CONCURRENT SESSIONS - Monday, November 20th to Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017

 

 

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20th 2017 AT 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Click here for Monday A Concurrent Session Descriptions and Presenter Bios

Presentation Theme Presenter

A1 - Safe at Home: A Study of Housing Unit Takeovers (HUTs) in Toronto

Aboriginal / First Nation / Métis and Racialized Populations   Carole King, Veronica Snooks, Steven Torresan and Eric Weissman 

A2 - System and Community Perspectives on Opioid Overdose

Self Care / Wellness / Harm Reduction

Dr. Samim Hasham, Robb Johannes and Anu Sharma

A3: Mental Health and Justice Reflections on Community-Based Forensic Supports - 2 Presentations 

A3-1: Mental Health & Justice: Reflections on Community-Based Forensice Supports

A3-2: The Journey to Recovery from Institution to Community

Forensic

Alexandra Newman and Moon Kleine

Dr. Padraig Darby, Jamieson Malaya, Caitlin McErlain and Colin Gosling

A4: Fitness and NCR Assessments - Gaps and Best Practices

Forensic

Madam Justice Teresa Devlin & Valerie Mussington

A5: Implementing Wellness Recovery & Supporting Self Care - 2 Presentations

A5-1: Implementing Wellness Recovery Action Plan in an Ontario Correctional Setting

A5-2: Supporting Self Care in Financially Vulnerable Populations

Family/People with Lived Experience

Shelley Schneider, Cary Murphy and Anna Barnes

Jennifer Jackson

A6: A Collaborative Partnership: Partnering for Effective crisis Response - 2 Presentations

A6-1: A Collaborative Partnership between a Hospital and Police Services in Small Town Ontario

A6-2: Partnering for Effective Crisis Response in Durham Region

Collaboration

Jennifer Quigley, Ryan Boutin and Sheila Carron

Kaelly Strachan & Representation (4 Partnering Agencies)

A7: Self-Care for Professionals: Strategies and Resources

Self Care / Wellness / Harm Reduction

Doron Gold and William McDowell

 

 

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20th 2017 AT 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm

Click here for Monday B Concurrent Session Descriptions and Presenter Bios

Presentation Theme Presenter

B1: The Evolution of Forensic Mental Health Services in Ontario

Forensic

Chris Higgins

B2: Breaking Bad & Women's Justice Access Project - 2 Presentations

B2-1: Breaking Bad: Partnering to Remove Barriers

B2-2: Women's Justice Access Project: Implementing Legal Supports for Marginalized Women in a 24-hour Drop-In Setting

Collaboration

Ashley Haywood, Abbey Bird and Lisa Ralph

Jonathon Berges

B3: Criminal Justice System and Drug Courts - 2 Presentations

B3-1: Methamphetamine, the Criminal Justice System and Addiction Court Support

B3-2: Long May You Run: Drug Courts in the Twenty-First Century

Forensic/Trauma

Kerry Manthenga and Rachel Doyle

Mangesh Duggel

B4:  Picture this: Clients with Confidence

Forensic

Sara Richardson-Brown, Donna Power and Vanessa Woods

B5: Reaching Out, Analyis of Regional Situation Tables

B5-1: Reaching Out

B5-2: Analysis of Regional Situation Tables

Forensic

PC Judy King and Shawna Marshall

Callum Stanford

B6: Sex Offender Relapse and Adolescent Sexual Offending

B6-1: Sexual Offender Relapse Prevention - Child Sexual Abuse Images (SQRP-CSAI)

B6-2: Adolescent Sexual Offending - Myths, Facts and Practical Tips

 

Forensic / Youth / Social Media / Bullying

Mark Stehlin and Jennifer Bodogan

Jennifer Matesic and Sylvia Riley

B7: Better Together: Collaborating Across Justice and Mental Health Sectors

Youth / Social Media / Bullying

Marla Banning, Luciana Rodrigues, Jill Shakespeare

 

 

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21st, 2017 AT 10:30 am - 12:00 pm       

Click here for Tuesday C Concurrent Session Descriptions and Presenter Bios

Presentation Theme Presenter

C1: Compassion Fatigue & Lived Experience of Depression

C1-1: My Depression was a Death Sentence....Now Committed to a Life Sentence

C1-2: Compassion Fatigue

Family / People with Lived Experience

Natasha Bronfman

Jennifer Jackson

C2: Transformation to Normalization

Aboriginal / Culture Perspectives

Lori Flinders

C3: Exploring the New Path: Taking the Office out of the Community Based Treatment

Forensic

Mark Veenstra and Elizabeth Evans

C4: Engaging the "Un-Engageable" and Using New Technology - 2 Presentations

C4-1: Engaging the "Un-Engageable" with Feedback Informed Treatment

C4-2: Using New Technology to Enhance and Promote Mental Health Services

Youth/Social Media/Bullying/Suicide

Michelle Prud'Homme

David Clarke and Dimitri Logounov

C5: Safewards: A Model of Care

Forensic

Tamara Dube, Julia Duzdevic and Carly Whitmore

C6: Treatment and Mental Health Courts

C6-1: Treatment Courts - Walking the Path to Health, Wellness and Justice

C6-2: Mental Health Courts in Ontario

Justice System - Mental Health Courts

Neha Chugh

Seble Makonnen

C7: OIPRD Symposium on Mental Health, Race, Policing and Interactions with People in Crisis

Forensic

Akwasi Owusu-Bempah, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

Jennifer Chambers, Executive Director, Empowerment Council

Dr. Akua Benjamin, Professor, Ryerson University

Inspector Chris Boddy, Toronto Police Services

 

 

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21st, 2017 AT 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm 

Click here for Tuesday D Concurrent Session Descriptions and Presenter Bios

Presentation Theme Presenter

D1 - Family Support for Prisoners with Hep C & HOPEful Journeys - 2 Presentations

D1-1: Family Support for Prisoners with Hep C

D1-2: HOPEful Journeys: Benefits of Non-Judgemental Peer Support

Family / People with Lived Experience

Lindsay Jennings and Zachary Grant

Leanne Lewis and Alison Williams

D2 - Treating Mentally Disordered Offenders & Forensic Intensive Recovery Support Team - 2 Presentations

D2-1: Treating Mentally Disordered Offenders: The Importance of Criminogenic Needs

D2-2: Forensic Intensive Recovery Support Team: Development and Successes

Forensic

Drew A. Kingston

Tom Dobson, Robbie Konecki, Lori McGuire and Richard Robins

D3:  Dual Diagnosis and Creating Forensic Capacity - 2 Presentations

D3-1: Dual Diagnosis and the Criminal Justice System: A Collaborative Approach

D3-2: Creating Forensic Capacity within the Community: The Creation of the Justice Coordinator

Dual Diagnosis / Forensic

Samantha Stromski and Allison Hibbett

Rhona Zitney and Jon Berges

D4: Achieving Wellness in Youth Justice and Therapeutic Recreation - 2 Presentations

D4-1:  Achieving Wellness in Youth Justice Services

D4-2: Therapeutic Recreation in Forensic Mental Health

Youth Justice / Forensic

Brian Smegal and Team (TBA)

Nicole Heerema & Mark Kozyra

D5: Forensic Risk Management and InterRAI - 2 Presentations

D5-1: Comparing Two Forensic Risk Management Tools at the Royal

D5-2: InterRAI Brief Mental Health Screener (BMHS)

Forensic

Dr. Michal Siekierski, Heather Saunders and Gale Melligan

Dr. Ron Hoffman and Daniel Pearson Hirdes

D6: Moral Reconation Therapy - Escaping Your Prison

Forensic

Kendra Nemeth and Jen Reid

D7: Developmental Disabilities Awareness in the Justice System

Concurrent Disorders/Developmental Disabilities

Lisa Holmes and Team (TBA)

 

 

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21st, 2017 AT 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm - WORLD CAFE      

There will be 6 meeting spaces for a World Cafe Format - Discussions on the following Topics.  When registering, you will choose which World Cafe Session you would like to attend    

An opportunity to meet / discuss issues pertaining to the World Cafe Topics with participants from across Ontario. 

1) Frontline Worker Session

2) Probation / Parole Session

3) Person with Lived Experience (PWLE)

4) Dual Diagnosis

5) Justice Case Managers

6) Court Support Workers / Court Diversion