are diverting people with serious mental illness out of the criminal justice system. Learn techniques used in Hennepin County, Ramsey County and a special AIM project in Wisconsin Courts
Programs to Reduce Mental Health Crises
Presenters: Ann Meyer and Jennifer Padelford of Consumer Survivor Network, Diane Weros, Minot, ND Job Corps for Youth
Topic: Creating Programs to Reduce Mental Health Crises and Improve Quality of Life. Learn about structured systems designed for people who are experiencing psychiatric symptoms and are trying to move forward in their lives. They will identify the eight distinct aspects addressed in creating a plan and following through in a concrete direction. Presentation includes discussion of dual diagnosis. Consumer Survivor Network of MN – Discover models leading Minnesota in mental health recovery and wellness. Job Corps – Successful models for young people with mental illness to offer career, technical and academic training leading to more meaningful employment.
Bridging the Cultural Gap
Presenters: Presenter: Jesse Bethke Gomez, MMA, President of Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio (CLUES), Matthea Little Smith, African American Outreach Director, NAMI, MN, Jonna Shelomith, Diversity Specialist, Ramsey County
Topic: Bridging the Cultural Gap: Responding to Those with Mental Illness in Diverse Communities. Learn examples of language-appropriate and culturally competent responses to crisis management from a panel
representing organizations that serve the culturally diverse populations in the Twin Cities area.
Minneapolis K-12 Schools/Mental Health Partnerships
Presenter: Tom Steinmitz, Minneapolis Public Schools
Topic: Learn the benefits of designing a continuum of services that focuses on prevention and early intervention techniques. Creating an atmosphere where students can depend on early diagnosis and support, which strengthens the stability of class dynamics and the possibility of recovery for the student.
Evaluating Your CIT Program
Presenters: Lt Michael Woody, CIT International; Dr. Amy Kerr MA, University of Illinois Chicago; Mark Anderson, Executive Director, Barbara Schneider Foundation
Topic: Gain insights from tools developed in Florida, Illinois and Minnesota for improving the curriculum of CIT training. Statistics will demonstrate how CIT work has tangibly reduced the use of force.
This presentation will cover the importance of evaluating your CIT program for effectiveness. We will hear evaluation examples from the Florida CIT model; a Research Study done by the University of Illinois for the Chicago CIT programs; and from the Minnesota Oversight Board.
Mental Health Services Are Key to CIT Success, Study IndicatesA rigorous study of the Crisis Intervention Team in Chicago indicates the importance of “responsive and effective” mental health services to the success of CIT, a widely adopted, award-winning community policing program that has been shown to prevent injuries to police officers as well as civilians. The study, by researchers at the University of Illinois, Chicago (funded by the National Institute of Mental Health), found that “[c]ompared to their non-CIT trained peers, CIT trained patrol officers were resolving a greater proportion of calls by transporting or otherwise directing adults with mental illnesses to mental health services.” However, the researchers say that, unless the mental health services that receive officer referrals are “responsive and effective” and there are accessible supportive services, such as housing, employment, and medical care, “it is possible that officers (CIT trained or not) eventually may become disillusioned and stop making the effort to link people.” A policy brief about the study was published by the Rutgers University Center for Behavioral Health Services & Criminal Justice Research.
Amy Kerr, MA, is a research project coordinator at the Jane Addams College of Social work at the University of Illinois Chicago and an advanced doctoral student in the Applied Social Psychology program at Loyola University Chicago. She is currently working with the Chicago Police Department on officer experiences with individuals with a mental illness and the CIT program. Her interests include community and participatory research with disadvantaged populations as well as attitude, stereotype and stigma research.
Funded by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, Amy Watson, PhD, from the Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois Chicago, and her colleagues studied the CIT program in four Chicago Police Districts. The research team interviewed 216 CIT and non-CIT officers at 4 different time points about their experiences with mental health calls and the mental health system as well as their experience with and attitudes towards the CIT program. Results concerning the implications of CIT implementation on call outcomes, officer use of force and officer attitudes will be discussed.
Network of Care
Presenter: Jacqueline Zimmer, Trilogy
Topic: Network of Care for Behavioral Health is an on line communication advocacy tool and information place for individuals, families and agencies concerned with mental and emotional wellness, substance abuse and developmental disabilities. Provides on line critical information communication and advocacy tools.
Learn how an online information site can assist families and agencies in keeping up-to-date on individuals with mental and emotional wellness, substance abuse and developmental disabilities. Hands-on demonstration illustrates the value of access to mental health information
Mental Health Crisis Response Institute
a Program of the
Providing Whole Community Solutions for improving mental health response and integrating mental health awareness in all the systems that interact with individuals with a mental illness, and other brain related disorders. Working with partners in: law enforcement, courts, corrections, mental health, social services, health care, government and the community --in Minnesota and surrounding states. www.thebarbaraschneiderfoundation.org
40 Hour CIT Training for Law Enforcement
April 27-May 1 hosted by Washington County Sheriff’s Department, $475 for the five day class. May 11-15, 2009, SCCBI in Brown County. These Memphis model CIT trainings use police trainers and daily scenario based role plays with professional actors.
32 Hour CIT Mental Health Response for Corrections and Detention
May 4-7, 2009, Ramsey County Sheriff, This training for corrections and detention staff is a 4-day program developed to address real world situations in jails and prisons with daily scenario based role plays using professional actors.
4 Hour 911 Call Taker and Dispatcher Training
This training is available to any 911 system in Minnesota that wants to update call taker and dispatcher training to improve dispatch of CIT officers to mental health 911 calls.
4 Hour Mental Health Crisis and Intro to CIT In-service for Law Enforcement
8 Hour CIT Facilitator/Coach Training
Fall, 2009, BSF is bringing in Crisis Company trainers to provide this advanced level CIT training for CIT officers who are interested in learning new skills or in leading CIT role play training. There is no charge for qualified CIT officers
8 Hour Social Service De-escalation Training, Managing The Mental Health Crisis
June 2, 2009, Temple Israel, Minneapolis, by Jonathan W. Bundt, MA, LMFT. This training is designed to give care providers skills that will enhance their readiness and response to these crisis events. Participants gain understanding of how to intervene with individuals in crisis and maintain their own safety and that of their client. CEUs for Social Workers, Psychologists and Marriage and Family Therapists.
8 Hour Children In Crisis,
Deals specifically with issues school resource officers and school staff must face on a daily basis in dealing with the adolescent population. Includes role play skills training with professional Crisis Company actors.
4 and 8 Hour EMT/Paramedic/hospital nurse Training for Mental Health Calls
BSF trainings with its partners Crisis Company and Pro-Crisis. Other partners include Metro Region EMS Board, Arrowhead EMS Board,l EMS providers and higher education institutions.
8 Hour Mental Health De-escalation for Office Staff
Customized for those who work in a government office, courts or other setting where callers or walk-ins may be struggling with mental health illness. Includes a consumer panel on recovery from severe mental illness and appropriate scenario role plays with professional actors.
Customized Trainings for your Agency, Contact us to discuss your particular needs.
Call Mark Anderson at BSF for details 612 801 8572, or email admin@thebarbaraschneiderfouncation.org
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