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SAVE THE DATE!
Advance Notice For The 4th Annual Statewide Conference on Serving Offenders with
Cognitive Impairments in the Community!
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Sheraton Anchorage Hotel
Anchorage, Alaska
8am-5pm
Come and fill your toolkit with techniques and strategies you can use when working with offenders with cognitive impairments!
NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED SPEAKERS!
- Two separate tracks provided for community providers and corrections/justice systems
- Catered work lunch provided
- Travel support available for rural participants
- Registration scholarships provided for DOJ, DOC, Mental Health Court staff, and other Disability Justice Initiative providers
This announcement is only a SAVE THE DATE advance notice.
More information to follow.
If you have any questions, please contact Christine King at 907-264-6241 (direct), 1-800-243-2199 ext 241 (toll-free outside of Anchorage), or by email at anckk@uaa.alaska.edu.
This event is sponsored by grant funds provided by the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority in partnership with the Center for Human Development/UAA to help increase the capacity for communities to serve Trust Beneficiaries who are Offenders to reduce recidivism and promote safe and healthy Alaskan communities.
FY 08:
The 3rd annual conference "Working with Cognitively Impaired Offenders: Effective Techniques and Tools” was held in Anchorage on April 2nd and 3rd, followed by a Steregic Planning Session on April 4th, 2008. There were two nationally recognized practicing presenters Gerry Blasingame, and Daniel J. Tomasulo.
Sponsored by the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority in partnership with the Center for Human Development to increase treatment capacity for offenders with cognitive impairments.
FY 07:
The two day conference, “Adapting Your Community Services to Support the Cognitively Impaired Offender,” was held May 2007 in Anchorage. There were three national speakers Dr. Ed Mikkelsen, Dr. Robin LeDue and Dr. Peter Johnson
