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The National Center on Education, Disability and Juvenile Justice (EDJJ) created this web article to reach out to parent of youth with disabilities in the juvenile justice system. This short article entitled “Parent Support,” is a resource page for parents to promote family involvement with at-risk and adjudicated youth. It discusses the role of parent involvement and barriers, as well as acknowledges what parents what and the resources that can be utilized for parent training and education.

This publication, created by the Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health (TA Partnership), to “support the planning and implementation of effective services, policies, and practices that improve outcomes for young adults of transition age who are involved in or at risk of involvement with the juvenile justice system as well as their families.” The report specifically focuses on youth with mental health disorders and co-occurring substance use disorders. Policy and practice recommendations are included and discussed.

This publication stems from a roundtable discussion about facility-wide Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support (PBIS). Services can be delivered as universal interventions, targeted interventions, and intensive interventions. Benefits and challenges of implementing PBIS in secure juvenile justice facilities are discussed. Considerations for implementations and guiding principles are listed. Additional resources and references are also provided.

Mentoring has emerged as a low-cost delinquency prevention and intervention option that lowers delinquency for at-risk or high-risk youth. This resource journal discusses the methods and findings of a research study and “provides a deeper understanding of how youth are referred to mentoring, challenges faced during the referral process, examples of effective strategies to face the challenges and action steps.”

The National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE) aims to address factors that may affect the conditions for learning in schools and in the community, including bullying, harassment, violence, and substance abuse. NCSSLE is funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Health Students to provide training and support to state administrators, and to improve schools’ conditions for learning. The Safe Supportive Learning website serves as a resource center for the organization and includes information about trainings, products, and research.