Webinar - Opioid Addiction Screening and Assessment for People in the Criminal Justice System

This webinar will focus on best practices for screening and assessment of people in the criminal justice system who have opioid addictions. Dr. Roger Peters of the University of South Florida will review available screening and assessment instruments, cover instrument selection, and discuss specific considerations for identifying and assessing people who have opioid addictions. Dr. Peters — along with Jac Charlier and Phillip Barbour of the Center for Health and Justice at Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities — will also explain how supplemental screening and assessment questions about opioid use and drugs of choice may assist in the response to the opioid epidemic.

Speakers

• Roger Peters, PhD, Clinical Psychologist and Professor in the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, University of South Florida;
• Jac Charlier, MPA, National Director for Justice Initiatives, Center for Health and Justice at Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities;
• Phillip Barbour, Master Trainer, Center for Health and Justice at Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities; and
• Allison Upton, Senior Policy Analyst, The Council of State Governments Justice Center.