NJATSA Upcoming Meeting Schedule
All meetings, unless otherwise noted, will be at the John Stamler Police Academy, Scotch Plains. Click here for directions.
Meetings are from 9:30am to noon. Meetings are free for members and agency members and $5 for non-members.
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December 9, 2011 –Panel Discussion. "Deception Detection." Fred Meyer, MEP., ACP., Jeff Allen, Ph.D. and Doug Martinez, Ph.D., moderated by John Furlong, JD. will discuss methods to detect deception along with validity, reliability, and utility of current methods including voice analysis. (Rescheduled from January) At Scotch Plains Police Academy. Click here for directions.
2012 Dates and Topics
January 6, 2012 - Making the therapist-supervisor collaboration work: What helps, what does not. This presentation will focus on the connection between supervision agents – Probation and Parole officers and treating clinicians. Dr. Steve Haran and Michael Brady will discuss this issue as it relates to sexually abusive juveniles along with Aida Johnson from Juvenile Probation. Dr. Tay Bosley and Capt. Anne McGrath will describe the collaborative arrangements between the State Parole Board and UMDNJ’s community-based treatment program, the CSL/PSL Program. At Scotch Plains Police Academy. Click here for directions.
February 17, 2012 - Investigation and Treatment of Child Pornography Offenders. Featuring Detective Rick Bruccoliere, Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office, Deputy Attorney General Ken Sharpe, and Michael Nover, Ph.D... At Scotch Plains Police Academy. Click here for directions.
April 13, 2012 - FULL-DAY TRAINING - Assessment of Static and Dynamic Risk of Adult Sexual Offenders. Tay Bosley, Psy.D. and Merrill Main, Ph.D. Tay Bosley is the Clinician Administrator of the UMDNJ offender aftercare program. Merrill Main is the Clinical Director of the NJ sexual civil commitment program. Drs. Bosley and Main, will review what the research suggests about both static and dynamic risk factors. Reviewed will be a number of major instruments for quantifying risk including the Static-99R, and the Stable and Acute. Relatively brief overview of administration and scoring will be presented along with common pitfalls and errors. There will be a strong focus on the integration of static and dynamic risk variables along with application of clinical judgment. Click here for registration . At Scotch Plains Police Academy. Click here for directions.
June 1, 2012 - Risk Assessment Issues for Sex Offenders with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities. John Matthew Fabian, Psy.D .,J.D., ABPP. Dr. Fabian is an independent board certified forensic psychologist and fellowship trained clinical neuropsychologist. Dr. Fabian sustains practices in capital litigation, pretrial examination, sexually violent offender evaluations, Internet and child pornography assessments, forensic neuropsychological evaluations, and forensic evaluations for juveniles. Dr. Fabian is also certified with the American Board of Professional Psychology, Board Certified Diplomats in Forensic Psychology and in Clinical Psychology. Dr. Fabian completed fellowship training in clinical neuropsychology at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine Center for Neuropsychological Services and Albuquerque VA. Dr. Fabian is an adjunct professor at Cleveland State University-Department of Psychology. His presentation will cover issues specifically related to the identification and assessment of individuals with neurocognitive developmental and/or intellectual disabilities who have sex offending histories. At Scotch Plains Police Academy. Click here for directions.
Sept 7, 2012 - SORNA Update. Jessica Oppenheim, J.D. will have an update on the status of SORNA in New Jersey. At Scotch Plains Police Academy. Click here for directions.
Oct 26, 2012 - Motivational Interviewing. David Prescott, LICSW. David Prescott has worked in inpatient settings for over 25 years, He has published and presented on many topics, including Motivational Interviewing, throughout North America, Europe, and Australia. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, person-centered form of guiding to elicit and strengthen motivation for change. It focuses on exploring and resolving ambivalence and centers on motivational processes within the individual that facilitate change. The method differs from more “coercive” or externally-driven methods for motivating change as it does not impose change (that may be inconsistent with the person's own values, beliefs or wishes); but rather supports change in a manner congruent with the person's own values and concerns. At Scotch Plains Police Academy. Click here for directions.
Dec 7, 2012 - The Sanctuary Model. Joseph Benamati, MSW, EdD. Even wicked good trauma interventions can’t work if the organization has PTSD. For the last thirty years, the nation’s mental health and social service systems have been under relentless assault, with dramatically rising costs and the fragmentation of service delivery rendering them incapable of ensuring the safety, security and recovery of their clients. Our social service systems become organized around the recurrent stress of trying to do more under greater pressure. Complex interactions among traumatized clients, stressed staff, pressured organizations and a social and economic climate that is often hostile to recovery efforts recreate the very experiences that have proven so toxic to clients in the first place. This workshop, by Dr. Joseph Benamati, Senior Faculty of the Sanctuary Institute, will highlight how the Sanctuary Model of Care has been effective in helping agencies fortify and inoculate themselves and their clients from the vicissitudes of toxic stress and trauma. At Scotch Plains Police Academy. Click here for directions.