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Prevention Practitioners Network retweeted
Thank you @michaelcrow for the CA center venue so we can continue to fight hate, prevent violence using the nationwide network we created @McCainInstitute
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That concludes our final panel! We will now hear some closing remarks from Brette Steele before wrapping for the day. Thank you so much for staying with us through the day and engaging in incredible and nuanced discussions on the reporting process and referral channels! #PPN23
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“Everyone wants to tell if it’s going to save a life. No one wants to tell if it’s going to break confidentiality. How do we navigate that gray area?” -  @heellis, Director @BostonChildrens, on challenges in navigating HIPPA for high risk cases #PPN23
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“We could help a great deal by bringing recovery into acute and sub-acute settings” - Mark Gale, Criminal Justice Chair @NAMIGLAC, on needed shifts in the healthcare system  #PPN23
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Prevention Practitioners Network retweeted
"We’ve got to make waves and we’ve got to be loud, but we need more voices than moms and dads" – Mark Gale from @NAMICommunicate discussing needed changes in the health care system.
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“I have found overwhelmingly that parents and family members want their loved ones to get into treatment faster and they want them to stay longer” - @amybarnhorst, Vice Chair for Community Mental Health @UCDavisMedCntr #PPN23
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“We need everybody in the system, especially clinicians and doctors, to really bring truth to what’s going on” - Mark Gale, Criminal Justice Chair @NAMIGLAC, on gaps in the healthcare system #PPN23
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Get ready for the last panel of the day! We will be hearing from @heellis, Director @BostonChildrens; @amybarnhorst, Vice Chair for Community Mental Health @UCDavisMedCntr; and Mark Gale, Criminal Justice Chair @NAMIGLAC on voluntariness, incentives, and compulsion. #PPN23
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“Our community partners hold us accountable every day for making our systems better…investing in community to lead those solutions is a hallmark of what we all need to do” - @kelnfischer, Deputy Director of Violence Prevention @lapublichealth #PPN23
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“It’s an acknowledgement, it’s an understanding, but it’s also a path forward. Ultimately, our job is to make communities safe" - @LAPDETingirides, Deputy Chief of @lapdcsp, on the role of truth and reconciliation in the CSPB model #PPN23
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Prevention Practitioners Network retweeted
"You have to do things differently … getting the officer to understand that the community is who we serve, and in order to improve that community we have to uplift that voice." - @LAPDETingirides on LAPD Community Safety Partnerships at the @PrevPracNetwork
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“We created a community-based evaluation in which the questions aren’t about numbers of arrests, they’re about trust building and engagement efforts” - @LAPDETingirides, Deputy Chief of @lapdcsp, on metrics for measuring community safety partnerships #PPN23
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“They understand our language and we understand theirs” - @LAPDETingirides, Deputy Chief at @lapdcsp on how their policing model creates community connection and relationship building #PPN23
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“We want to develop and reinforce a safety net around both the student and their family” -  Dr. Maria Martinez, Mental Health Clinic Supervisor @LACDMH on the STAR model #PPN23
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It’s time for another panel! We are joined by @AbornforDA, President of @PreventCrimeNY; Dr. Maria Luz Martinez, Mental Health Clinic Supervisor @LACDMH; @LAPDETingirides, Deputy Chief of @lapdcsp; and @kelnfischer, Deputy Director @lapublichealth. #PPN23
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That concludes our tabletop discussion! We will now take a brief break and be back at 3:15pm PT for another exciting panel. Stay tuned! #PPN23
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We hope you enjoyed the previous discussion! We will now be doing a tabletop exercise facilitated by Dr. Rachel Nielsen, a therapist @NicolettiFlater. Follow along for more highlights as we continue this day of rewarding dialogue! #PPN23
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Prevention Practitioners Network retweeted
Thank you @brettems, Jim McDonnell, Dr. Russell Palarea, and @Safety_Stu for teaching us how to close the gaps in helping those in crisis. We’ll pick back up at 1:30pm PT for a tabletop exercise with Dr. Rachel Nielsen. #PPN23 asu.zoom.us/j/88026917953?fr…
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That concludes our panel on addressing systemic gaps in helping those in crisis! Thank you so much for following along, and stay tuned for more after a brief lunch break! #PPN23
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