Montana Drug Court Conference
2018

Conference Agenda & Materials

  • Evaluation Form
  • Registration Form
  • 7:00 – 8:30 a.m. Registration Coffee/Rolls in Lobby

    8:30 – 8:45 a.m.
    Ballroom C

    Opening Ceremony 

    • Jeff Kushner – Montana Statewide Drug Court Coordinator
    • Judge Kurt Krueger
    • Color Guard – Pledge of Allegiance
    • Native American Prayer - Judge Stacie Smith

    Audio File

    8:50 – 10:15 a.m.
    Ballroom C

    Is it Really a Brain Disease? What are the Implications for Courts?
    - Dr. Tim Condon

    Audio File

    10:30 - 12:00 p.m.
    Ballroom C

    Back to Basics – What you need to do to be an evidence-based drug court
    - Circuit Court Judge Stephen Goss, Albany, Georgia

    Audio File

    12:00 – 1:00 p.m. LUNCH
    Ballroom C

    DEA Presentation
    - Stacy Zinn-Brittain, Group Supervisor, USDOJ-DEA

    Audio File

    1:15 – 2:00 p.m.
    Ballroom C

    1) Implementing the New MOU with Public Defender’s /Preparing for Legislative Session
    - Beth McLaughlin, Judge Krueger, and Peter Ohman

    Audio File

    Conf. Rm 2 (15-20)

    2) Tribal Judges and Coordinators: Incorporating Customs and Traditions in Your Healing to Wellness Court
    - Lauren van Schilfgaarde - Tribal Law and Policy Institute

    2:15 – 3:15 p.m.
    Conf. Rm 2 (15-20)

    3) Collaboration Between State Courts and Tribal Courts
    - Lauren van Schilfgaarde - Tribal Law and Policy Institute

    Audio File

    Conf. Rm 1 (50)

    4) What to do with Drug Court Participant Wait Lists
    - Mona Sumner

    Audio File

    Skybridge 1 (30)

    5) SCRAM for Drug Courts
    - Megan Bell and Moses Leasiolagi

    Conf. Rm 5 (50)

    6) Do Adult Drug Court Standards Apply to other Types of Drug Courts? - Dr. Shannon Carey, NPC Research

    Audio File

    2:15 – 4:15 p.m.
    Skybridge 4 (20)

    7) Management Information and Recovery Tracking System
    - Presentation/Computer Lab (Coordinators)
    - Shelly Thomson and Vivek Jha (DIMS)

    3:30 – 5:30 p.m.
    Ballroom C

    8) “Changing Behavior: The Practical Application of Incentives, Sanctions, Therapeutic Adjustments, and Participant Oversight in Staffing and in Court”
    - Dr. Shannon Carey, NPC Research
    - Helen Harberts, MA, JD

    Audio File

    7:15 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
    Ballroom C

    9) Native American Historical Trauma (film and discussion) Sacred Hoop Journey #1 (All-Conference Participants)
    - Dr. Marilyn Bruguier Zimmerman (Nakota, Dakota, Anishinaabe, Shoshone), Ph. D, Co-Principal Investigator and Project Director at the National Native Children’s Trauma Center (NNCTC)

    7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Coffee/Rolls in lobby

    8:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
    Ballroom C

    10) What you Need to Know About Personalized Medication (MAT)
    - Mr. Percy Menzies, Assisted Recovery Centers of America, LLC

    Audio File

    Conf. Rm 1 (50)

    11) Motivational Interviewing for Treatment Professionals
    - Todd A. Roberts, MA

    10:00 – 11:15 a.m.
    Ballroom C

    12) Motivational Interviewing in a Brief (3 min. from the bench) Timeframe
    - Todd A. Roberts, MA

    Audio File

    Conf. Rm 1

    13) Native American Cultural Competency (Treatment Professionals)
    - Sean Bear and Anne Helene Skinstad, Native American/Alaskan Indian Addiction Technology Training Center

    11:30 – 12:15 p.m.
    Ballroom C

    14) Are High Risk/High Need DC Participants Able to Get Adequate Treatment through Medicaid (Panel)
    - Bobbi Perkins, Isaac Coy, and Aaron Hahm

    Audio File

    12:20 – 1:20 p.m. LUNCH
    Ballroom C

    - Drive High, Get a DUI: Addressing the Growing Threat of Drug-Impaired Driving
    - Mark Stodola

    Audio File

    1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
    Ballroom C

    15) Discipline Specific Meetings – Judges
    - Beth McLaughlin, Facilitator

    Audio File

    Conf. Rm 1

    16) Discipline Specific Meetings – Coordinators
    - Steve Ette, Facilitator

    Conf. Rm 5

    17) Discipline Specific Meetings – Treatment Providers Innovating Your Business Model
    - Scott Malloy, Montana Health Foundation
    - Bobbi Perkins
    - Jeff Kushner

    2:45 – 4:00 p.m.
    Ballroom C

    18) Cultural Competency with Native Americans (Judges/Coordinators)
    - Sean Bear and Anne Helene Skinstad, Native American/Alaskan Indian Addiction Technology Training Center Nat. Am. ATTC

    Audio File

    Conf. Rm 5

    19) Evidence-based Behavioral Treatment in the Drug Court Environment (Treatment Providers)
    Screening for Substance Use Disorders By Drug Court Coordinators
    - Mona Sumner
    Evidence-based Substance Use Dependency in the Drug Court Environment
    - Jeff Kushner

    Audio File

    4:15 – 5:30 p.m.
    Ballroom C

    20) MAT by TelemedicineDr. Reiter

    Audio File

    Conf. Rm 1

    21) Treatment by TelemedicineBrook Rogers and Misfits

    Skybridge 1

    22) Phoenix Multi-Sport and Wellness Programming
    - Shelly Thomson
    - Jacquelyn Hillios, Director of Research
    The Phoenix Multisport
    - Sherri Gerek, Certified Professional Coach
    Institute or Professional Excellence in Coaching

    Conf. Rm 5

    23) Evidence-Based Assessment and Supervision Techniques for DUI Offenders
    - Mark Stodola

    Audio File

    Conf. Rm 2

    24) Peer Mentors in the Drug Court Environment
    - Juliette Mackin, NPC Research

    7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
    Conf. Rm 2

    25) Training for Montana Peer Reviewers
    - Juliette Mackin, NPC Research

    7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Coffee/Rolls in lobby

    8:15 – 9:30 a.m.
    Ballroom C

    Montana/NPC Study – Bringing Drug Courts to Scale in MT

    Conf. Rm 5

    Montana Child Welfare System: How Do We Make Our Healing to Wellness Court More Family Friendly (Panel)
    - Judge Rodney Souza, Brooke Baracker-Taylor, and Judge Stacie Smith

    Audio File

    9:45 – 11:45 a.m.
    Ballroom C

    How to Become a Trauma-Informed Drug Court
    - Dr. Lisa Callahan

    11:45 – 12:15 p.m.
    Ballroom C

    Judges and Coordinators – Action Planning

    11:45 – 1:00 p.m.
    Conf. Rm 5

    Drug Court Advisory Committee Meeting
    - Judge Krueger and Jeff Kushner

    FAMILY DRUG COURT JUDGES AND COORDINATORS RESUME AT 1:00 P.M. (Lunch provided in Conf. Rm. 1)

    1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
    Ballroom C

    Rethinking Family Recovery: Supporting Families Towards Reunification and Recovery Through A Comprehensive Family-Centered Approach
    - Phil Breitenbucher Family Drug Court Standards: Evidence-Based Practices for Your Family Drug Court

    Audio File