Advanced CIT Training Opportunities for Law Enforcement Officers
Self-Care and Wellness for Law Enforcement and First Responders: The Antidote for Stress, Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Vicarious Trauma
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Program Description
Self-care and wellness are no longer idealistic goals for Law Enforcement and First Responders – they are imperatives, more now than ever! The intense nature of the work that responders do in the present environment can drain them of energy, vitality, and overall health. This training will identify and discuss 4 concepts: Stress, Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Vicarious Trauma as the archenemy to wellness and self-care. Self-care and Wellness strategies will also be suggested and investigated through six distinct life domains. Session will include time for development of individualized self-care and wellness plans. |
Joshua Francis, Ph.D. has over 20 years of clinical counseling experience working in community mental health, hospitals, schools, and private practice. He is licensed as a Professional Clinical Counselor, Supervisor (LPCC-S) and Licensed Independent Chemical Dependency Counselor, Clinical Supervisor (LICDC-CS) in the State of Ohio. Dr. Francis has owned and operated a private counseling and consultation practice and is an Associate Professor of Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. Dr. Francis’ clinical specialties and areas of research include marriage and family therapy, high conflict divorce, trauma, counselor ethics, wellness and self-care, evolutionary/primal mental health, and substance and process/behavioral addictions. He is a frequent presenter at local, state, and national conferences. He and his spouse, Jana, are the proud parents of 5 children, ages 7 to 16.
Information Sharing Between the Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice Systems
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Program Description
This presentation is intended to assist law enforcement, jails and behavioral health providers in understanding the state and federal confidentiality laws that apply to the information of behavioral health clients and how that information can be shared between community partners in accordance with those laws. Training topics include an overview of the confidentiality requirements of HIPAA, 42 CFR Part 2 and state law, disclosures that each law permits behavioral heatlh providers to make to law enforcement and jails, how to facilitate information-sharing between community partners and real-life scenarios to illustrate the application of the confidentiality law. |
CHRISTINA SHAYNAK-DIAZ is a licensed attorney. She earned her Juris Doctor, Master of Social Work and Bachelor of Arts degrees from the Ohio State University. She is currently a sole practitioner specializing in behavioral health law, public agency compliance issues, and state and federal confidentiality laws.
Prior to starting her own practice, she was the Chief of Legal Affairs and Policy Development for the Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities (OACBHA) for five years. In that role she advised the Association on legal matters, addressed legal issues from the Association’s membership (Ohio’s County ADAMH Boards), developed informational materials and gave presentations on confidentiality laws, sunshine laws, ethics laws, and other issues related to compliance with state and federal laws by Ohio’s Behavioral Health Boards. She also assisted the Boards in the initial development and implementation of the HIPAA regulations as well as with on-going compliance issues. Additionally, she was the OACBHA representative for various state-level initiatives and workgroups related to confidentiality and also worked closely with the Ohio Departments of Mental Health and Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services to assist Ohio’s public behavioral health system in confidentiality law compliance.
Prior to her position at OACBHA, she gained experience in the criminal justice system as a social work intern in the Residential Treatment Center at the Orient Corrections Reception Center and a law intern in the Legal Services Division of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction’s Legal Services. At the Columbus City Prosecutor’s Office, she conducted intake interviews for criminal misdemeanor complaints and mediated conflicts between disputing parties as part of the Prosecutor’s Mediation Program.
Prior to starting her own practice, she was the Chief of Legal Affairs and Policy Development for the Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities (OACBHA) for five years. In that role she advised the Association on legal matters, addressed legal issues from the Association’s membership (Ohio’s County ADAMH Boards), developed informational materials and gave presentations on confidentiality laws, sunshine laws, ethics laws, and other issues related to compliance with state and federal laws by Ohio’s Behavioral Health Boards. She also assisted the Boards in the initial development and implementation of the HIPAA regulations as well as with on-going compliance issues. Additionally, she was the OACBHA representative for various state-level initiatives and workgroups related to confidentiality and also worked closely with the Ohio Departments of Mental Health and Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services to assist Ohio’s public behavioral health system in confidentiality law compliance.
Prior to her position at OACBHA, she gained experience in the criminal justice system as a social work intern in the Residential Treatment Center at the Orient Corrections Reception Center and a law intern in the Legal Services Division of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction’s Legal Services. At the Columbus City Prosecutor’s Office, she conducted intake interviews for criminal misdemeanor complaints and mediated conflicts between disputing parties as part of the Prosecutor’s Mediation Program.
