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2008 Training Conference
Set for September 3rd and 4th in Orlando
by
J. Grandal
The 2008 Florida Drug
Court Training Conference has been scheduled for
September 3-4, 2008 at the Ritz Carlton at Grande Lakes
in Orlando, Florida. Please mark your calendars!!!!
Additional details will be forthcoming in January,
including a needs assessment to gain your valuable input
on the agenda for the conference.
Please note that the
FADCP will be offering a discounted registration fee for
all members again this year. In addition, you may also
be interested in knowing that a contest will be held to
identify a conference theme. If your theme is chosen,
the FADCP will be offering a free registration to attend
the conference! So get your thinking caps on! You will
be able to provide your suggested them in the needs
assessment to be distributed soon. The FADCP continues
to serve as a valuable resource for drug court
practitioners statewide.
Florida Drug Courts "Live Long and Prosper"
by M. May
On April 26-27, 2007, the Florida Association of Drug Court Professionals, Florida Office of the State Courts Administrator (OSCA), and the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit coordinated Florida’s (7th) state-wide training conference at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando. Our theme: Drug Courts – The Next Generation -- emphasized the future of Florida’s drug court system. In doing so, Florida joins the efforts of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals in taking drug courts to scale. Preceding the conference, a specialized training session was held for Florida’s drug court coordinators.
The conference focused on meaningful educational programs that directly enhance and support the duties and responsibilities of Florida’s drug court teams. National experts like Dr. Timothy Condon, Carolyn Hardin, Dr. Doug Marlowe, Paul Cary, Gloria Cronin, and Dr. Susan Yeres were on hand to cover topics of neuroscience of brain addiction, funding, the 10 key components, sanctions and incentives, drug testing, dependency drug court principles, and juvenile drug court best practices. Our Florida experts presented critical topics identified by drug court teams such as co-occurring disorders, evidence-based treatment practices, and emerging trends in drug abuse. Over 350 drug court professionals attended, our largest conference ever. Florida is targeting October 2008 for the next statewide training forum.
FADCP Meetings - April 26th and June 15th
by M. May
FADCP members held a short luncheon meeting during the statewide conference on April 26th with general business matters discussed. The luncheon meeting’s special honoree was Ms. Gail Holly, who chaired the conference. Ms. Holly has been the drug court coordinator for Tampa, Florida since 1996, and was a founding member of FADCP. Her contributions to Florida’s drug court system over the past decade are too numerous to mention, but have helped to shape our future.
Our annual membership meeting was held in conjunction with NADCP’s conference on June 15th. FADCP’s Vice-Chair, Judge Gisele Pollack, presided. She recognized the new Board of Directors, and discussed initiatives for next year. The number one goal for FADCP will be to secure a dedicated funding stream. Other initiatives include a state-wide drug testing program, expanded educational initiatives, establishing state-wide treatment fidelity and accountability guidelines, and the integration of problem-solving techniques in mainstream justice processing.
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