Conference Overview

The Arizona Association of Drug Court Professionals (AADCP) is pleased to announce the Call for Presenters for the 2023 Treatment Courts Conference, to be held April 11-14, 2023, at the Prescott Resort in Prescott, Arizona.  Our goal is to offer quality workshops that provide skill-building opportunities, increase professional competencies, and focus on implementing research into practice.

This year, AADCP would like to provide a limited number of 90-minute length intensive skill building workshops in addition to the traditional 75-minute workshops.  Additionally, AADCP will soon be launching an e-learning portal on the AADCP website.  We are using this solicitation to seek interest for the conference and, if also interested, the e-learning portal.  You will be able to indicate your interest in the submission form.

AADCP seeks proposals that present best practices in service delivery, collaboration and justice programming that enhance outcomes for participants in treatment courts, including adult, juvenile, family and reentry drug treatment courts; DWI courts; tribal healing to wellness courts; mental health courts and veterans treatment courts.  AADCP will accept workshop proposals that cover a wide range of topics, and encourages content specific to ethics, diversity/equity and inclusion, cultural competency inclusive of the varied types of treatment courts.  The extended, intensive skill building workshops should be highly interactive.

Proposals will be selected based on their relevance to the field; engaging format; taking research to practice; and expertise of the presenter relevant to the subject matter. Please review the selection criteria below:

•  Sessions may be 75 minutes or 90 minutes in length.
• If proposing a panel format, a maximum of three (3) panelists and one (1) moderator is allowed.
• When completing the “Session Description” and “Learning Objectives” portions of this application, please craft language that could be used in the official conference program to describe your session. If your application is accepted, this section of your application may be included in the final program.
• Submissions are due by November 18, 2022.  Presenters agree to provide AADCP with final electronic copies of any slide decks and/or handout materials for their session(s) no later than March 1, 2023. All materials, in PDF format, will be made available to attendees via the AADCP Conference Website. If you would like physical copies, you are responsible for providing them to attendees.
• AADCP speakers are expected to register for the conference and pay for their own travel/lodging expenses. Speakers, max of three per workshop, will receive discounted registration fee.

AADCP may publish part or all of the proceedings of this conference. By presenting at the conference, you agree that AADCP has the right to include your presentation in a future publication and/or on its websites if AADCP decides to do so. You are not precluded from publishing your material elsewhere, nor is AADCP obligated to include it in any book, monograph, scholarly journal or other communication that may arise from this conference.

Presentation audiences will include judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, probation officers, parole officers, law enforcement, social workers, behavioral health professionals and paraprofessionals, treatment providers, community advocates, alumni/participants, government officials, Veteran Affairs, Native American tribal communities, educators, and students.

 If you have any questions, please email info@azadcp.org subject: Conference Workshop Question.