Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Awareness 2022 Virtual Conference Series: Treatment Court: A Team Intervention to Support Recovery and Stability

Presenters:

Brad Delenko, BA Erie County Adult Probation

Michelle Dushole, MED, C.A.S. Office of Children and Youth

Sarah Barthelmes, MS, NCC Erie County Care Management

Donna Checchio, BS Erie County Office of Drug and Alcohol

Treatment Courts are the single most successful intervention in our nation’s history for leading people living with substance use and mental health disorders out of the justice system and into lives of recovery and stability. Instead of viewing addiction as a moral failing, they view it as a disease. Instead of punishment, they offer treatment.