Strategies from the Field to Keep Students Engaged in School and Out of the Juvenile Justice System; and more - News Roundup

Juvenile Justice Reform

• THE SCHOOL DISCIPLINE CONSENSUS REPORT: Strategies from the Field to Keep Students Engaged in School and Out of the Juvenile Justice System (The Council of State Governments Justice Center)
  This report is a product of the School Discipline Consensus Project, a component of the
  Supportive School Discipline Initiative of the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice.
  Support was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and
  Delinquency Prevention, The Atlantic Philanthropies, The California Endowment,
  NoVo Foundation, and the Open Society Foundations.
• OP-ED: Counties Can Improve Juvenile Justice System Outcomes (JJIE)  Youth are an important part of our communities and deserve the best programming possible, but current practices and programs used in juvenile detention are increasingly being proven to be ineffective and even harmful. So, why do county governments continue to spend huge chunks of our budgets on practices that aren’t working?

• Julia Steiny: Juvenile Justice Is Not Only Blind, But Deaf (Education News) Sometimes achieving Justice is as simple as listening until the victim feels heard. Increasingly, the formal legal system has taken responsibility for conflict management out of the hands of ordinary people. The restorative justice movement is particularly critical of how the traditional justice system sidelines crime victims almost entirely.

Jobs, Grants, Events and Webinars

• Please share the Reclaiming Futures Opportunity Board with your colleagues in the juvenile justice, adolescent substance abuse and teen mental health areas. It’s free to browse and post!

Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment and Mental Health

• Recapping the 2014 Georgetown Training Institutes (Reclaiming Futures) This year the conference theme was, “Improving Children’s Mental Health Care in an Era of Change, Challenge and Innovation: The Role of the System of Care Approach” with an estimated attendance of 2,000. Reclaiming Futures' Cora Crary shares her key takeaways.

• Teens Lack Options in Substance Abuse Treatment (The Fix) Though billions of state and federal dollars are poured into substance use and addiction every year, parents seeking treatment for adolescents are often left without many options.

• Questions to Ask Treatment Programs (Partnership for Drug Free Kids) This list of questions can help guide your conversation with drug and alcohol treatment program staff to help you decide which program is the best fit for your child and family. Download this and many more resources.