JCMH Speaking Engagements
Past Speaking Engagements
July 14, 2026
- Justice Court Training Center
- Emergency Detentions
- Speakers: Kama Harris
June 30, 2026
- Regional Public Defenders for Capital Cases Summer Training Conference
- Speakers: Kama Harris
June 11, 2026
- Texas Council Conference Emergency Detention Round Table
- Emergency Detention
- Speakers: Kristi Taylor and Kama Harris
May 11, 2026
- Texas Municipal Courts Education Center
- JCMH Resources
- Speakers: Kama Harris
April 23, 2026
- Health & Human Services
- Court Pathways for Individuals with Mental Illness
- Speakers: Kama Harris
April 15, 2026
- Texas Health and Human Services Commission - Joint Committee on Access and Forensic Services
- "Mental Health Data Across the Court System"
- Speakers: Kristi Taylor
April 14, 2026
- Texas Hospital Association
- “Relevant Legislative Changes 2019-2025" & “It Takes a Village – Behavioral Health Frontline Response Conversation”
- Speakers: Kristi Taylor
April 1, 2026
- Texas Tech University Sciences Center - El Paso
- Texas Civil Commitment and Assisted Outpatient Treatment
- Speakers: Daniela Jimenez Chisholm
March 26, 2026
- Texas Association of Pretrial Services
- Mental Health Laws Every Pretrial Officer Should Know
- Speakers: Kama Harris
March 24, 2026
- Texas Association of Specialty Courts
- Integrating Psychiatry Trainees into the Court System
- Speakers: Daniela Jimenez Chisholm
February 25, 2026
- Texas Institute of Excellence in Mental Health
- Court Liaison Pilot Program & Intercept 3 Housing Focus
- Speakers: Daniela Jimenez Chisholm
February 18, 2026
- Texas A&M Pre-Law Society
- JCMH Overview and Introduction to Mental Health Law
- Speakers: Daniela Jimenez Chisholm and Michael Garcia
January 23, 2026
- Travis County
- Mental Health Magistration
- Speakers: Kristi Taylor and Kama Harris
January 22, 2026
- Policy Research Associates, Inc.
- Rural SIM Mapping
- Speakers: Kristi Taylor
January 21, 2026
- University of Houston Law Center - Prof. Melinda Brents
- Mental Health Law Introduction
- Speakers: Kristi Taylor
November 15, 2025
- Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, Pi Omicron Chapter at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Nursing, Scholarship Day Conference 2025; Edinburg, TX
- Legal Walkthrough of Emergency Detention Legislative
- Speakers: Kama Harris and Daniela Jimenez Chisolm
November 13, 2025
- South Texas Justice of the Peace & Constables Association, 32nd Annual Educational Conference; South Padre Island, TX
- Emergency Detention Legislative Updates
- Speakers: Kama Harris and Daniela Jimenez Chisolm
October 23, 2025
- Texas Indigent Defense Commission, 2025 Workshop; Austin, TX
- Addressing Defendants with Mental Illness and Intellectual Disabilities
- Speaker: Kama Harris
September 23, 2025
- Texas Hospital Association, Annual Conference; San Antonio, TX
- Emergency Detention Order Updates
- Speaker: Kama Harris
September 11, 2025
- Correctional Management Institute of Texas, 2025 Jail Management Issues Conference; Galveston, TX
- Jail Based Competency Restoration
- Speaker: Kristi Taylor
September 10, 2025
- National Association of State Judicial Educators 2025 Conference; Philadelphia, PA
- Going Past the PowerPoint - Using Multimedia Tools to Tell a Story
- Speaker: Rose McBride
August 15, 2025
- Texas Association of Counties Judicial Forum on Mental Health; Austin, TX
- Legislative Priorities to Address Mental Health in Texas Counties
- Speaker: Kristi Taylor
August 12, 2025
- NAMI El Paso Training; El Paso, TX
- EDO and Civil Commitment
- Speaker: Daniela Chisolm
August 5-6, 2025
- Metrocare Services Training; Dallas, TX
- AOT Overview
- Speaker: Daniela Chisolm
July 1, 2025
- 16.22 Refresher Training; Georgetown, TX
- CCP 16.22 - Williamson County, Texas
- Speaker: Kama Harris
June 26, 2025
- 2025 Texas Council Conference; Dallas, TX
- Collaborative Care in Forensic Psychiatry
- Speakers: Kristi Taylor and Daniela Chisolm
June 11, 2025
- Competency Restoration, Assisted Outpatient Treatment Workshop; San Marcos, TX
- Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT)
- Speakers: Kristi Taylor and Daniela Chisolm
May 15, 2025
- Texas Association of Pretrial Services Annual Conference; Montgomery, TX
- Improve Mental Health Outcomes in Your Community
- Speakers: Kama Harris and Andy Perkins
April 30, 2025
- Mental Health & 46B, The Center for American and International Law; Plano, TX
- Civil Commitments
- Speaker: Kama Harris
March 28, 2025
- Texas Association of Counties Spring Judicial Seminar; Lubbock, TX
- The Intersection of Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
- Speaker: Molly Davis
March 28, 2025
- Treatment Advocacy Center's 2025 National AOT Symposium and Learning Collaborative; Annapolis, MD
- Collaborative Care in AOT & Psychiatry
- Speaker: Kristi Taylor
January 24, 2025
- Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities Quarterly Meeting; Virtual
- JCMH Legislative Proposals
- Speaker: Kristi Taylor
December 16, 2024
- Executive Women in Texas Government 38th Annual Professional Development Conference; Austin, TX
- Telling Your Agency's Story
- Speaker: Molly Davis & Rose McBride
November 21, 2024
- JCMH 7th Annual Judicial Summit on Mental Health; Allen, TX
- Navigating MH and IDD in Juvenile Court
- Speaker: Molly Davis
November 1, 2024
- Williamson County Bar Association
- Complexities in Texas Competency Restoration Law
- Speaker: Kama Harris
October 26, 2024
- American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law’s 55th Annual Meeting; Vancouver, British Columbia
- Collaborative Care in Forensic Psychiatry: A Proposal for the Innovative Collaboration Between Academic Psychiatry and the Local Justice System
- Speaker: Kristi Taylor
October 10, 2024
- The Texas Coalition for Healthy Minds & the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health inaugural Behavioral Health Policy Summit
- Behavioral Health Policy in the 89th Texas Legislature
- Speaker: Kristi Taylor
September 19, 2024
- Williamson County Inns of Court
- Complexities in Texas Competency Restoration Law
- Speaker: Kama Harris
September 9, 2024
- Texas Association of Specialty Courts Board
- Assisted Outpatient Treatment Court
- Speaker: Kristi Taylor
September 5, 2024
- 25th Annual Texas Rural Association for Court Administration Education Conference; San Antonio, TX
- Mental Health in the Criminal Justice System
- Speaker: Kristi Taylor
January - August, 2024
- Texas Municipal Courts Education Center (TMCEC) Regional Conferences
- Mental Health First Aid
- Speaker: Kama Harris & Andy Perkins
August 29, 2024
- Texas Association of Counties 2024 Legislative Conference; Austin, TX
- Blueprint for Progress: Setting County Priorities for Texas' Behavioral Health System
- Speaker: Kristi Taylor
August 27, 2024
- Mental Health Law Class at the University of Houston
School of Law- Speaker: Kristi Taylor
August 23, 2024
- Pathways to Hope Conference; San Antonio, TX
-
16.22 – The Mental Health Law Everyone Should Know About
- Speaker: Kristi Taylor
July 9, 2024
- Mental Health Issues & Article 46b for Defense Counsel training by the Center for American and International Law; Plano, TX
- Not Competent, Not Restorable, What's Next?
- Speaker: Kama Harris
June 26, 2024
- Texas HHSC Office of the Forensic Director
- Competency Restoration Resources
- Speaker: Molly Davis
June 14, 2024
- Travis County Juvenile Probation Department; Austin, TX
- Mental Health for Juvenile Probation Officers
- Speaker: Molly Davis
June 10, 2024
- TMCEC Juvenile Case Managers Conference; Austin, TX
- Mental Health in Municipal Courts
- Speaker: Andy Perkins
May 30, 2024
- TMCEC Prosecutors Seminar; Houston, TX
- Mental Health in Municipal Courts
- Speaker: Molly Davis
April 19, 2024
- National Rural Justice Collaborative; virtual
- Rural Strategies in Mental Health Law
- Speaker: Kristi Taylor
April 17, 2024
- Texas Association of Pretrial Services (TAPS) Annual Conference; Round Rock, TX
- Mental Health in Texas: Updates to the 17.032 Process
- Speaker: Kama Harris
April 4, 2024
- Spring 2024 Mental Health Workshop; San Marcos, TX
- The History of Treatment Courts
- Speaker: Molly Davis
March 29, 2024
- Texas Association of Counties Spring Judicial Education Session; Lubbock, TX
- Mental Health in Juvenile Court
- Speaker: Molly Davis
March 27, 2024
- Texas Association of Specialty Courts Conference; Fort Worth, TX
- Ethical Considerations for Specialty Courts
- Speakers: Kristi Taylor and Judge Brent Carr
March 26, 2024
- Texas Association of Specialty Courts Conference; Fort Worth, TX
- Ethics in Juvenile Court
- Speaker: Molly Davis
March 12, 2024
- Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Office of the Forensic Medical Director, Jail In-Reach Learning Collaborative
- The Importance of Early Intervention for Competency Restoration
- Speaker: Kama Harris
February 28, 2024
- National Association on Mental Illness (NAMI) State Advocacy Network; Zoom
- Mental Health Law: Looking Toward the Next Legislative Session
- Speaker: Kama Harris
February 27, 2024
- 37th Annual Juvenile Law Conference; Galveston, TX
- Ethics in Complex Chapter 55 Cases
- Speaker: Molly Davis
February 22, 2024
- 2024 TMCEC Prosecutors Seminar; Austin, TX
- Speakers: Kristi Taylor and Molly DavisMental Health in Municipal Courts
November 17, 2023
- Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association's (TCDLA) Mental Health Seminar; Dallas, TX
- 2023 Mental Health Legislative Update
- Speaker: Kama Harris
- Presentation Summary
October 19, 2023
- 2023 Judicial Summit on Mental Health; Galveston, TX
- Springboards to Transformation: Using SIM Mapping and County Mental Health Law Planning to Build Momentum in Your County
- Speakers: Kristi Taylor and Molly Davis
- Presentation Summary
September 18, 2023
- National Association of Pretrial Services Agencies50th Annual Conference and Training Institute; New Orleans, LA
- Mental Health Diversion at Every Budget
- Speaker: Kama Harris
- Presentation Summary
June 27, 2023
- RISE23 by the National Association of Drug Court Professionals; Houston, TX
- Creating a Lifesaving Mental Health Court
June 12, 2023
- Correctional Management Institute of Texas's 17th Annual Conference on Managing Juveniles with Sexual Behavior Problems; Austin, TX
- Project SAFeR: A Better Approach to Diversion, Family Preservation and Public Safety
- Speaker: Molly Davis
- Presentation Summary
May 11, 2023
- 2023 Annual TAPS Conference: Public Safety in the Pretrial Environment; Rockwall, TX
- Mental Health Diversion for Every Budget
- Speaker: Kama Harris and Kristi Taylor
- Presentation Summary
November 17, 2022
- South Texas Justice of the Peace & Constables Association Conference; South Padre Island, TX
- Mental Health Issues in Magistration Including 16.22 Procedures
- Speaker: Kama Harris and Kristi Taylor
- Presentation Summary
October 2022 - June 2023
- TMCEC Regional Judges Seminar in nine different Texas cities
- A Primer on Emergency Apprehension & Detention
- Speaker: Kama Harris
- Presentation Summary
October 25, 2022
- TCJ 15th Annual Child Welfare Judges Conferences; Georgetown, TX
- Developing a Specialty Court from Idea to Implementation
- Speaker: Liz Wiggins
- Presentation Summary
October 14, 2022
- THA Quality & Behavioral Health Conference; Georgetown, TX
- Behavioral Health Breakout: Judicial Commission on Mental Health Update
- Speakers: Kama Harris and Liz Wiggins
- Presentation Summary
October 11-13, 2022
- CMIT 9th Annual Mental Health Conference; Allen, TX
- Sequential Intercept Model: A Texas Example of a National Approach
- Speakers: Kristi Taylor and Liz Wiggins
- Presentation Summary
- Community Diversion Coordinator: Connecting Courts & Jails to Community Providers
- Speaker: Liz Wiggins
- Presentation Summary
August 18-19, 2022
- TMCEC Mental Health Conference; Corpus Christi, TX
- Getting Started: Mapping Your Community
- Speaker: Kristi Taylor
- Presentation Summary
July 25, 2022
- NADCP RISE22; Nashville, TN
- The First Steps In Doing Our Part – Eliminate the Wait
- Speaker: Kristi Taylor
- Presentation Summary
July 21-22, 2022
- Texas Counties and Mental Health: Changes and Challenges; Round Rock, TX
- Eliminate the Wait: A Statewide Campaign to Address the Competency Restoration Crisis
- Speaker: Kristi Taylor
- Presentation Summary
- Working with Stakeholders: What is Sequential Intercept Mapping?
- Speaker: Molly Davis
- Presentation Summary
July 19, 2022
- Texas Indigent Defense Coordinators Meeting; Virtual
- Mental Health Bonds
- Speaker: Kama Harris
- Presentation Summary
May 5, 2022
- 2022 Annual TAPS Conference: Leading Effective Pretrial Solutions; San Antonio, TX
- Eliminate the Wait for Competency Restoration Services
- Speaker: Kristi Taylor
- Presentation Summary
- Early Identification of People with Mental Illness or IDD
- Speaker: Kama Harris
- Presentation Summary
April 27, 2022
- Community Behavioral Health Conference; Denison, TX
- Sequential Intercept Model: A Texas Example of a National Approach
- Speakers: Molly Davis and Liz Wiggins
- Presentation Summary
April 21, 2022
- 2022 CCJ/COSCA Southern Region Summit: Improving the Court and Community Response to Individuals with Mental Illness; Austin, TX
- After Arrest: From Intercept 2 (Initial Detention) to Intercept 5 (Community Corrections)
- Speaker: Kristi Taylor
- Presentation Summary
April 12, 2022
- Texas Association of Specialty Courts Conference; Corpus Christi, TX
- Creating a Mental Health Court: Texas Toolkit
- Speaker: Liz Wiggins
- Presentation Summary
February 28, 2022
- 35th Annual Juvenile Law Conference; San Antonio, TX
- Chapter 55 and JCMH Bench Book
- Speaker: Molly Davis
- Presentation Summary
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Do you want a JCMH staff member to speak at your event?
We appreciate your requests and will do our best to fulfill them when we can. Because we are a small agency with limited resources, we cannot fulfill every request we receive. When deciding whether or not we will fulfill a speaking engagement request, the following things are considered:
- Your target audience. Previous target audiences have included: judges from all levels of the judiciary, academics, law enforcement, advocacy groups, prosecutors, defense attorneys, mental health and IDD service providers, representatives from various state agencies, policymakers, or persons with lived experience.
- The requested topic. Examples of past presentation topics include: Competency Restoration, Eliminate the Wait, Mental Health Courts, Art. 16.22 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) Mapping.
- A request is made at least 4 weeks in advance of the event.