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Colwick, Rachel, M.A., LPC

Rachel Colwick has her Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and is a Licensed Professional Counselor, as well as a National Board Certified Counselor. Rachel is published and co-authored in two articles in the Safer Society Press. Rachel has a vast amount of clinical experience in working with those who have suffered from mood disorders, personality disorders , psychotic disorders, substance abuse, suicidal ideation, grief, trauma, and self-harming behaviors, to name a few. For over 5 years, Rachel has implemented process groups, psycho-educational groups, and individual therapy for those who are civilly committed sexual violent predators (SVPs) while at Missouri Sexual Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment Services (SORTS) and Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP). Currently, Rachel is providing individual therapy as well as family and couples therapy within an outpatient clinical mental health setting. Lastly, Rachel is performing individual risk assessments for those who are civilly committed SVPS while at SORTS. 

Presentation(s): 

Lessons Learned: The Road to Sexual Offending

 

 

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Successfully Implementing a Statewide Roll-out of an Evidence-Based Family Strengthening Curriculum Series in a Community Reentry System

Speaker(s):

Ted Strader, MS

Christopher Kokoski, BS, CPS

Presentation: Learn how the evidence-based Creating Lasting Family Connections® (CLFC) Curriculum Series developers successfully conducted a statewide roll out as the focal point of the Children of Incarcerated Parents (COIP) project. The Series includes the Original CLFC Program for youth and adults, the CLFC Marriage Enhancement Program for re-entering couples and the CLFC Fatherhood Program: Family Reunification for men and their families. The overarching goal of COIP is to mobilize service systems throughout the state to build resiliency, develop resistance skills for substance use and address trauma in children of incarcerated parents and their families using the CLFC Curriculum Series. CLFC developers trained professional and passionate grass roots community members through the Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Program (UMADAOP), a federation of 11 agencies across Ohio strategically poised to fulfill the ambitious goals of the project. Come learn how this can be done!

Objectives:

  1. Identify the key components of an effective statewide roll-out of an evidence-based program in a community reentry system
  2. Describe the essential elements of an effective statewide rollout of an evidence-based approach to serve reentry men, women and their children
  3. Apply insights on lessons learned from the state-wide scaling of evidence-based programs
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Kokoski, Christopher, BS, CPS

Christopher Kokoski is certified as a Master (or National) Trainer of the Creating Lasting Family Connections® (CLFC) Curriculum. He is a Certified Prevention Specialist (CPS) who has played a critical role in bringing over 3 ½ million dollars of prevention services to Louisville, KY. In 2015, he was recognized as the Certified Prevention Specialist of the year for the state of Kentucky. After visiting Brazil and Mexico, and living in Germany for three years, he developed a deep passion for touching the lives of people of different cultures. Christopher has presented at local, state and national conferences on a wide range of topics including behavioral change, body language, HIV prevention, substance abuse prevention, storytelling and more. His publications include co-authoring articles published in peer-reviewed journals, the CLFC Fatherhood Adaptation Guidebook (Resilient Futures Network, LLC, 2012), several novels and numerous articles. For more information, please visit our website at www.copes.org.

Presentation(s): 

Successfully Implementing a Statewide Roll-out of an Evidence-Based Family

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Strader, Ted, MS

Ted Strader is the Executive Director of COPES, Inc. and the Managing Partner of the Resilient Futures Network, LLC.  He is a proud husband and father and a nationally recognized author, curriculum developer, trainer, motivational speaker, and publisher on topics related to fatherhood and marriage programming, parenting skills, family strengthening, and the prevention of substance abuse, violence and prison recidivism.  His highly acclaimed Creating Lasting Family Connections® curriculum series is used throughout the U.S. and several other countries. This program held three separate listings on the previously active National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP), three separate listings in the Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy and is recognized on several other national and international best practice lists.  In his book, “Building Healthy Individuals, Families, and Communities: Creating Lasting Connections”, published in 2000, he introduced the concept of “Connect-Immunity”.  Strader credits his theory of “Connect-Immunity” for his success in designing effective programs across multiple fields of study leading to numerous published articles in peer reviewed journals and inclusion on best practice lists.  In 2013, Mr. Strader was named one of the Top 100 Leaders in the U.S. by the John C. Maxwell Leadership Team. 

Presentation(s): 

Successfully Implementing a Statewide Roll-out of an Evidence-Based Family

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Keynote Address: The Coffee Bean

Speaker(s):

Damon West

Presentation Description: West’s presentation will center upon the theme that the ability to change our environments is within each of us; and, that for true progress to be made in this country, attitudes towards mental health and recovery must change.

Objectives:

  1. Describe The Coffee Bean (back story and applications)
  2. Share lessons learned in recovery
  3. Discuss ways to improve mental health and substance use in corrections (which is where many mental health and substance use patients reside, unfortunately)

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Verble, Kelli, MSW, LMSW

Kelli Verble is a Unit Manager at Northwest Missouri Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center; she has been with the agency since fall 2016. Ms. Verble graduated with a Master of Social Work Administration and Advocacy in 2010, and has since been working in the mental health field, with specialty in crisis intervention. Ms. Verble is now beginning her clinical licensure with supervised practice that includes group and individual treatment in Dialectical Behavioral, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy treatment modalities, including Superhero Therapy. This year, Ms. Verble has obtained her RYT 200 Registered Yoga Teacher training certificate through the national Yoga Alliance. She teaches yoga to both employees and patients at NMPRC, health club members at a local gym, and a bi-monthly, collaborative themed Transformative Movement class taught to a darker, heavy metal soundtrack. Ms. Verble is an active member of the Kansas City Horror Club and the St. Joseph Astronomy Club; she dances and rides a vintage motorcycle.

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Superhero Therapy: Using ACT & Pop Culture in a Forensic Hospital

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Herrington, Gage, MA, LPC

Gage Herrington is a counselor at Northwest Missouri Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center, where he has been for over two years. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City with a master’s degree in mental health counseling. At NMPRC, he is a group facilitator for various evidence-based treatments, including DBT, Michael’s Game, Safe Offender Strategies, and Superhero Therapy, as well as providing individual therapy and offering staff trainings on trauma-informed care, LGBTQ+ competencies, and therapeutic communication. Mr. Herrington also moonlights as a photographer and a curler.

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Superhero Therapy: Using ACT & Pop Culture in a Forensic Hospital

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Superhero Therapy: Using ACT & Pop Culture in a Forensic Hospital

Speaker(s):

Gage Herrington, MA, LPC

Kelli Verble, MSW, LMSW

Presentation: This presentation will cover our experience of implementing a Superhero Therapy group in a forensic hospital setting. Superhero Therapy, created by Janina Scarlet, PhD., uses pop culture figures such as Superman or Harry Potter as a means of exploring concepts central to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy such as mindfulness and thought diffusion. It has been found to be effective in treating both trauma-related symptoms as well as an array of emotional disorders. We will also explore patient perceptions on this treatment, challenges faced, and our outcomes.

Objectives:

  1. Identify ways to incorporate heroic archetypes and pop-culture references in therapy
  2. Describe benefits of using cultural references to describe psychological concepts in therapy
  3. Discuss how creating an origin story can assist clients in identifying personal vulnerabilities and strengths.

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Building Evidence Based Practices in Corrections Treatment Environments – Utilization of the Texas Christian University’s Internal Evaluation Protocol

Speaker(s):

Duane Cummins, PhD

Lindsey Quinn, MA, CRADC

Presentation:  This presentation will provide an overview of the Texas Christian University (TCU) assessment tools and utilization of these tools in direct client care, program design, program development, and measurement of program efficacy. The Internal Evaluation Process (IEP) which utilizes these tools can provide empirical insights for any program design, as well as provide a clear roadmap for measuring effectiveness. Additionally, application of the TCU tools to direct client care will be discussed. These skills can be invaluable in developing original evidence-based practices, and in better the value of effect of practices on specific areas of functioning.

Objectives:

  1. Understand the TCU assessment process
  2. Utilize the TCU assessment process in creating individualized treatment plans
  3. Utilize the TCU assessment data in measuring the effectiveness of program components
  4. Utilize the TCU assessment data in empirically measuring program effectiveness
  5. Utilize the TCU assessment data in formulation of an evidence base for development of pilot practices

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Quinn, Lindsey, MA, CRADC

Lindsey Quinn holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Ithaca College, and a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from the School of Professional Psychology at Forest Institute. Ms. Quinn has worked for the past five years with the Gateway Foundation, where she is currently the Program Director of a 240 bed in-prison residential substance use and co-occurring disorder treatment program for women, and a 62 bed in-prison substance use disorder treatment program for male clients in a special needs in-prison residential therapeutic community. Ms. Quinn has been a Clinical Research Team Member at Ithaca College where she developed a poster titled “Sensation Seeking and Psychostimulant Drug Use” for the James Whalen Academic Symposium. Ms. Quinn has a particular passion for applying science and research to practice, hence her presentation focus, applying Texas Christian University’s Internal Evaluation Protocol to assessment, treatment planning, program development and counselor supervision at Gateway Foundation’s programs at Women’s Eastern Reception and Diagnostic and Northeast Correctional Centers.

Presentation(s): 

Building Evidence Based Practices in Corrections Treatment Environments – Utilization of the Texas Christian University’s Internal Evaluation Protocol