Fort Bend County
Behavioral Health Services
Criminal Justice Mental Health Initiative
Working Together to Reduce Recidivism, Promote Recovery & Reintegration
I.
May 13, 2016
8:00 – 4:00pm
Gus George Law Enforcement Academy
I. Registration (8:00 – 8:15)
II. Welcome and Overview (8:15 – 9:00)
· Judge Pope, 328th District Court
· Judge Brady G. Elliot, 268th District Court
· Judge Morales, County Court at Law
· Sheriff Nehls, Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office
· Commissioner Richard Morrison, Pct 1
Criminal Justice and Mental Illness
· Dr. Connie Almeida, Director of Behavioral Health Services
III. Designer Drugs, Substance Use Disorders & Treatment” (9:10 to 10:45)
Tracey Pickering, Treatment Consultant
American Addiction Centers
Reinhard Straub, LICSW, LCDCS
Clinical & Business Development Liaison
American Addiction Centers
10:45 To 11:00 (BREAK)
IV. The Science of the Mind (11:00 to 12:15)
Michael Fuller, MD, Psychiatrist, Director of Forensic Services, UTMB
12:15 – 1:15 – LUNCH - provided – Thank You
V. 1:15 - 4:00
A series of presenters will provide information on programs and services in Fort Bend County focusing on:
· Keeping our community safe
· Responding to crisis
· Reducing risk of harm
· What happens when a person with mental illness enters the criminal justice system?
· Taking care of our own mental health
1:15 to 1:45 - What about our youth?
Dr Phillip Kern, Director of Psychological Services
Juvenile Probation Programs
Betsy Vasquez, LPC-Intern, Behavioral Health Services
1:45 to 3:00 pm - PANEL
What happens when a person with mental illness enters the criminal justice system?
Sgt Scott Soland, Fort Bend Sheriff’s Office
· CIT
Roderick Glass, Chief of MH PD
· Legal representation for persons with mental illness
Bob Yack, District Attorney’s Office
· Mental Health Court
Anthony Mayshack, CSCD
· Mental Health Court and CSCD
Susan Savelli, LPC-S, LCDC, Behavioral Health Services
· Recovery & Reintegration
Dr. Connie Almeida
· The impact of MH and IDD on competency to stand trial
3:00 to 3:15 – Break
3:15 to 3:30 Captain Carter, Fort Bend Sheriff’s Office
· Self-Care and Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)
3:30 – 4:00 - The voice of our community:
Mental Health America of Fort Bend County
NAMI – Fort Bend
Isensee Foundation for Safe Policing
4:00 Adjournment and closing – Thank you