Indianapolis, Indiana-(April 14, 2008) – The National Mental Health Conference titled, “Unlock the Mystery: Managing Mental Health from Corrections to Community,” is pleased to present 60 concurrent workshops focused on the topics of Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Sex Offender Treatment. “Unlock the Mystery,” will be comprised of many workshops dedicated to these topics and how they affect and influence a correctional environment as well as the community.
Behavioral Disturbed Inmates/Case Study, taught by John Wilson, Ph.D., is a class focused on behavioral management interventions and their effectiveness in reducing recurrent self-injurious behavior for inmates with significant behavioral disturbances. The class will also address principles of consistency, collaboration, and monitoring that are crucial for supporting behavioral change..
A class taught by Adam Deming, Psy.D. will provide attendees with an overview of risk based treatment strategies with sexual offenders. The Indiana Sex Offender Management and Monitoring (SOMM) risk based treatment program will be discussed as will recommendations for implementing risk based strategies with sexual offenders in both correctional and community settings. Various models for conceptualizing and utilizing sex offender risk factors will be presented.
Betty Walton, Ph.D. will lead a discussion about the mental health and addiction services provided through public service systems. The Child and Adolescent Needs and Strength Assessment (CANS, Lyon, 1999) is an informational integration tool which can be used to improve communication across systems, engage youth and families while identifying needs and strengths, support decisions about intervention plans and intensity of services, monitor outcomes and improve the quality of care. This workshop will introduce the tool and share Indiana’s implementation experience.
In addition to these and many other captivating presenters and workshops, “Unlock the Mystery,” will offer continuing education units, roundtable discussions, exhibits and many networking opportunities and events. To learn more about keynote presenter and workshop information, please visit
http://www.in.gov/indcorrection/unlockingthemystery/index.htm.
WHAT: National Mental Health Conference
WHERE: Adam’s Mark Hotel
2544 Executive Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46241
WHEN: June 23 – 25, 2008
Media Contacts:
Evan S. Hawkins
National Mental Health Conference
302 W. Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
ehawkins@idoc.in.gov
(317) 232-5967
Linda Commons
National Mental Health Conference
P.O. Box 900
Pendleton, IN 46264
lcommons@idoc.in.gov
(765) 778-3778
About the Department of Correction
The Department employs over 8,000 employees and houses 24,000 adult and juveniles in 32 facilities, ranging from minimum to maximum custody, prison camps, juvenile facilities and work release centers. The Department’s home page on the Internet can be found at: http://www.in.gov/indcorrection.