This publication, developed from interviews with Resource Guidelines founders, and a review of relevant background material, provides an overview of the genesis of the Guidelines and, over the years, how it has been used to support and guide court and systems reform across the nation. (Winter 2009) Available by download only.
The following checklist is a tool to help juvenile justice professionals responsible for placing youth in confinement to examine the criteria for confinement. Considerations of risks of confinement to youth— contracting COVID-19 or other communicable…
This Judge’s Action Alert highlights: benefits of parent–resource parent partnerships key elements of successful parent–resource parent partnerships how parent partners can help bridge the gap between parents and resource parents how judges can support parent–resource parent partnerships;…
Trauma responsive courts embrace a universal precaution model, which assumes that all children, families, and court stakeholders could have a history of exposure to trauma prior to court involvement. In collaboration with the National Child…