Calendar of Mental Health Conferences
This page contains a list of conferences related to mental health that may be relevant to the intersection of mental health and the justice system. JCMH is not responsible for these conferences and only provides this information as a courtesy. Please contact the agency hosting the conference directly for further inquiry.
2024 CONFERENCES & TRAININGS
| MONTH | DAY(S) | HOST AGENCY | CONFERENCE TITLE | LOCATION |
| February | 4-6 | Texas School Counselor Association | 19th Annual Professional School Counselor Conference | San Antonio, TX |
| February | 25-28 | State Bar of Texas Juvenile Law Section | 37th Annual Texas Juvenile Law Conference | Galveston, TX |
| March | 3-6 | Correctional Management Institute of Texas | Texas Probation Association 50th Anniversary | Sugar Land, TX |
| March | 17-20 | National Center for Juvenile Justice | 2024 National Conference on Juvenile Justice | Cleveland, OH |
| March | 26-28 | Texas Association of Specialty Courts | 2024 Texas Association of Specialty Courts Annual Training Conference | Fort Worth, TX |
| March | 27-29 | Texas Association of Counties | Spring Judicial Education Session | Lubbock, TX |
| April | 16-19 | Texas Association of Pretrial Services | 2024 TAPS Annual Training Conference and Training Institute | Round Rock, TX |
| April | 18-20 | Texas Crisis Intervention Team Association | 2024 Texas Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Association Conference | South Padre Island, TX |
| April | 19-21 | Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians (TSPP) | TSPP Spring Conference: Cutting Edge Issues in Psychiatry | Austin, TX |
| May | 22-25 | All Rise | RISE24 | Anaheim, CA |
| June | 7-9 | Texas Lawyers’ Assistance Program | Texas Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers 32nd Annual Convention | Dallas, TX |
| June | 17-19 | Texas Council of Community Centers | Annual Texas Council Conference | San Antonio, TX |
| July | 21-23 | Texas Society of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (TSCAP) | TSCAP Annual Convention & Scientific Program | Round Rock, TX |
| September | 4-6 | Texas Rural Association for Court Administration | 25th Annual RACA Education Conference | San Antonio, TX |
| November | 7-8 | Treatment Advocacy Center | 2024 National AOT Symposium & Learning Collaborative | Annapolis, MD |
| November | 20-22 | Judicial Commission on Mental Health | 7th Annual Judicial Summit on Mental Health | Allen, TX |
| December | 2-5 | Correctional Management Institute of Texas | 11th Annual Mental Health Conference | Corpus Christi, TX |
2025 CONFERENCES & TRAININGS
| MONTH | DAY(S) | HOST AGENCY | CONFERENCE TITLE | LOCATION |
| January | 9-10 | Texas Association of Counties | Judicial Forum on Mental Health | Austin, TX |
| March | 16-19 | National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) | 2025 National Conference on Juvenile Justice | Boston, MA |
| March | 24-26 | Texas Association of Specialty Courts | 2025 Texas Association of Specialty Courts Annual Training Conference | Corpus Christi, TX |
| March | 26-28 | Texas Association of Counties | Spring Judicial Education Session | Lubbock, TX |
| March | 27-28 | Treatment Advocacy Center | 2025 National AOT Symposium and Learning Collaborative | TBD |
| May | 13-16 | Texas Association of Pretrial Services | 2025 TAPS Annual Training Conference and Training Institute | Montgomery, TX |
| May | 28-31 | All Rise | RISE25 | Kissimmee, FL |
| June | 25-27 | Texas Council of Community Centers | Annual Texas Council Conference | Dallas, TX |
| September | 7-10 | National Association of State Judicial Educators (NASJE) | 50th Annual NASJE Conference | Philadelphia, PA |
| October | 7-8 | Judicial Commission on Mental Health | 8th Annual Judicial Summit on Mental Health | Houston, TX |
| October | 30- Nov. 2 | American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law | 56th Annual Meeting | Boston, MA |
Know of a conference that should be added?
Email jcmh@txcourts.gov with the subject line "Add to Mental Health Conferences calendar" and include in the body the conference name and web link.
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