| CJMHSA TAC Convenes Two Facilitator Trainings | In the past few months, the Criminal Justice, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Technical Assistance Center (CMJHSA TAC) convened two trainings facilitated by Policy Research Associates, the consulting agency that supports SAMHSA's GAINS Center. The CJMHSA TAC invited USF faculty and staff, who collaborate with the CJMHSA TAC as subject matter experts to attend these trainings in an effort to update our training capacity to reflect the most recent best practices associated with the delivery of trauma-informed care and Sequential Intercept Mapping for DCF CJMHSA Reinvestment grantees.
 On March 30-31, 2021, the CJMHSA TAC hosted the How Being Trauma-Informed Improves Criminal Justice System Responses, Trauma Informed Train the Trainer virtually on Zoom. How Being Trauma-Informed Improves Criminal Justice System Responses is a 1/2-day training program for criminal justice professionals to increase understanding of trauma, create an awareness of the impact of trauma on behavior, and develop trauma-informed responses. Trauma-informed criminal justice responses can help to avoid retraumatizing individuals and thereby increase safety for all, decrease recidivism, and promote and support recovery of justice-involved women and men. Partnerships across systems can also help to link individuals to trauma-informed services and treatment for trauma.
The CJMHSA TAC would like to recognize and thank the following USF faculty and staff members who attended the Trauma-Informed Train-the-Trainer: Dr. Randy Otto, Dr. Scott Young, Dr. Nev Jones, Dr. Kathleen Heide, Dr. Annette Christy, Nickie Zenn, Dr. Amanda Sharp, Sara Rhode, and Eryka Marshall.
 On May 12-13, 2021, the CJMHSA TAC hosted the Sequential Intercept Mapping Facilitator Training virtually on Zoom. The Sequential Intercept Model provides a conceptual framework for communities to organize targeted strategies for criminal or juvenile justice system-involved individuals who may have a serious mental illness, substance use disorder, and/or co-occurring disorders. This model identifies six key points for "intercepting" or interacting with individuals who have behavioral health issues and links them to services therefore preventing further penetration into the criminal justice system. This model is then employed through a Sequential Intercept Mapping workshop to build on collaboration between the criminal or juvenile justice and behavioral health systems and highlights points of access to intercept individuals as they enter and advance through the criminal/juvenile justice system.
The CJMHSA TAC would like to recognize and thank the following USF faculty and staff members who attended the SIM Facilitator Training: Dr. Randy Otto, Dr. Scott Young. Dr. Nev Jones, Dr. Kathleen Heide, Dr. Annette Christy, Dr. Micah Johnson, Nickie Zenn, Dr. Amanda Sharp, Sara Rhode, and Eryka Marshall. |
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The Opioid Response Network (ORN), funded by SAMHSA through the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, recently nominated Khary Rigg to become a member of their national workgroup which focuses on the needs of Black communities as it relates to opioid and stimulant use. The network receives requests for training/education from groups or individuals across the country and the workgroup is tasked with assessing the ORN's procedures and reviewing and vetting these educational resources to ensure that the needs of Black individuals who use drugs are adequately and appropriately addressed. The workgroup is comprised of 7-8 individuals, including a multidisciplinary representation of clinicians (medical/nursing professionals, therapists, harm reduction professionals), individuals with lived experience, and will incorporate LGBTQ+ and youth voices.
Criminology Associate Professor Joan Reid was among a small group of professors across all USF campuses to receive the Dr. Kathleen Moore Faculty Excellence Award presented by the Women in Leadership & Philanthropy program. The competitive award given to six USF faculty members each year provides funding for research and creative efforts focused on women and issues affecting women. Dr. Reid, an expert on the issues of human trafficking and victimology, will use the $5,000 research grant to develop and field test a standardized measure for trauma bonding. Also known as "Stockholm Syndrome," trauma bonding forms when an abuser elicits fear in a victim - via kidnapping or a hostage situation or sexual abuse - and in response, the victim feels indebted to the abuser and may often develop emotional attachments. In the case of human trafficking, trauma bonding prevents survivors from leaving toxic relationships and leads to repeat exploitation for the victims.