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How to Start a Mental Health Court
Do you want to start a mental health court in your county but don't know where to begin?
In 2022, the JCMH created "The 10-Step Guide to Creating a Texas Mental Health Court Program." Now, with the help of three experts, we created an in-depth video to give you guidance on starting your own mental health court program. From understanding the concept of a mental health court to finding funding and registering the court, we walk you through the process.
Summit Archives by Topic
- 2018 – Creating Integrated Adult and Children’s Mental Health Systems
- 2018 – Are the Kids Alright? Preventing Youth Suicide
- 2018 – Becoming Trauma-Informed: Updates from DFPS and TJJD
- 2018 – Engaging Youth Voice in Our Daily Work
- 2018 – Ensuring Racial Equity in Serving Children and Youth
- 2020 – Texas Family Code Chapter 55 subchapter b
- 2020 – New Psychiatric Resources for Texas Children and Youth
- 2020 – Juvenile Mental Health Courts & Diversionary Practices
- 2020 – The Adolescent Brain
- 2021 – Resources for Justice-Involved Youth
- 2022 – Children’s Mental Health in Texas
- 2022 – What Courts Need to Know About the TEA and Accessing Appropriate Services
- 2022 – The Family Intervention Restorative Services of Texas (FIRST) Diversion Program
- 2022 – Supporting Youth with Complex Needs
- 2022 – Ethical Prosecution and Defense of Juvenile Justice Cases
- 2022 – Addressing Childhood Trauma and Grief in Schools: The Handle with Care Program
- 2022 – Incorporating Trauma Informed Care into Juvenile Probation & Courtrooms
- 2022 – Eliminating Barriers to Reentry by Building Resilience
- 2022 – From Soulless to Wholeness
Civil (AOT courts, Advanced Directives, Emergency Detentions)
- 2019 – Best Practices, Urban Counties: The Benefits of Psychiatric Advance Directives and other Planning Tools
- 2019 – Best Practices, Rural Counties: The Benefits of Psychiatric Advance Directives
- 2021 – Emergency Detention Training for Law Enforcement and Local Judiciary: A Collaboration Between the LMHA & PD
- 2021 – Civil 101 & Expanding Intercepts to Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT)
- 2022 – Assisted Outpatient Treatment Courts
- 2022 – Assisted Outpatient Treatment Court Saved My Life
- 2022 – Effectively Utilizing Civil Law & Community Services in Mental Health and IDD Cases
Early Interventions (16.22, 17.032, Risk Assessments, Diversion, Magistration)
- 2018 – Best Practices and Barriers in Early-Intercept Jail Diversion
- 2019 – Best Practices for Urban Counties: Mental Health Jail Diversion: Policies and Best Practices
- 2019 – Best Practices for Urban Counties: Mental Health and Magistration – A New Approach
- 2019 – Best Practices for Rural Counties: Crisis Intervention Teams in Rural Areas
- 2020 – Juvenile Mental Health Courts & Diversionary Practices
- 2020 – Texas Mental Health Law – What You Need to Know
- 2021 – Mental Health Services as An Option When Calling 911
- 2021 – Risk Assessment Overview
- 2021 – Veteran Initiatives for Diversion from the Criminal Justice System
- 2021 – Shoestring Budget Innovations: Diversion Case Studies
- 2022 – Pretrial Fundamentals for MH and IDD
- 2022 – The Importance of Early Appointment of Counsel in MH & IDD Cases
- 2018 – Changing Lives Through Specialty Courts and Dockets
- 2020 – Starting Mental Health Courts & Diversionary Practices
- 2020 – Juvenile Mental Health Courts & Diversionary Practices
- 2020 – Aligning Services with Mental Health Courts
- 2020 – The Definition of Insanity + Q&A
- 2021 – Mental Health Programs: What Judges Need to Know about Program Evaluations
- 2021 – Reaching Independence through Self-Empowerment Court
- 2022 – Stump the Experts on Mental Health Courts and Dockets
Competency Restoration (OCR, JBCR, Eliminate the Wait, State hospital system)
- 2019 – A View from the State Hospital System
- 2019 – Jail-Based and Outpatient Competency Restoration Panel Discussion: Successful Programs
- 2019 – Best Practices for Rural Counties: Mental Health Programs: Best Practices and Practical Solutions
- 2020 – IDD at Intercept 3: Competency Restoration for People with IDD
- 2020 – Texas Mental Health Law – What You Need to Know
- 2021 – Competency Restoration Crisis – National Perspective
- 2021 – Competency Restoration Crisis – Texas Action Planning
- 2022 – Lessons learned from HHSC Jail In-Reach Collaborative
- 2022 – Year Two of Eliminate the Wait
- 2022 – Developing OCR & JBCR Programs
NGRI (not guilty by reason of insanity)
Social Determinants of Health / Trauma Informed / Stigma
- 2018 – Becoming Trauma-Informed: Updates from DFPS and TJJD
- 2018 – Mental Health and Intellectual and Development Disability (IDD) Literacy
- 2020 – Social Determinants of Mental Health
- 2021 – Keynote Speaker: Pair of Aces
- 2022 – Trauma-Responsive Approach to the Justice System
- 2022 – Incorporating Trauma Informed Care into Juvenile Probation & Courtrooms
- 2022 – Mental Health Stigma
Judicial Mental Health / Secondary Trauma
- 2020 – IDD at Intercept 0: Community Based Services and State Supported Living Centers
- 2020 – IDD at Intercepts 1 – 2: Law Enforcement & Courts
- 2020 – IDD at Intercept 3: Competency Restoration for People with IDD
- 2021 – Resources for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- 2022 – The Creation, Implementation, and Impact of an IDD Docket
- 2022 – Dignity of Risk: Decision Making Supports for People with IDD or Cognitive Impairment