tadcp newsletter october 2013

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nside This Issue

ume 3, Issue 3

ptember 2013A Publication by

2013 Officers

and Directorsennessee Association of

rug Court Professionals

ADCP 9th Annual

ug Conference 2

ne Years Plus One

uals Ten 3

organ County

esidential Recovery

ourt Opens 3

e Presidents

orner 3

illiamson County

UI Court Celebrates

aduation 4

embership

pplication 4

President

Mary Schneider

Vice President

Tracye Bryant

Treasurer

Brad Price

Secretary

Rick Taylor

West Tennessee DirectorAngela Parkerson

Middle Tennessee Director

Mike Lewis

East Tennessee Director

Judge Charles Cerny

At Large Directors

Ron Hanaver

Kevin Batts

Jill Barrett

The Madison area experienced catastrophic

flooding on August 8th, due to seven inches of

rain falling in just over 2 hours. This downpour

caused the rivers

and creeks in

the area to rise

quickly and

flood the sur-

rounding homes.

A mens homeat Recovery

Community,

Inc., a service

provider for

Division X

Treatment court

in Davidson County was caught in the midst of

the current. Waist high water filled the house as

clothes, shoes and personal items floated down

the street while the residents were escaping with

the few things they

could save. Eight res-

idents were displaced

that day, but each one

of them remained

hopeful and came

together to immedi-

ately get into the

solution.

Lyn Noland, direc-

tor of the program

called a landlord

down the street whohad promised a house to her that would be

ready in early October due to the fact that it

needed to be com-

pletely remodeled.

Well, with displaced

clients, October was-

nt quick enough.

She got the key, and

with the help of a

few of her clients,

the remodeling start-ed that day.

Presiding Drug

Court Judge, Casey

Moreland came to the rescue. He coordinate

Drug Court Community Service Project the

Saturday and Wednesday. Over 80 Drug Co

Clients took

shifts to dryw

paint, reinforc

floors and cle

up the proper

Nancy Derric

Drug CourtCoordinator f

Division X w

busy bringing

donations and

donuts and ke

everyone on t

toes! Recovery Community staff and reside

were overwhelmed at the outpouring of love

and support by the Drug Court Team and the

hard work of all the clients.

Thanks to Judge

Moreland and his

staff, the residents are

comfortable in their

new home and are

able to continue their

journey of recovery.

When the disaster

struck, Noland

offered to find other

placement for her

guys, as she knew this

could be seen as ahuge stumbling block in early recovery. The

would have to sleep on couches, and double

in rooms for a few weeks. They all refused,

saying, "We dont mind. We all needed a pl

to stay clean, and you helped us with that, no

we can be here to help you". And that, folk

is what recovery is all about!

FLOOD STRIKES MADISON7 INCHES OF RAIN FALLS IN JUST OVER 2 HOURS

Over 80 Drug Court clients

took shifts to drywall, paintreinforce floors and clean up

the property.


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TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF DRUG COURT PROFESSIONALS

9TH ANNUALDRUG CONFERENCEEN:

mber 11 13, 2013

ERE:

Embassy Suites & Conference Center,reesboro, Tennessee 615-890-4464,

p Code DCP. Rooms are limited!

ISTRATION:

.tadcpconference9.ezregister.com (can

be accessed on the TADCP website,

.tadcptn.org).

the weather turns chilly, things will be warming

he Tennessee Association of Drug Court

sionals 9th Annual Drug Court Conference. Set

held once again at the Embassy Suites and

rence Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, there

e a fantastic line up of national speakers present-

evant and current information to aid recoveryteams. Heres a brief introduction to the speak-

ers who will be featured:

Dan Griffin, President

of Dan Griffin

Enterprises, Inc., was a

smash hit at the confer-

ence last year. His

insightful, humorous,

and relevant presenta-

tions made him a confer-

ence favorite. This year,

Dan is back! He will be

presenting on the trau-

ma-focused work of

Stephanie Covington in

our general sessions and again at a breakout

ng specifically on mens treatment.

ou want more information about Dan and the

he is doing, check out his website at www.dan-

.com. You can also check out more of

gtons work at

www.stephaniecovington.com/.

Because of the feedback

we received last year, par-

ticularly from our treatment

folks, Dan will be joined

by a co-presenter during

the general session to talk

about trauma-informedcare. Shes our mystery

speaker at this point, but as

soon as we have a solid

mation well announce her! In addition to the

al session with Dan, she will also do a womens

ic treatment breakout.

ck for a second round

l is Dr. Merrill

n, the pharmacist and

sor from the

rsity of Georgia that

ned our brain on

in a way that delight-

well as educated.

knew we could all sit

sten to a detailed

nation of brain chem-

without falling

? Your evaluations

asked us to bring him back with more time, so we did

just that. Dr. Norton will do a workshop for us on

Friday that will expand on the presentation he did last

year, focusing on trauma. He is the final and sole pre-

senter for Friday, so dont worry; you dont have towonder what youll miss by attending his workshop!

You can find more about Dr. Norton here

http://cap.rx.uga.edu/index.php/people/faculty/norton/

Theres more!

Honorable Peggy Hora

(retired), a Senior

Judicial Fellow with

the National Drug

Court Institute and a

Judicial Outreach

Liaison with the

National Highway

Traffic Safety

Administration, will be

back with us this year

to provide our recovery

court judges with

updates in case law, research, and other points of vital

interest. Some of you may remember Judge Horas

tenacious spirit and candor from the workshop she

presented in 2010, here at the Embassy Suites. Based

on your evaluations, she was well received and provid-

ed great information, so we are happy to have her

back.

Even though she is retired, Judge Hora has stayed

very busy. You can see what she has been doing on

her website http://www.judgehora.com/.

The Coordinators had the opportunity to meet this

breath of fresh air at their training at Paris LandingState Park in May. Honorable Peggy Davis, a circuit

court judge from the 31st Judicial District in Missouri,

will do two presentations at the conference. She will

discuss an overview of the latest research and imple-

mentation on providing different tracks to drug court

participants with different needs, and then a separate

breakout geared toward our judges on how to imple-

ment these different

tracks for the program.

The Coordinators

received some of this

information at their Maytraining, and asked

TADCP to have her

come share with every-

one else at the confer-

ence this year. Judge

Davis is excited to come

back to Tennessee in

December, and we are

happy to have her!

If you attended the NADCP conference in

Baltimore this year, you may have seen her. You

see a brief biography on Judge Davis at

http://www.mobar.org/conferences/sasf/2012/comm

peggydavis.htm.

It is possible to have both Judges Hora and Da

present at our conference because of funding from

National Drug Court Institute. The National Drug

Court Institute, which is the training and technica

assistance arm of the National Association of Dru

Court Professionals, receives these funds from the

Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistan

Please be sure to thank our partners at NADCP an

NDCI for their continued work and support on be

of specialty courts in Tennessee and across the co

(www.nadcp.org).

It might be hard to believe that theres even mo

great stuff to see and hear at the conference this y

but believe it! TADCP has a great line up of loca

speakers too! Experts from the state and local agcies will be there to talk about whats relevant to

recovery courts now. Youll also see and hear fro

great mix of sponsors this year, with several new

sponsors for you to learn about and with which to

nect. Check out the schedule, and register today!


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TADCP MEMBERS

ENJOY..

BYMARYSCHNEIDE

CONTINUINGEDUCATIONOPPORTUNIT(NAADAC ANDCLE)

ANNUALTADCP CONFERENCE

QUARTERLYNEWSLETTER

REPRESENTATION THROUGH THETADCP LEGISLATIVECOMMITTEE

FREE ANDDISCOUNTEDTRAININGOPPORTUNIT

On July 3rd I had foot surgery for a torn tendon on

top of my foot. Little did I know what I was getting i

I thought I would be back to work by July 30th, but a

write this on September 5th, I still havent returned to

work. Oh, I have answered email and phone calls. I

even snuck into the office on a couple of Saturdays to

complete some required reports. But lots of stuff has

gotten done, or has just been put off until later.

I have utilized Skype to actually interview and hire

new employee. I have also used it to do supervision w

an intern we have. Technology is a great thing and I

cant imagine how this extended time off would have

gone had I not had these tools. Also, I have a very co

petent staff who was able to continue with their every

work lives without a lot of input from me.

The Board of Directors of TADCP is also putting tnology to work. We are now subscribing to ZOOM,

which is a video conferencing service. This has allow

us to have a meeting every other month without every

travelling from the ends of the state. One of our com

tees has met through ZOOM as well, which was a hug

time saver for those involved. This has saved us hun-

dreds of dollars in mileage to the board members as w

as travel time. We hope that this will encourage other

members to be on the board since it is so much easier

communicate and meet now. We will still meet in per

once or twice a year, but we will also see each other a

the TADCP Conference and the Coordinators Confere

We are saying goodbye to Marianne Schroer.

Marianne was the Coordinator for the 21st Judicial Dr

Court. She has left to become the Director of CASA

(Court Appointed Special Advocate). Marianne has b

very helpful on the Board and was instrumental in ma

ing our last Day On The Hill such a success. We will

miss her input and wish her well in her new position.

the time you read this, we hope to have a new person

replace her on the board.

Finally, the TADCP Conference is getting nearer.

Marie Crosson has worked very hard to bring us some

top quality speakers. It has been a team effort with lo

of input from the board and DMHSAS. Please read h

article about the conference in this newsletter. We ar

hoping you will peruse our new website when you go

there to register for the conference. It is still evolving

but we think it has a lot of features that you, as a mem

of TADCP, will enjoy.

Reg

Mary Schneider, LAP

THEPRESIDENT

CORNEs hard to believe that the first drug court

rence, which was really a small training,

held over nine years ago. That first train-

which had less than 100 in attendance,

n no small part due to the individuals

spent countless hours of time and effort to

e the bill for drug courts that became law

03. While Tennessee had strong drug

s already in existence, the drug court leg-

on was a major leap in our legitimacy and

ring acknowledgment by people in posi-

of power of our existence. Among many

things, that legislation also provided

ng for drug court training.

ch is the nature of your growth. Within a

hort years, the annual drug court training

from a good-sized, single-day workshop

all out multi-day conference we have. More drug courts were created, and

people needed training. Drug courts

oved collaboration, and more people need-

aining. Drug courts are now mature

gh to experience turnover on the team and

staff, so more people need training. It is a

ment to the effectiveness of leadership; the

roots leadership that has defined the spe-

court movement across the country, and

nly in Tennessee.

is brief history lesson is intended to share

ery important message; the drug court

rence is YOUR conference. The individ-

who serve as TADCP board members do

your service, and they volunteer each

to make YOUR conference the best it can

be. They listen to feedback during the confer-

ence, read what is written on the evaluations,

and review information from other confer-

ences, especially the national conference. The

most valuable thing you can do to let them

know what you want at YOUR conference is

to call, email, or better yet, fill out the evalua-

tions at the conference. They do read them! If

you have completed an evaluation in the past

and your suggestion was not implemented, its

most likely because it requires additional fund-

ing, is not an option at the hotel venue, or

because more individuals disagreed with you

than agreed. An example of the importance of

feedback is the recent survey TADCP conduct-

ed asking TADCP members about interest in

either moving the annual conference to a sum-

mer month (July or August) or leaving it inDecember. Out of 45 respondents, 40% want

to move the conference to the summer, while

60% want to leave it in December. YOUR

opinion counts. Please share it!

Because we skipped a year of conferencing

in 2011, you may not realize that this year is

really the 10th Anniversary not only of the

existence of the drug court conference but of

the Drug Court Legislation. Let that fact sink

in for a minute. Coming together in December

will be a chance to recognize the importance

of 10 years. The graduate parade scheduled

for the opening ceremony will be a great

opportunity for us all to celebrate how far

weve come. Truly, it is far.

NINEYEARSPLUSONEEQUALSTENBYMARIECROSSON

July 31, 2013, Governor Bill Haslam cut

bbon at the Morgan County Residential

very Court. The statewide100 bed male

ential court is located in the annex adja-

o the Morgan County Correctional facili-

his residential recovery court program

s nonviolent male felony offenders who

n need of more intensive treatment servic-

help them succeed in their recovery jour-

Presently, nine certified drug courts

s the state are making referrals to

an County Residential Recovery

t .The referring courts are sending

cipants from their programs that are at

f being violated and entering into the

prison system. Once the participantes programming at MCRRC they will

tion back to their home court to fin-

ut their final phases. Morgan County

Residential Recovery Court is a collaborative

project between the Tennessee Department of

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

and the Tennessee Department of Corrections.

Both departments are committed to enhancing

positive partnerships among the recovery

courts, public agencies, and community-based

organizations to continue to generate support

and enhance the positive impact of recovery

court programs across the state.

ORGANCOUNTYRESIDENTIALRECOVERYCOURTHASLAMCUTSRIBBONAT100 BEDFACILITY


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