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The 41st Annual FMHAC Conference
March 16-18, 2016

​Board of Directors Elections

Director of Conference: Thomas Granucci, LCSW
Director of Education: Anna Kafka, PsyD
Secretary: Cynthia Lermond, PsyD (re-election)

​Congratulations! 

​FMHAC William T. Rossiter Award Winner

Jennifer Skeem, PhD
Jennifer Skeem, PhD

FMHAC Christine M. West Award Winners

The Mental Evaluation Unit
The Mental Evaluation Unit - A Collaboration of the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health

Conference Book List

  • Kevin Dutton - The Wisdom of Psychopaths
  • Kent A. Kiehl, PhD - The Psychopath Whisperer: The Science of Those Without Conscience
  • Sue Klebold - A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
  • Ann Rule - The Stranger Beside Me
  • Daniel J. Siegel, MD - Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain
  • Bessel van der Kolk, MD - The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

​Presentation Handouts

OPENING PRESENTATION
The Assessment of Malingering: An Evidence-Based Approach
  • Charles Scott, MD
HANDOUT: Scott Handout
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Mass Shootings and the Mental Health System
  • Amy Barnhorst, MD
Handout: Barnhorst Slides
BREAKOUT SESSION A
(A1) Part 1 - Motivational Interviewing: How to get your Clients to Talk Themselves into Positive Change
  • Jennifer Baity, LCSW, LAADC, MHRC Program Director, San Francisco General Hospital
Handouts: Baity Slides Part 1, Baity Slides Part 2, Baity MI Handout

(A2) Retention and Risk Reduction … or Let's Bake Bread 
  • Thomas Granucci, LCSW, Supervising US Probation Officer/EBP Coordinator, US Probation Office
  • Victoria Simon, PhD, MFT, Founder/Developer, JustUs
Handout: Granucci Slides

(A3) Part 1 - Using DSM-5 to Diagnose Controversial Paraphilias
  • Charles A. Flinton, PhD, Chief Forensic Psychologist, San Francisco Forensic Institute
  • Deirdre D'Orazio, PhD, CEO, Central Coast Clinical and Forensic Psychology Services
Handout: Flinton Slides

(A4) Part 1 - Understanding Trauma and Its Effects on Risk-Taking, Delinquency, and Criminal Behavior
  • Gena Castro Rodriguez, PsyD, LMFT, Chief of Victim Services, Office of District Attorney George Gascón
Handout: CastroRodriguez Slides

(A5) Part 1 - Misuse of Psychiatric Medications in Forensic Settings and Update on Medical Marijuana
  • Anthony Cozzolino, MD, Chief Psychiatrist- Adult Division, Department of Mental Health, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
  • Mark Stanford, PhD, Senior Director, Integrated Behavioral Health and Quality Improvement, Encompass Community Services

(A6) WORDS TO DEEDS TRACK Los Angeles & San Francisco: Blueprints for Change
  • William Hodgman, JD, Assistant District Attorney, Los Angeles County
  • Kathleen Connolly Lacey, LCSW, Program Director, UCSF/Citywide Case Management Forensic Program
Handout: Hodgman MH Report  (Note before printing: this is a long document. If you want to print only part of it - make the cut off at page 45.)
BREAKOUT SESSION B
​(B1) Part 2 - Motivational Interviewing: How to get your Clients to Talk Themselves into Positive Change
  • Jennifer Baity, LCSW, LAADC, MHRC Program Director, San Francisco General Hospital
  • Handouts: Baity Slides Part 1, Baity Slides Part 2, Baity MI Handout

(B2) Improving Decision-Making and Reducing Bias in Forensic Evaluations
  • Joseph Lockhart, PhD, ABPP, Consulting Psychologist, Department of State Hospitals
  • Saty Satya-Murti, MD, FAAN, Health Policy Consultant
Handout: Lockhart Slides

(B3) Part 2 - Using DSM-5 To Diagnose Controversial Paraphilias
  • Charles A. Flinton, PhD, Chief Forensic Psychologist, San Francisco Forensic Institute
  • Deirdre D'Orazio, PhD, CEO, Central Coast Clinical and Forensic Psychology Services
Handout: Flinton Slides

(B4) Part 2 - Understanding Trauma and Its Effects on Risk-Taking, Delinquency, and Criminal Behavior
  • Gena Castro Rodriguez, PsyD, LMFT, Chief of Victim Services, Office of District Attorney George Gascón
Handout: CastroRodriguez Slides

(B5) Part 2 - Misuse of Psychiatric Medications in Forensic Settings and Update on Medical Marijuana
  • Anthony Cozzolino, MD, Chief Psychiatrist- Adult Division, Department of Mental Health, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
  • Mark Stanford, PhD, Senior Director, Integrated Behavioral Health and Quality Improvement, Encompass Community Services

(B6) WORDS TO DEEDS TRACK Examining the Mental Health and Criminal Justice Systems Intersection: A Project of the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission (MHSOAC)
  • Toby Ewing, PhD, Executive Director, Mental Health Services Act Oversight and Accountability Commission
  • Ashley Mills, MS, Research Program Specialist, Mental Health Services Act Oversight and Accountability Commission
BREAKOUT SESSION C
(C1) Implementing the Seeking Safety Model for Individuals Suffering From Trauma and/or Substance Abuse
  • Ryan Sanft, LCSW, Director, Impression Healthcare Services, Inc. & PTSD Team Lead VAMC Loma Linda
Handout: Sanft Slides

(C2) Law Enforcement/Mental Health A Comprehensive Approach To Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System
  • Lieutenant Brian Bixler, Officer-in-Charge, Crisis Response Support Section, Los Angeles Police Department
  • Chuck Lennon, LCSW, Mental Health Program Director, LAPD Mental Evaluation Unit, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
  • Detective Paul Scire, Officer-in-Charge, Case Assessment and Management Program (CAMP), Mental Evaluation Unit, Los Angeles Police Department
  • Detective Michael Morlan, Officer-in-Charge of the Mental Evaluation Unit, Los Angeles Police Department
Handouts: MEU Brochure, MEU Program Outline

(C3) Online Sexual Misconduct: Psychological Aspects and Risk Assessment
  • Hy Malinek, PsyD, Clinical and Forensic Psychologist

(C4) Remediating Juvenile Competency to Stand Trial: The Kids' Court School Competency Remediation Program
  • Rebecca Nathanson, PhD, James Rogers Professor of Education & Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • Shauna Conner, Los Angeles County Department of Probation

(C5) Community Transition Center: A Collaborative Approach to Offender Reentry
  • Karna Lau, MPA, Supervising Probation Officer, San Diego Probation, Post Release Offender Division
  • Michelle Romero, LMFT, Program Manager, Behavioral Health Services Team, Optum

(C6) WORDS TO DEEDS TRACK Stepping Up California: County Leaders Working to Safely Reduce the Prevalence of Individuals with Mental Illness in Jail
  • Hallie Fader-Towe, Senior Policy Advisor for the Council of State Governments Justice Center
  • Robert Ochs, LCSW, Sonoma County Chief Probation Officer
  • Natalie Berns, Santa Cruz County Probation Department
  • Pam Rogers-Wyman, MFT, Santa Cruz County Behavioral Health
Handouts: Stepping Up Initiative, Stepping Up Template 
BREAKOUT SESSION D
​(D1) Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) for Forensic Populations
  • Kathleen Wallace, San Francisco Community Behavioral Health
Handouts: Wallace Slides, Wallace Handout

(D2) & (D6) WORDS TO DEEDS TRACK Creative Strategies for De-criminalizing the Mentally Ill
  • Sandra Sigrist, LCSW, Adult & Aging Clinical Manager, Yolo County Health & Human Services Agency
  • Christopher Z. Bulkeley, JD, Supervising Deputy District Attorney, Yolo County District Attorney's Office
  • Ian Evans, MFTI, Clinician, Yolo County Health & Human Services Agency
  • Christina Tranfaglia, MFT, Deputy Probation Officer, Mental Health Court, Yolo County

(D3) Psychodynamic Forensic Case Formulation
  • Eric P. Simon, PhD, ABPP, SVP Evaluator, California Department of State Hospitals Sex Offender Program
Handout: Simon Slides

(D4) Addressing Theory of Mind Deficits in Children with Attachment Disorders
  • Randall Ramirez, LCSW, LMFT, Clinical Director, Discovery Counseling Center
Handouts: Ramirez Slides, Ramirez Bibliography

(D5) 'Just Get Over It' Just Isn't Enough: Toward a Conceptual Framework for Trauma-Informed Care
  • Alicia Summers, PhD, Program Director, Research & Evaluation, National Council of Juvenile & Family Ct Judges
Handout: Summers Journal Article, Summers Slides
CLOSING PRESENTATION
​'What Works' for People with Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System
  • Jennifer Skeem, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, Professor, School of Social Welfare & Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley
Handout: Skeem Handout , Skeem Slides

​POSTER PRESENTATIONS

​Extreme Self-Harm in California Prison Inmates: A Case Series and Formulation
  • Robert D. Canning, PhD
  • Melinda DiCiro, PsyD
The Role of Forensic Psychologists as Special Deputies in an Oregon Sheriff's Office
  • Gregory C. Czar, PhD
  • Ronald A. Glaus, PhD
Justice Involved Mental Health and Telecare's Recovery Centered Clinical System (RCCS)
  • Gary Hubbard, MFT
  • Cheryl Malinowski, PsyD
  • Handout: Hubbard Poster Handout
Legislation Affecting Forensic Mental Health in 2016
  • Sam Knudsen, Esq
FMHAC Public Policy Committee
Strength-Based Interventions Within the Context of Risk-Need-Responsivity: Supporting a Treatment Milieu Through Positive Psychology, while Targeting the Reduction of Risks and Enhancement of Protective Qualities
  • Willow Saloum PsyD
  • Anthony Yrigollen, ACSW
  • Handout: Saloum Poster
Risk Assessment and Child Pornography Offenders
  • Bethany Walters, MA
  • Dana Dalgleish, MA​
Holly Skaff
  • Tamar Kenworthy, PsyD
  • Eric Hickey, PhD
Competency Restoration Evaluations and Training with Developmentally Delayed Individuals
  • Michelle Wysopal, PsyD
  • Venus Klinger, MA

REFERENCES​

The 41st Annual FMHAC Conference 
March 16-18, 2016
Hyatt Regency, Monterey, CA
  • Conference Announcement
  • Conference Program

2016 GOLD CORPORATE MEMBER

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2016 SUSTAINING MEMBERS

  • Gilbert Abdalian, MBA, MFT
  • Patricia Butler, RN
  • Kenneth Carabello 
  • Carson Chambers, PhD
  • Trayci Dahi, PhD
  • Jeffery Elias, Esq
  • Harry Goldberg, PhD
  • Mark Grabau, PhD
  • Thomas Granucci, LCSW
  • Carrie Gustafson
  • Robert Hart, MD
  • Ronald Kaufman, PsyD
  • Samuel Knudsen, Esq
  • Robert Leark, PhD
  • Cynthia Lermond, PsyD
  • Joseph Lockhart, PhD
  • David Meyer, Esq
  • Chief Robert Ochs, LCSW
  • Beverly Purdy, MD
  • Sanjay Rao, MD
  • Armando Sandoval
  • Munir Sewani, PhD
  • Tani Shaffer, PhD
  • Douglas Taylor Smith, LCSW
  • Alan Stillman, LCSW
  • Lindsay Weston, Esq

​2016 WORDS TO DEEDS TRACK SPONSORS

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​CONTINUING EDUCATION

​Board of Behavioral Science Examiners / Board of Registered Nursing
14.5 CEUs available in 2016:
up to 4.5 CEUs Wednesday
up to 6 CEUs for the 2nd day
up to 4 CEUs for Wrap-up Session

Mandatory Continuing Education for Psychologists (MCEP)
FMHAC is an approved provider through the CPA (FOR005):
14.5 CEUs available in 2016:
up to 4.5 CEUs Wednesday
up to 6 CEUs for the 2nd day
up to 4 CEUs for Wrap-up Session
CE Statement: FMHAC is approved by the California Psychological Association to provide continuing professional education for psychologists. FMHAC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Continuing Medical Education (CMEs)
Check back for an update on CMEs.

California State Bar (MCLE)
FMHAC is an approved provider, Provider #15388, selected sessions.
Selected Sessions:
Toby Ewing, PhD
Hallie Fader-Towe, Esq
William Hodgman, Esq
Karna Lau, MPA
Joseph Lockhart, PhD, ABPP
Hy Malinek, PhD
Rebecca Nathanson, PhD
Charles Scott, MD
Jennifer Skeem, PhD
Sandra Sigrist, LCSW
Eric Simon, PhD, ABPP
Alicia Summers, PhD

Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST)
POST credits were not obtained in 2016.
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Board of State and Community Corrections (STC)
For Standards and Training for Corrections (STC) participants who need STC training credit for this event, please either arrange a work related special request before the event or apply for Special Certification after the event. Both of these go through your STC training manager/coordinator.  

The process for a Special Certification:
Inform your training manager that you will be attending this conference and you will be asking for a Special Certification. 
Upon returning from the conference, inform your training manager how many hours you attended and ask them to submit a Special Certification for those hours.
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