Featured Speakers

Keynote Speaker: Jody Levison-Johnson, M.S.W.

Jody Levison-Johnson, MSW is currently the Director of the Coordinated System of Care for the State of Louisiana where she is leading the statewide effort to advance system of care values and practices across child-serving systems. Prior to moving to Louisiana, Jody was the Vice President of a non-profit management and consulting firm based in Rochester, NY, where she supported Monroe County’s SAMHSA funded system of care initiative and facilitated several special initiatives related to innovation, transformation, practice change and child and family services. In addition to her work in Monroe County, Jody has provided technical assistance across the country in the areas of practice and system transformation and systems of care. Jody also serves on several national workgroups that focus on children’s human services and systems of care.

Jonathan J. Orr, Ph.D., LPC, NCC

Jonathan J. Orr, Ph.D., is Clinical Assistant Professor at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Orr will share his passion and expertise in group work on Day Two the conference. Orr has presented internationally and nationally on various topics involving group work, including workshops focused on conflicts among group work ethical standards and the importance of increasing group leaders’ multicultural competency in groups with disabilities. In addition, Dr. Orr has produced numerous professional publications focused on group work, such as Preparing Secondary School Counselors for Adolescent Group Work: Promoting Collaboration, Cooperation and Belonging. Dr. Orr earned his doctorate in Counselor Education at the University of New Orleans. His emphasis was Group Work and Supervision.

Daniel E. Sosnowski, M.S.

Dan Sosnowski is Senior Instructor for Stan Walters & Associates, which specializes in Practical Kinesic Interview & Interrogation. He received a Senior Research Fellowship in Forensic Psychology at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. In 2008, he was selected as subject matter expert to teach the Counter Intelligence Command in Iraq on behalf of the U.S. Government; and as Subject Matter Expert to teach the Iraqi Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Interior on behalf of the U.S. Government. He serves as President of SOS Polygraph Services, Inc., a private polygraph and consulting firm, which provides a wide range of services specializing in sex offender testing. He is a leader in the area of developing tactics and techniques to interview individuals involved in sexual deviant behavior.

Harrell W. Woodson, Ph.D.

Dr. Woodson is Director of the HOPE Adult Program at the Menninger Clinic and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Baylor College of Medicine. He has over 20 years of experience in the field of mental health as a clinician, researcher, and program leader in community, residential, and hospital settings, addressing the needs of individuals with serious mental illness in both the public and private sectors. Dr. Woodson received his doctorate in counseling psychology from The University of Texas at Austin. He received his master’s degree in counseling and bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

Doris Monterroso, M.A.

Doris Monterroso, a training coordinator for Steps to Excellence Project (STEP) in Los Angeles, California, works to develop partnerships with community agencies to assist childcare providers with knowledge to improve quality of care offered to children. For more than 15 years, she has worked with young children in the classroom; and more recently has provided child development trainings to other educators and students in the education field, both in the United States and in Central America.

James M. Anderson, M.D.

Dr. James Anderson is board certified in psychiatry and forensic psychiatry. Since 1991, he has maintained a private practice in Lake Charles and has worked in community mental health, administrative psychiatry, academic psychiatry, and forensic psychiatry.Anderson received his medical degree from Oral Roberts University and completed his psychiatric residency in 1988 at Duke University Medical Center.

Gary G. Gintner, Ph.D., LPC

Gary G. Gintner, Ph.D., LPC, is Associate Professor and Program Coordinator for the counseling program at Louisiana State University. He has published numerous articles on topics such as differential diagnosis, depression and best practices for the treatment of psychiatric and substance use disorders. Dr. Gintner is a nationally recognized trainer on the DSM and best practice guidelines. His thirty years of clinical experience includes inpatient care, substance abuse counseling, and outpatient mental health. He served as the 2007-2008 president of the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA) and is currently the DSM-5 Task Force Chair for AMHCA.