Summary:
The class provides information about offenders incarcerated in state of Missouri prisons with Substance Abuse problems and Mental Health disorders. Dr. Nolin will discuss some basic challenges faced by offenders with co-occurring disorders face within the correctional system and upon release into the community and reference some evolving interventions and initiatives being implemented by MoDOC and partnering agencies. The session will review some mechanisms being implemented in order to improve the continuity of care for the offenders. Finally the session will identify to ways for concerned citizens and human services professionals to partner with the Department of Corrections to foster offender success in the community.
Program Presenter:
Marta Nolin is the Assistant Director of the Division of Offender Rehabilitative Services responsible for Substance Abuse Services. She serves on the state steering team and Department of Corrections’ leadership team for the Missouri Re-entry Process. Her diverse professional background includes working as a mental health clinician for many years in psychiatric and academic settings and six years as a college and university administrator in Massachusetts and Ohio. Marta has a doctorate in Counseling Psychology from University of Missouri- Columbia.
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