Scholarships, Data and More: Juvenile Justice and Adolescent Treatment News Roundup

• Scholarships for Judges Managing Challenging Family Law
  This training is co-sponsored by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the National Judicial College, October 24-27, 2011, in Reno, Nevada. The scholarships would cover the $985 tuition fee and the participant would be responsible for the $245 conference fee as well as their own travel expenses.
• National Geographic Examines the Teenage Brain
  Excitement, Novelty and Risk: A strength-based look at adolescence as a highly functional, even adaptive period.
• OJJDP Bulletin Examines State Juvenile Transfer Laws
  In the 1980s and 1990s, legislatures in nearly every state expanded transfer laws that allowed or required the prosecution of juveniles in adult criminal courts. This bulletin, which is part of the Juvenile Offenders and Victims National Report Series, provides the latest overview of state transfer laws and practices and examines available state-level data on juveniles adjudicated in the criminal justice system.

• CJJ Hiring: Director of State Strategies
  Want to develop, manage and implement nationwide initiatives in juvenile justice leadership and reform? Apply now for this role in the Coalition for Juvenile Justice!
• Webinar Archive: The Art of Effective Data Sharing
  Discover how policy decision makers benefit from shared information systems. Learn new strategies for addressing common barriers to state data sharing. Get a first-hand account of how to put the right data safely into the hands of service providers.
• Register: Juvenile Justice Association of Texas (JJAT) Fall Conference
  JJAT is a professional organization created to promote advocacy for children by providing quality juvenile services through professional development, leadership, education, training, and legislative initiatives.

  When: October 23-26, 2011
  Where: Camino Real Hotel in El Paso, TX.
  Cost: $100/members or $140/non-members
   

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