This webinar covers issues related to trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder in veterans treatment courts, including: (1) the prevalence of trauma in justice-involved veterans, (2) how to recognize some symptoms of PTSD, and (3) co-occurring conditions related to trauma exposure.

Topics: Military Issues, Ptsd, Trauma, Trauma Informed Care, Treatment, Treatment Plans, Treatment Services, Veteran, Veteran Drug Courts, Veterans

The topics in session 2 addressed focus also on issues faced by the families of veterans, including military family dynamics, perspectives regarding the effect of the military culture on drug use, family functioning, and medical treatment and recovery.

Topics: Discharge, Drug, Drug Abuse, Eligibility, Family, Family Involvement and Assessment, Mental, Mental Health, Mental Health Needs, Military Issues, Recovery, Recovery Support, Trauma, Trauma Informed Care, Treatment, Treatment Plans, Treatment Services, Veteran, Veteran Drug Courts, Veterans

This Webinar describes methods to assist attorneys and other members of a treatment team in diverting the client from his or her own symptoms – not only from confinement. It also identifies some risks inherent in the professional’s exposure to a Veteran’s own traumatic experiences.

Topics: Law, Legal, Military Issues, Participants, Questions, Risk, Team, Team Roles and Responsibilities, Trauma, Trauma Informed Care, Treatment, Treatment Plans, Treatment Services, Veteran, Veteran Drug Courts, Veterans

Presented by Andrew Osborne (NDRI), this presentation, the last of this series, discusses a list of suggested references related to young adults in drug courts, with specific articles regarding supervision, treatment, and assessment. Mr. Osborne also briefly describes several evidence based practice… Continue Reading Evidence Based Interventions: Strategies to Engage and Retain Young Adults in Drug Court Programs

Topics: Adolescent, Adolescent Development, Assessment, Brain, Brain Development, Evidence-based Practices, Juvenile, Supervision, Trauma, Trauma Informed Care, Treatment, Treatment Services, Young

This webinar was presented by Karen Johnson, LCSW, from the National Council for Behavioral Health. When the topic of trauma arises, many people initially think of veteran populations. However, traumatic experiences can result from a variety of events throughout a person’s life, including childhood… Continue Reading The Urgency to Address Trauma in our Treatment Courts: What It Means to be Trauma-Informed

Topics: Abuse, Addiction, Addiction Recovery, Administrative, Behavioral Health, Behaviors, Procedures, Process, Program, Screening and Assessment, Trauma, Trauma Informed Care, Treatment, Treatment Services

The Justice Programs Office, a center in the School of Public Affairs, at American University (JPO at AU) is pleased to present the Veterans Treatment Courts: 2015 Survey Results. As part of the services provided by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance’s (BJA) Adult Drug Cour… Continue Reading Veterans Treatment Courts: 2015 Survey Results

Topics: Military Issues, Trauma, Trauma Informed Care, Treatment, Treatment Services, Veteran Drug Courts, Veterans

This document discusses the importance of being trauma informed and provides an overview of trauma care to create a better understanding of trauma and how to approach it.

Topics: Screening and Assessment, Trauma, Trauma Informed Care, Treatment

Material presented by Diana Padilla, Program Manager at the Training Institute of the National Development & Research, and Joseph R. Madonia, former Director of the Brooklyn Treatment Court. This webinar provides a review of the challenges in successful case planning for Hispanic participants an… Continue Reading Hispanics and Latinos in Drug Courts: Cultural Strategies to Enhance and Sustain Recovery

Topics: Cultural Competency, Trauma Informed Care, Treatment

The mission of the Veterans Treatment Court is to have a coordinated community response through collaboration with the veterans’ service delivery system and the criminal justice system.

Topics: Trauma Informed Care, Treatment, Veteran Drug Courts, Veterans

This article assesses the need for trauma informed care when participating in mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Topics: Abuse, Addiction Recovery, Health, Service, Trauma, Trauma Informed Care, Treatment