CONFERENCE SESSIONS

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Sessions will take place on August 5-6 between 10:30 am - 2 pm

Wednesday, August 5, 2026, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
301 Development and Implementation of Behavior Management PlansElena Bloodgood-Grandy, PsyD, HSP, CCHP-MH Centurion Health
Alyssa Roberson, PsyD, CCHP Centurion Health
302 Generative AI: Improving Mental Health Care and Risk ReductionAlexandra Ah Loy, JD, CCHP Hall Estill/Lono Collective
Zacharia Rupp, MS, MFA The Lono Collective, LLC
303 From Anxiety to Achievement: Reclaiming Confidence with MindfulnessLynn Murphy, PsyD Centurion Health
Wednesday, August 5, 2026, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
304 Moving From Trauma-Informed Care to Trauma-Informed SystemsAshley Coulter, PhD, LMSW Emet & Co
305 Using Crisis Intervention Training to Improve Mental Health OutcomesAnneke Cerri, BS, LPN Delaware Department of Correction
Julie Gary, PhD, CRC, MPH, CPPS, CCHP Physician Correctional, USA Corp.
Jim Martin, BS, MPSA, CCHP Physician Correctional, USA Corp.
Thursday, August 6, 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
306 Undetectable and Dangerous: Novel Psychoactive Substances and the Interprofessional ResponseFrances Hodgkins, CARN, EdD, MSN, PMH-BC, NE-BC UTMB School of Nursing
Festus Irabor, DNP, PMHNP-BC, CCHP-MH, CCHP-CP UTMB School of Nursing
307 Strategies for Treating and Assessing Alcohol Use DisorderDionne Hart, MD, CCHP-MH Care From the Hart
Helen Jack, MD University of Washington
308 Word: The Powerful Tool That Changes EverythingMichelle Adams, PhD Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Thursday, August 6, 2026, 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM
309 Best Practices for Assessing and Treating Substance Use Disorders in YouthDenise Baughn, MD University of Texas Medical Branch Correctional Managed Care
Evan Norton, PsyD Texas Juvenile Justice Department
Rocksheng Zhong, MD, MHS University of Texas Medical Branch
310 Catatonia: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Medical ComplicationsBhinna Park, MD Washington State Department of Corrections
311 Nature, Nurture, and Neurobiology: The Epigenetics of Mental IllnessAhmed Sherif, MSc Saudi General Directorate of Prison Health
312 Producing Ethical and Defensible Mental Health Documentation: Do's, Don'ts, and Maybe's (Clone)Erin Lockwood, LPC, NCC, CCHP Erin Lockwood Psychotherapy, PLLC