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Wednesday, October 22, 2025
7:00 a.m. Registration & Exhibits
8:45 a.m. Welcome and Overview
Hon. Janet Holmgren, 17th Judicial Circuit, President, ILAPSC Board of Directors
9:00 a.m. General Session – High In Plain Sight: Current Alcohol, Drug, and Concealment Trends and Identifiers
Officer Jermaine “Tall Cop” Galloway
NO HANDOUTS PROVIDED
11:00 a.m. Break and Lunch
12:30 p.m. General Session – Understanding Gambling-Motivated Crime
Michelle L. Malkin, JD, PhD, Assistant Professor – Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Director – Gambling Research & Policy Initiative (GRPI)
G2 Handouts
2:00 p.m. Break & Exhibits
2:15 p.m. Breakout Sessions
B1A – Understanding Psychological Evaluations
Jeremy Jewell, PhD., SIU-E
B1B – Making the Last DUI the Last DUI
Les Schultz, APPA Region 5 Probation Fellow
NO HANDOUTS PROVIDED
B1C – Transforming Trauma Into Triumph for Our Veterans
Kenneth Robinson, EdD, Correctional Counseling, Inc.
Wendy Standifer, Chief Operating Officer, Correctional Counseling, Inc.
NO HANDOUTS PROVIDED
B1D – RNR Meets Desistance-Understanding the Pathways Into and Out of Criminal Behavior
Becky Self, Training Manager, Probation Services Division, AOIC
B1E – Before It Escalates: What Non-Clinicians Need to Know
Tanya Thorne, Recovery Support Specialist, State of Illinois Division of Mental Health
3:30 p.m. Break and Exhibits
3:45 p.m. Role Specific Breakout Sessions
This role specific breakout will give participants the opportunity to gather with others who face many of the same challenges in their PSC roles. Discuss the good, the bad and the ugly and work together to find solutions to issues facing teams. Following this collaboration with others, participants will be encouraged to share ideas with their individual teams upon return to the office.
B2A – Judge
Hon. Janet Holmgren, 17th Judicial Circuit Court
Hon. Mark Shaner (Ret.)
Hon. Ben Roe, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit
Hon. Lindsey Waldrop, Richland County
B2B – Coordinator
Bernadine Howard, DuPage County Program Manager
Kelly Gallivan-Ilarraza, Cook County Director of Problem-Solving Courts
B2C – Prosecution
Anne Stevens, JD, Winnebago County Assistant State’s Attorney
Michelle O’Brien, JD, National Center for State Courts
B2D – Defense
Jim Lane, JD, Richland/Crawford Counties, Defense Attorney
Baron Heintz, JD, Rock Island County Defense Attorney
NO HANDOUTS PROVIDED
B2E – Probation
Anthony Foster, Adams County Director of Court Services
Deena Kuranda, DuPage County Supervisor
B2F – Treatment
Wayne Gilliland, Adams County Graduate, Preferred Family Healthcare
NO HANDOUTS PROVIDED
B2G – Peer Support
Liesl Wingert, SIU School of Medicine Rural Health Project Coordinator
NO HANDOUTS PROVIDED
B2H – Law Enforcement
Frederick Chinn, Crawford County Chief of Corrections
Chris Mueller, Adams County, Quincy Police Department
NO HANDOUTS PROVIDED
Thursday, October 23, 2025
7:00 a.m. Registration & Exhibits
8:30 a.m. Breakout Sessions
B3A – Integrating Employment Interventions into the Problem-Solving Court Programs
Thomas Faber, CWDP
Kelly Scimeca, Director Special Projects, 22nd Judicial Circuit Court
NO HANDOUTS PROVIDED
B3B – Three to Seven Minutes for 153% Reduction in Recidivism
Hon. Mark Shaner (Ret.), State of Illinois Judicial Outreach Liaison for the American Bar Association Impaired Driving Judicial Outreach Liaison Program and is a Problem-Solving Courts consultant for the Administrative Office of Illinois Courts
B3C – Due Process and Expediting Time Frames in Veterans Courts
Hon. Carla Baldwin, All Rise
B3D – Affirming Legal Services for LGBTQ+
Carolyn Wahlskog, LCSW, Director of Operations and Programming at Youth Outlook
B3E – The Development and Recommendations for Gambling Treatment Diversion Courts
Michelle L. Malkin, JD, PhD, Assistant Professor – Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Director – Gambling Research & Policy Initiative (GRPI)
9:45 a.m. Break and Exhibits
10:00 a.m. General Session – Drug Endangered Children and Family Human Trafficking: The Intersection
Liesl Wingert, Program Coordinator, Eastern Region, SIU School of Medicine Center for Rural Health and Social Service Development
NO HANDOUTS PROVIDED
11:30 a.m. Lunch
12:30 p.m. General Session – Best Practice Standards Overview: What’s New
Hon. Carla Baldwin, All Rise
G4 Handouts
2:00 p.m. Break and Exhibits
2:15 p.m. Breakout Sessions
B4A – Problem-Solving Court Transfers Between Counties: Overcoming Barriers in Order to Service More Participants
Hon. Mark L. Shaner (Ret.), Problem-Solving Courts consultant for the Administrative Office of Illinois Courts
William Blundell, Problem Solving Court Manger, Administrative Office of Illinois Courts
B4B – The Opioid Epidemic: Should the Legal Community be Concerned
1.25 MCLE Mental Illness/Substance Use Professional Responsibility Credits Approved
Dr. Diana Uchiyama, Illinois Lawyer Assistance Program
B4C – Emerging Drug Trends (Legal and Illegal) – What you can find in Convenience Stores and Smoke Shops
Frederick Chinn, Crawford County, Chief of Corrections
NO HANDOUTS PROVIDED
B4D – Engaging High Needs Individuals into Treatment While Improving Outcomes!
Kenneth Robinson, EdD, Correctional Counseling, Inc.
Wendy Standifer, Chief Operating Officer, Correctional Counseling, Inc.
NO HANDOUTS PROVIDED
B4E – Movement, Connection, and Choice: Expanding Pathways to Recovery in Problem-Solving Courts
Jamen Spitzer
3:30 p.m. Break and Exhibits
3:45 p.m. Breakout Sessions
B5A – Law Enforcement as Part of the Team
Mike Boley, Chief of Police, Hamilton Police Department
B5B – Bridging the Gap: How Deflection Supports and Enhances Problem-Solving Courts
Koren VanderWeele, Senior Program Manager, TASC
Aryn Keyel-Datta, TASC
B5C – Enhancing Justice Through Collaboration: Evidence-Based Practices and Restorative Approaches
Kevin Jones
NO HANDOUTS PROVIDED
B5E – Peer Recovery Support Services in Rural Communities: How to Define, Incorporate, and Fund Peer Services
Liesl Wingert, Program Coordinator, Eastern Region, SIU School of Medicine Center for Rural Health and Social Service Development
Lynn Moore, Grants Manager, Probation Services Division, AOIC
NO HANDOUTS PROVIDED
B5F – People, Places, and Things: Supporting Recovery in the Veteran Population
Del Saam, VTC Program Coordinator, 11th Judicial Circuit Veterans Treatment Court
NO HANDOUTS PROVIDED
B5G – Alternative Ways to Get High
Kenneth Robinson, EdD, Correctional Counseling, Inc.
Wendy Standifer, Chief Operating Officer, Correctional Counseling, Inc.
NO HANDOUTS PROVIDED
5:00 p.m. End of Day and Evaluations
Friday, October 24, 2025
7:00 a.m. Exhibits
8:30 a.m. General Session – Problem-Solving Court Graduate Panel
Hon. Mark Shaner (Ret.), ILAPSC Vice President
NO HANDOUTS PROVIDED
10:00 a.m. Break and Exhibits
10:30 a.m. General Session – Stimulants with a Focus on Methamphetamine
Steve Hanson, All Rise
G6 Handouts
12:00 p.m. End of Conference & Evaluations