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08/30/14
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School Pathways to the Juvenile Justice System: The Context for a…

The NCJFCJ has published a Technical Assistance Bulletin on the School Pathways to the Juvenile Justice System: A Context for a Practice Guide for Courts and Schools as part of a larger project addressing school…

07/16/14
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Developing Effective Policies for Addressing the Needs of Court-I…

Developing Effective Policies for Addressing the Needs of Court-involved Youth with Co-occurring Disorders Brief by Robert Kinsherff, Ph.D., and Joseph J. Cocozza, Ph.D., suggests modifications to eight critical domains of the juvenile drug treatment court…

07/16/14
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New Directions to Effectively Address Co-occurring Mental Disorde…

New Directions to Effectively Address Co-occurring Mental Disorders Brief by Holly Hills, Ph.D., and Karli J. Keator, MPH, outlines program modifications for juvenile drug courts to consider. Two models that have successfully served youth with…

05/29/14
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A Guide to Conducting Effective Training Evaluations: Recommendat…

The development of this Guide has been funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Children’s Bureau through the National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues (NRCLJI). The Guide was developed for dependency court systems…

05/07/14
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Parents for Parents Outcome Evaluation: Additional Examination of…

Peer-to-peer models have been demonstrated a successful intervention in a variety of disciplines. The Parent for Parent (P4P) model uses veteran parents to assist families that are just entering the dependency system navigate through it…

03/28/14
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Practical Tips to Help Juvenile Drug Court Teams Implement the 16…

The In-Practice Tip Sheets are resources for juvenile drug court teams and are meant to provide operational steps to implementing the 16 Strategies in Practice. This is not an exhaustive list of practice tips. Juvenile…

03/28/14
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7 Series - 7 Articles with 7 Easy Steps to Improving Your Juvenil…

The 7 Series is a series of articles to help operationalize complex frameworks and theories for juvenile drug court professionals. Each article relays seven steps to make enhancements in specific areas: collaborative planning, performance measures,…

03/28/14
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Engaging Schools in the Juvenile Drug Court: Promising Strategies…

The NCJFCJ set out to gather the experiences and insights of JDC practitioners across the country who have worked to partner with schools. More than 40 practitioners — representing a variety of roles within the JDC —…

03/06/14
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The Judicial Institute on Adolescent Relationship Abuse Curriculu…

Research confirms that as many as one in five adolescent females and one in ten adolescent males have been abused physically or sexually by a dating partner. In response, many states have made protective orders…

11/04/13
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Seen, Heard, and Engaged: A Process Evaluation for Children in Co…

This technical assistance bulletin provides guidance for Youth in Court programs in evaluating protocols and processes. It is a companion to the Seen, Heard, and Engaged: Children in Dependency Court Hearings publication released in 2012. For courts…

10/23/13
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Tribal Engagement Strategies: Establishing and Sustaining Connect…

Meaningful collaboration has been defined as an ongoing process in which “courts and agencies identify and work toward shared goals and activities to increase the safety, permanency, and well-being of children in the child welfare system.” This…

02/28/13
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Key Principles for Permanency Planning for Children

Judging in juvenile court is specialized and complex, going beyond the traditional role of the judge. Juvenile court judges, as the gatekeepers to the foster care system and guardians of the original problem solving court,…