Training Presenters

Louise Belisle, MA, PC

Louise has nearly 30 years experience in the field of children's mental health and family treatment. Her trainings are psychoeducational in nature and approach and are not meant to be treatment or therapy groups. All are suitable for the general public, but professionals working with families, youth and children may find them helpful. She discusses understanding yourself as a parent and why certain approaches to discipline are more appealing and effective for some than for others. She also addresses seeking out external assets for families and identifying internal assets within each family member in order to find ways to problem-solve together. Her workshops take a community organizing perspective to family dynamics, by viewing the family as a cooperative community. Louise will also help the non-professionals understand the long-range impacts of several types of abuse. She helps to answer questions like “Why don't kids tell when they're being abused?” or “Why does she stay in that abusive relationship?”

Richard Crino, RN, CTR

Richard is Vice President of Acute Services at NRICS. He has extensive background in both adult inpatient and outpatient psychiatric practice. He is a certified trauma responder (CTR) as awarded by the Association of Traumatic Specialists (ATTS). Richard serves on the Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Team at NRICS and the Regional Behavioral Health Crisis Response Team. He has served as a consultatnt and trainer for various healthcare organizations and police departments. Richard is a U.S. Army veteran trained as an infantry medic and clinical specialist.

Scott Haltzman, MD

Dr. Haltzman is Medical Director of NRICS. He is a graduate of Brown University and the Medical School at Brown, and completed his residency at Yale University. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University Medical School and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is the immediate past Chair of the Rhode Island Psychiatric Society Ethics Committee. He has written academic articles related to psychiatry and human behavior, and has published the book: “The Secrets of Happily Married Men: Eight Ways to Win Your Wife’s Heart Forever,” (Jossey-Bass, 2006). Dr Haltzman been cited in over one hundred of media sources ranging from the New York Times to Time magazine.

David Lamoureux

David has been working with youth with emotional and behavioral difficulties for over 12 years. David's work experience includes school department, residential facilities and community locations. Since 1998, David has been employed as the program supervisor at the Viola M. Berard School. In addition, David has been the Camp Ranger and Director at Camp Ker-Anna for the past 16 years. David has been facilitating trainings since 1997. He is a certified trainer in Therapeutic Crisis Intervention through Cornell University as well as a frequent trainer of the Fish Philosophy. David also provides trainings in the areas of team building, promoting positive attitudes in the workplace and CPR through the American Heart Association.

Chris Stephens, MS, CBHE

Chris Stephens is a past President, a Fellow, and a Harold C. Piepenbrink Award winner of the National Association of Behavioral Healthcare Management. He has consulted to numerous organizations on systems change, supported housing, high performance organization, crisis and case management services, and Board development. Chris holds a Master's degree in Counseling and Community Organization from St. Michaels' College and has over 35 years of mental health and substance abuse development and administrative experience in the States of NY, VT, and RI. He is the President/CEO of NRICS and its affiliates.

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