Establish or Enhance a local Teen Court/Youth Court Diversion Program

Posted by on April 18, 2011

Registration is now open.

2011’s 1st International Training Institute
‘Establish or Enhance a local Teen Court/Youth Court Diversion Program’
June 7-9, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Sponsored by
Global Youth Justice and Youth Justice USA

2011’s 1st International Training to Establish or Enhance a local Youth Court or Teen Court is designed for those who are interested in establishing or enhancing local Youth Justice/Juvenile Justice diversion program, often referred to as youth court, teen court, peer court, student court and youth peer panel.  Individuals relatively new to these youth justice programs, those who have never attended one of these intensive trainings, and those  who are relatively new adult staff, working full or part-time in an existing local youth court/teen court should participate in this training institute.  We encourage teams of 2, 3 or more adults to attend and participate in these trainings for purposes of improved outcomes upon returning home to your community to establish or enhance a local youth court or teen court.

Topics to be covered include training adult and youth volunteers, offering quality community service programs, mock family intake meetings, implementing operational and administrative procedures, identifying funding and resources opportunities, legal and liability issues, partnerships with MOU’s, program evaluation/satisfaction, juvenile referral sources, implementation/enhancement of programmatic elements (daily, weekly, monthly and yearly), grant writing, identifying public and private resources and other operational and administrative aspects.

The lead trainers are highly qualified and they are Illinois Youth Court Association’s Candace Fujii, Lieutenant Gary Kepley, and Global Youth Justice’s Scott Bernard Peterson, the leading authority on implementing and enhancing these youth justice-juvenile justice programs here in the USA and around the globe.  The Keynote Speaker is Judge Arthur L. Burnett, Sr., Executive Director, National African American Drug Policy Coalition.

Dates:       June 7-9, 2011 (Plan to arrive on 6/6 & Depart late 6/9 or 6/10)
Time(s):  9:00 am to 5:00 pm (Tuesday, 6/7 to Thursday, 6/9)

Location: The Tuscany Suites, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Tuscany Suites are only 3 blocks from the Famous Bellagio.

http://www.globalyouthjustice.org/Training_and_Events.html