Massachusetts Center of Excellence for Specialty Courts

Opioid Overdose Rescue
2024-03-19 09:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | https://macoe.org/event/opioid-overdose-rescue/
The participants will explore strategies to address the risks of overdose. The scenario-based training provides opportunities for discussion and practice and how to move towards behavior change.
Event Location: This training is hosted and offered in partnership with MA Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services, Health Resources in Action (HRiA) & AdCare Educational Institute, Inc.
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Opioid Overdose Rescue and Prevention
2024-03-15 09:30 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | https://macoe.org/event/opioid-overdose-rescue-and-prevention/
In the overdose rescue portion of this training, participants will learn about opioids and risk factors for overdose. They will then explore strategies for rescues and practice strategies through scenarios. In the overdose prevention portion, participants will explore strategies to address the risks of overdose with a harm reduction approach. The scenario-based training provides opportunities for discussion and practice about issues of safety, motivational interviewing, and moving toward behavior change.
Event location: This training is hosted and funded by the Department of Public Heath’s Office of Problem Gambling Services
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Virtual Panel Training, Understanding Commercial Sexual Exploitation & Meeting the Needs of People Who Experience Exploitation
2024-03-11 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | https://macoe.org/event/virtual-panel-training-understanding-commercial-sexual-exploitation-meeting-the-needs-of-people-who-experience-exploitation/
Virtual Panel Training
March 11, 2024, | 1:00-3:00 pm ET
The three presenters will explore Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSE) from three distinct vantage points. They will talk for thirty minutes each and after the presentations, CoE will facilitate a panel discussion involving the speakers and training participants.
Presentation 1: Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: Understanding the Problem and
Improving Our Responses, presented by Amy Farrell
This training will discuss commercial sexual exploitation of children in Massachusetts and nationally. The key elements of the training will outline what is known about the factors that predict vulnerability to commercial sexual exploitation among children, and under-recognized and vulnerable populations. Also, the training will explore barriers to identification and challenges of trauma-informed responses.
Presentation 2: Addressing the Realities of Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Justice Involvement in Boston Municipal Courts, presented by Katie Bryce
This training will provide an overview of the Dee Kennedy Project, an initiative of the Massachusetts Trial Court. This initiative is a specialized court-based program to address the needs of justice involved adults who are victim-survivors of commercial sexual exploitation. The training will identify successes, struggles, and barriers encountered when starting and implementing a specialized court program for such a stigmatized population.
Presentation 3: Lessons from Boston HEAT: Outreach for Women at the Intersection of Substance Use Disorder and Commercial Sexual Exploitation, presented by Abigail M. Judge
This training will focus on Lessons from the Boston Human Exploitation and Trafficking (HEAT) program through Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). This initiative supports women at the intersection of substance use disorder and ongoing Commercial Sexual Exploitation through specialized outreach spaces where women already are: on the street; in the house of correction, and partnering hospitals. This training will illustrate the radical shifts in practice needed to engage and support the CSE population, including cross-sector collaboration, low-threshold service locations, and clinical-peer leadership.
Facilitators

Amy Farrell, Ph.D., Co-Director of the Violence and Justice Research Lab and Director and Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University
Katie Bryce, Project Coordinator, Dee Kennedy Project, Executive Office of the Massachusetts Trial Court
Abigail M. Judge, Ph.D. Founder and Co-Director, Boston Human Exploitation and Trafficking (HEAT) at Massachusetts General Hospital and Instructor, Harvard Medical School.

Event Location
This training is hosted by the Massachusetts Center of Excellence for Specialty Courts. Register at the button below.
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Audience
This training is for members of the Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court, Massachusetts Probation Service, Massachusetts Office of Community Corrections, professionals working with Massachusetts Specialty Courts and related programs, and those professionals whose work intersects with the criminal-legal system.

Strength at Home: Trauma-Informed Intervention for Those Who Use Intimate Partner Violence
2024-01-29 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | https://macoe.org/event/strength-at-home-trauma-informed-intervention-for-those-who-use-intimate-partner-violence/
On January 29, 2024 from 1-2 PM, Dr. Casey Taft presents a training focused on the role of trauma and negative life events and intimate partner violence in relationships. This training includes a review of important models for understanding violence and its impacts and an exploration of factors that can increase the risk of violence. Strength at Home will be discussed as an intervention that uses a trauma-informed approach to work with people who use violence.

To register for the training, click here.
To learn more about your trainer, you can visit Strength at Home.

Naloxone and Buprenorphine Overview: An Update
2023-04-11 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | https://macoe.org/event/naloxone-and-buprenorphine-overview-an-update/
Since 2002, almost 138 million prescriptions have been dispensed for buprenorphine and naloxone combination products. During this training, we will discuss how buprenorphine/naloxone works, its efficacy in managing symptoms of an opioid use disorder, treatment protocols, and dosages, and ways of adjusting and terminating treatment as clinically appropriate.
We will also address a highly effective and widely used approach for reducing overdoses and mortality in individuals who use opioids (i.e., Narcan and similar products). We will discuss how to recognize the signs of an opioid overdose, where to obtain nasal naloxone products, recent guidelines for use, and the best guidance for managing individuals after they received naloxone.
Facilitator
Joseph Sawicki Jr., RPh., PharmD, is a pharmacist working with the Massachusetts Center of Excellence (CoE) for Specialty Courts and UMass Chan Medical School. In his current role, he works as a Consultant Pharmacist for select Massachusetts Drug/Recovery Courts and on a Commonwealth Medicine Parole Project funded by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security. Joe brings more than 30 years of pharmacy experience to these roles. Prior to joining the CoE and UMass Chan, Joe spent 14 years working in a hospital setting specializing in pain management and substance use disorders, culminating in the creation of an opioid stewardship program to align with credentialing body standards (JCAHO). His certifications include Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery, Pain Management Specialty Pharmacist, and Substances of Abuse Specialty Pharmacist, and he is a Member of the Worcester Opioid Task Force since 2015. His expertise is utilized at clinical conferences and in developing numerous policies and protocols around best practices for treating patients with pain and substance use disorders. His passion lies in providing education, support, and training around medication management to legal professionals, researchers, and clinicians.
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Event Location
This webinar is hosted by the Massachusetts Center of Excellence for Specialty Courts.
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Audience
This webinar is for members of the Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court, Massachusetts Probation Service, Massachusetts Office of Community Corrections and Community Justice Support Centers, and those professionals working with Massachusetts Specialty Courts and related programs.

Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder
2023-03-06 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | https://macoe.org/event/medications-for-alcohol-use-disorder/
In the United States, nearly 15 million people ages 12 years and older experience alcohol use disorder (AUD), yet less than 10% of people with an AUD receive any form of treatment (National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2019). This training, Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder, will discuss the prevalence and severity of AUD in the United States, review Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome and Delirium Tremens (DT), and provide training participants with critical information on FDA-approved medications to treat AUD.
Facilitator
Joseph Sawicki Jr., RPh., PharmD, is a pharmacist working with the Massachusetts Center of Excellence (CoE) for Specialty Courts and UMass Chan Medical School. In his current role, he works as a Consultant Pharmacist for select Massachusetts Drug/Recovery Courts and on a Commonwealth Medicine Parole Project funded by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security. Joe brings more than 30 years of pharmacy experience to these roles. Prior to joining the CoE and UMass Chan, Joe spent 14 years working in a hospital setting specializing in pain management and substance use disorders, culminating in the creation of an opioid stewardship program to align with credentialing body standards (JCAHO). His certifications include Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery, Pain Management Specialty Pharmacist, Substances of Abuse Specialty Pharmacist, and he is a Member of the Worcester Opioid Task Force since 2015. His expertise is utilized at clinical conferences and developing numerous policies and protocols around best practices for treating patients with pain and substance use disorders. His passion is lies in providing education, support, and training around medication management to legal professionals, researchers, and clinicians.
Jo************@******ed.edu
Event Location
This webinar is hosted by the Massachusetts Center of Excellence for Specialty Courts.
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Audience
This webinar is for members of the Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court, Massachusetts Probation Service, Massachusetts Office of Community Corrections and Community Justice Support Centers, and those professionals working with Massachusetts Specialty Courts and related programs.
