Phoenix Forensic Mental Health Forum

November 2, 2009

8:30am -- 12:30pm
at
The Chapel of the Arizona State Hospital
2500 East Van Buren Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85008

Sponsored by: The Office of Forensic Social Work at the Arizona State University and
The Forensic Social Work Team at the Arizona State Hospital
Supported by: The Arizona Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

The goal of this forum is to stimulate discussion among mental health, legal, probation, parole, and other professionals and providers with interests in improving the quality of care and treatment of forensic patients returning to the community from the Arizona State Hospital.  Students from Criminology and Criminal Justice, Law, Nursing, and Social Work are also welcome to attend. The forensic social work staff at the Arizona State Hospital has developed and implemented a number of practices for treating specific forensic concerns that will be examined and discussed during this forum.  

This forum will consists of three sessions and  Continuing Education Units  (CEUs) for free to social work professionals.  The three credited sessions are: 

                             Session 1: AWARE: The Forensic Social Work Team's Prosocial Intervention.
                             Session 2:  Restoration to Competency practices and principles.
                             Session 3: Reentry procedures and practices for forensic patients

Registration for this conference is full.

If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact Dr. Jose B. Ashford at         jose.ashford@asu.edu  or Laura Kandel, LCSW-C at KANDELL@azdhs.gov