WORKING WITH YOUTH: PREVENTION AND TREATMENT FOR ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND CRIMINAL CONDUCT

September 23 - 24

Location TBD

** Earn up to 13 Continuing Education Training hours

PROGRAM DETAILS

Promoting alternative recreational activities, improving self-efficacy, building social competence and providing broadening cultural experiences are the most effective strategies for delinquency and drug abuse prevention.   What has been most difficult to achieve is the translation of these factors into viable strategies that communities can actually implement.

Cognitive restructuring and coping skills training  can be effectively taught to adolescents  in correctional or community-based settings providing that the material is presented in an interactive and multi-sensory format, drawing on themes that have both immediate and long-term importance to the treatment population.

This seminar envisions a juvenile justice system that focuses on positive youth development. Significant reductions in juvenile crime, substance abuse and emotional distress can be achieved through an integrated system-wide focus on prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and restoration.

Moving beyond simple risk-avoidance, guidelines are presented for empowering a network of evidence-based, cost effective, and strategically situated community programs across a continuum of prevention, intervention and treatment services. Special attention is devoted to the facility-to-community transition process for incarcerated youth.

Taught by eminent psychologist and author, Dr. Harvey Milkman, this program teaches evidence-based treatment programs for teenagers and essential components of an effective treatment program for youthful offenders.

WHAT WE WILL COVER

Participants will also learn;

•    The Fundamental Principles of Criminal Conduct and Substance Abuse Treatment
•    Elements of Youth Focused Treatment
•    General principles for Understanding Teenage Problem Behaviors
•    Substance Abuse, Criminal Conduct and the Teenage Brain
•    Correlations Among the Various Problem Behaviors
•    Target Groups and Admission Criteria
•    Cultural Considerations and Gender Focused Treatment Strategies
•    Evidence-based Treatment Programming in Correctional and Community Settings

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

Managers, supervisors and program managers and professionals in mental health management, juvenile and adolescent corrections and rehabilitation including;

  • Behavioral Healthcare and Substance Abuse Professionals
  • Social Workers & Substance Abuse Counselors
  • Mental Health and Prevention Center Professionals
  • Community Services Organizations, Services Providers
  • Program Directors and Executives
  • Pre-Release Specialis
    •  Adult and Juvenile Case Managers, Supervisors and Managers
  • Probation Officers, Supervisors and Managers
  • Psychologists, Psychiatrists and Therapists
  • Housing Administrators and Resident population managers
  • Veteran's Administration Professionals
  • Pastoral counselors
  • Court Administrators

PRESENTER:

Harvey Milkman, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology, Metropolitan State College of Denver

Harvey B. Milkman, Ph.D. received his baccalaureate degree from City College of New York and his doctorate from Michigan State University. He is currently professor of psychology at Metropolitan State College of Denver.

His doctoral research was conducted with William Frosch, M.D., at Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital in New York City, on the “User’s Drug of Choice.” In 1980-81, he completed a sabbatical exploration of addictive behavior in Africa, India and Southeast Asia; in 1985-86 he was recipient of a Fulbright-Hays Lectureship award at the National University of Malaysia. He has represented the United States Information Agency as a consultant and featured speaker in Australia, Brazil, Iceland, The Netherlands, Peru, Turkey and Yugoslavia.  In March 1998, Dr. Milkman was the keynote speaker at The 21st Annual Treating the Addictions Conference, hosted by The Cambridge Hospital, in affiliation with Harvard Medical School. He is principle author with Stanley Sunderwirth of “The Chemistry of Craving,” and author of “Better than Dope,” featured articles in Psychology Today, October, 1983 and April, 2001 respectively. From September 1992 – June 2002, he was author, principal investigator and director of Project Self-Discovery: Artistic Alternatives for At-Risk Youth, a national demonstration model funded by The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and the Edward Byrne Foundation.

In addition to having authored numerous published articles on the personality characteristics of drug abusers and behavioral addiction, Dr. Milkman is principal author of the following books:

•    Craving for Ecstasy: The Consciousness and Chemistry of Escape (Milkman, H. & Sunderwirth, S.,1987;  1998;  2010);
•    Pathways to Pleasure: The Consciousness and Chemistry of Optimal Living (Milkman, H. & Sunderwirth, S., 1993);
•    Project Self-Discovery: Artistic Alternatives for High-Risk Youth (Milkman, H., Wanberg, K., & Robinson, C., 1996);
•    Pathways to Self-Discovery and Change: Criminal Conduct and Substance Abuse Treatment for Adolescents (Milkman, H. & Wanberg, K. 2005);
•    Criminal Conduct and Substance Abuse Treatment for Women in Correctional Settings: Adjunct Provider’s Guide  (Milkman, H., Wanberg, K. & Gagliardi, B, In Press, 2008);
•    Craving for Ecstasy& Natural Highs: A Positive Approach to Mood Alteration (Milkman, H. & Sunderwirth, S. In Press, 2009)

Co-editor of:
•    Addictions: Multidisciplinary Perspectives and Treatments (winner of the Choice Award for outstanding academic books   (Milkman, H., & Shaffer, H., 1983)
•    Treatment Choices for Alcoholism and Substance Abuse (Milkman, H & Sederer, L, 1990)

Co-author of:
•    Criminal Conduct and Substance Abuse Treatment: Strategies for Self-Improvement and Change: The Participant’s Workbook (Wanberg, K., & Milkman, H., 1998; 2006);
•    Criminal Conduct and Substance Abuse Treatment: Strategies for Self-Improvement and Change: The Provider’s Guide (Wanberg, K., & Milkman, H., 1998; 2008);
•    Driving with CARE: Education and Treatment of the Alcohol or Other Drug Driving Offender (Wanberg, K, Milkman, H. & Timkin, 2006);

Principal author with K. Wanberg of;
•    Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment: A Review and Discussion for Corrections Professionals, National Institute of Corrections, May 2007.  www.nicic.org

* Agenda and speakers subject to change without notice

KEY REASON WHY YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES SHOULD ATTEND

  • You will network with colleagues to share invaluable ideas and experiences from different parts

  • You will meet the finest corrections leaders serious about the business and learn how they do what they do

  • You will leave at the end of the program with action steps to take to begin addressing the challenges you face

  • You will learn from expert faculty what works and know what to avoid

  • We don't stop at just the class room studies.  You will learn in discussion groups and trouble shooting sessions how to address the re-entry opportunities ahead

  • Learn key skills for great corrections systems leadership

  • Learn first hand the best and latest resources for addressing corrections needs and how to apply them

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HOTEL & ACCOMMODATION

Location & Accommodations

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Registration Tuition —Your registration tuition includes;

  • All training sessions

  • Comprehensive Program Manual

  • Earn CE training hours for this program working with Professional Joyfields Institute Experts

  • Continental breakfast daily with refreshment breaks

  • 6-month Membership in Joyfields Institute, with

    • Joyfields Institute updates, articles, news and trends publication

    • Access to Free monthly training/education webinars presented by Joyfields Institute experts and practitioners, and

    • 10% discounts to all Joyfields Sponsored programs

Registration Tuition:

Single Attendee Registration: $695 per person

2 or More Attendees Registration: $595 per person

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