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Registration for the OAYI webinar, Rehabilitation Through Innovation—Practices Related to Addiction and Recovery That Lead to Hope and Resiliency, is now open! Join the OAYI team on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., ET, to continue exploring strategies for addressing the challenges associated with opioid and other substance use disorders among children, youth, and families.

In this webinar, Dr. Sean Siebert, founder of the strategic management firm Invent Yourself LLC and creator of the “Adopt an Innovator” business model for community betterment, will provide a research-based perspective of proven reentry practices aligned with addiction treatment and recovery. Reentry tools needed to reduce recidivism while supporting sustainable recovery through employment and collaborative efforts with key stakeholders will be addressed.

After this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Define the process of innovation and its alignment with fostering an entrepreneurial spirit as a mechanism for supporting impacted youth and their families.
• Showcase alternative approaches to preparing justice-involved youth and their families for reentry that support opportunities for positive reengagement within the communities where they reside.
• Outline strategies to rethink approaches and potential barriers that promote self-sufficiency in a non-stigmatizing manner.

Register now! You may also access the registration link directly on the Announcements and Events page of the OAYI website.

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) leadership, in collaboration with the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) team and Altarum, invites you to this no-cost webinar on May 29, 2024, at 1:00 p.m., Eastern Time (ET).

Please register to reserve your spot!

About the Webinar

BJA’s Access and Recovery Peer Recovery Support Services Training and Technical Assistance Center, Altarum, will be hosting a webinar focused on the unique needs and traits of the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities who interact with substance use treatment and recovery systems. The webinar seeks to foster diversity and inclusion by providing a platform for panelists to share their knowledge and experiences. This webinar hopes to provoke discussion, support, and advocacy for the challenges that the BIPOC community faces in the addiction treatment and recovery space across intercepts.

Who Should Attend?

This webinar is open to all professionals who seek to learn more about the unique needs and challenges of the BIPOC population when engaging with the substance use treatment and recovery community.

Panelists

• Kim Govak, Faces and Voices of Recovery
• Casandra Huggins, Community Assessment and Treatment Services
• Daryl McGraw, Formerly Inc.
• Philip Rutherford, National Council for Mental Wellbeing

Join the National Family Treatment Court Program for the June Idea Exchange, where the topic will be a continuation of the conversation following the Practice Academy course—Navigating Risk: Disrupting the Cycle of Substance Use for Children and Adolescents. Family treatment court (FTC) teams can help parents and caregivers implement science-based strategies and interventions and support positive childhood experiences to disrupt the cycle of substance use and co-occurring mental health challenges. Come take part in a lively conversation with peers from across the country and discuss strategies, share innovations, and brainstorm solutions to challenges and barriers!

Family treatment courts (FTCs), like all drug courts, historically focused on treating substance use disorders (SUDs). However, FTCs cannot maintain this singular focus since 45% of adults with an SUD in the general population also live with a co-occurring mental health disorder. People with an untreated co-occurring disorder are less likely to complete substance use treatment or achieve sustained recovery; they are also more likely to experience unemployment, homelessness, child welfare involvement, incarceration, and suicide.

Many dependency court professionals recognize the prevalence of co-occurring disorders. Still, due to complexities in screening, assessment, diagnosis, and securing mental health services, FTCs may not appropriately identify and treat parents with co-occurring disorders. This session examines the interactive nature of substance use and mental health disorders, while providing strategies for improved approaches and outcomes for parents and their children.

Learning Objectives:

• Summarize definitions and prevalence rates of co-occurring disorders and explore theories of how and why substance use and mental health disorders co-occur.
• Identify complexities and opportunities in screening and assessment to more accurately identify parents with co-occurring disorders.
• Apply evidence-based approaches for integrated treatment and recovery.
• Adopt strategies from FTCs that successfully serve parents with co-occurring disorders.

Join the National Family Treatment Court Program for the September Idea Exchange, where the topic will be the continuation of the conversation following the Practice Academy course—Intentional Integration: How to Identify and Support Parents With Co-Occurring Disorders. Many dependency court professionals recognize the prevalence of co-occurring disorders. Still, due to complexities in screening, assessment, diagnosis, and securing mental health services, family treatment courts may not appropriately identify and treat parents with co-occurring disorders. Come take part in a lively conversation with peers from across the country and discuss strategies, share innovations, and brainstorm solutions to challenges and barriers!

Recovery is a process, and family treatment courts (FTCs) are a time-limited acute intervention in a family’s life. FTCs must blend aftercare planning into their program design to best support parents and their children after case closure. Aftercare plans, also known as “continuing care plans,” can provide parents with structure, accountability, and needed ongoing services to both parents and children after child welfare, treatment services, and the FTC no longer remain a central part of their lives. This Practice Academy shares the "do's and don'ts" of aftercare planning, highlights innovative approaches to continuing care, and offers strategies and examples that FTC teams use to support sustained family recovery.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the purpose and process of aftercare planning.
• Establish do's and don'ts of aftercare planning.
• Apply lessons about aftercare planning successes and challenges from FTC alumni in sustained recovery.
• Adopt strategies from recovery research and innovative FTCs focused on sustained recovery.

Join the National Family Treatment Court Program for the December Idea Exchange, where the topic will be the continuation of the conversation following the Practice Academy course—Sustained Recovery: Don’t Make Aftercare an Afterthought. Recovery is a process, and family treatment courts (FTCs) are a time-limited acute intervention in a family’s life. FTCs must blend aftercare planning into its program design to best support parents and their children after case closure. Aftercare plans can provide parents with structure, accountability, and needed ongoing services to both parents and children after child welfare, treatment services, and the FTC no longer remain a central part of their lives. Come take part in a lively conversation with peers from across the country and discuss strategies, share innovations, and brainstorm solutions to challenges and barriers!