Is Home Ready for Me

SESSION INFO

Sunday, June 30, 2024
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Session Type: Workshop

The course is structured with lecture discussions with attendees and several icebreakers throughout the course. The expectation of attendees is to take part in the activities during the course. Attendance, participation, and respect for others will be addressed as a behavioral guide. Discussion Summary: Providing awareness on mental health while exploring the crisis that formerly incarcerated undergo once re-entering society.

SESSION PRESENTERS

Christiane Williams
Correctional Consultant/Trainer, Leading By Example-MS


Christiane Williams has been in Law Enforcement/Corrections for 28 years. She currently works in Corrections/Law Enforcement. She is a certified Law Enforcement Officer with an Educational background in Criminal Justice. She has extensive training in all aspects of law enforcement/corrections. She is active very active in the Law Enforcement/Corrections, a Certified Mental Health First Aid Instructor, Public Safety, Adults and Youth, a certified State Instructor Mississippi Board of Standards and Training for Law Enforcement, and Crisis Intervention Instructor. Christiane is a an approved Consulant with the Office of Justice Programs. In the last 18 years, she has been very active in the Mental Health Community assisting persons with mental illness get the necessary help needed when they become a part of the criminal justice system. She is involved in various Community Organizations such as NAMI and CIT taskforces. She has involvement at the American Probation and Parole Association Training Institutes, currently serving as State Representative. She was recently approved as Consulant with the Department of Justice for Law Enforcement and Corrections. Christiane is the creator of “Leading by Example,” it is a 4-hour workshop that provides awareness to mental health, mental disorders, and community resources. The workshops was recently approved by the MS Board of Standards of Law Enforcement for continue education. She has been very active in the community regarding Mental Health Awareness in sure she has been covered by all local Media outlets, multiple radio appearance, conducting training for her co-workers MDOC Probation Officers, The Mississippi General Missionary Baptist, the American Probation and Parole Association.