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Monographs and Contents
Addressing Invisible Barriers: Improving
Outcomes for Youth with Disabilities in the Juvenile Justice System (David Osher,
Jerry Rouse, Mary Quinn, Kimberly Kandiziora, & Darren Woodruff)
Many factors affect juvenile justice outcomes. One factor that is not often
addressed is disability, which can place youth at greater risk for contact with
the justice system, and for poor outcomes once they are involved with the courts.
This monograph addresses the need for disability-specific approaches to making
adjudication and placement decisions for children and youth.
Advocating for Children with Behavioral and Cognitive
Disabilities in the Juvenile Justice System (Carl E. Smith, Joan Esposito &
Soliel Gregg)
This monograph addresses the critical role of advocacy for youth with disabilities,
including the challenges involved in helping professionals, family members,
and youth understand the connection between disabilities and problematic behavior.
The authors suggest eight principles to guide advocacy for this group of youth.
These principles are designed to help reduce the risk of initial entry into
the justice system, and to increase and improve services for incarcerated youth.
Best Practices for Serving Court-Involved
Youth with Learning, Attention and Behavioral Disabilities (Katherine A. Larson
& K. David Turner)
This monograph describes best practices and model programs for reducing delinquency
and preventing recidivism. Because of the connection between disability and
delinquency, it is likely that a significant proportion of court-involved youth
will manifest social skill deficits. The authors identify effective social skill
interventions that are skill-based, use positive discipline, teach self-control,
social cognitive skills and problem solving, and which involve the youth’s
family.
Collaboration in the Juvenile Justice
System and Youth-Serving Agencies: Improving Prevention, Providing More Efficient
Services, and Reducing Recidivism for Youth with Disabilities (Peter E. Leone,
Mary Quinn
& David Osher)
This monograph explains the role of collaboration among education, mental health,
child welfare, recreation and youth development, law enforcement, disability
organizations, and juvenile justice in improving services for court-involved
youth. The authors suggest strategies for implementing positive and proactive
approaches to preventing delinquency through a three-tiered model that includes
primary, secondary and tertiary prevention activities.
Corrections and Juvenile Justice: Current
Education Practice for Youth with Behavioral and Cognitive Disabilities (Ken Howell
& Bruce Wolford)
The authors describe youth placed in the juvenile justice system, the educational
services they receive, and the quality of those services. The monograph also
describes specific recommendations for improving services to incarcerated children
and youth with disabilities. Recommendations for better assessment, instruction,
and curricular practices are discussed, as well as recommended improvements
in system leadership and financial support at the state level.
The Role of Recreation in Preventing
Youth with Behavioral and Cognitive Disabilities from Coming into Contact with
the Juvenile Justice System and Preventing Recidivism (David K. Howard &
Lorraine C. Peniston)
Research suggests that youth involved in, or at risk for involvement in the
justice system benefit from participation in community parks and recreation
programs. The authors describe recreation and therapeutic recreation programs
specifically designed to address the intensive needs of at-risk youth with disabilities.
Youth with Disabilities in the Correctional
System: Prevalence Rates and Identification Issues (Robert B. Rutherford, Jr.,
Michael Bullis, Cindy Wheeler Anderson & Heather M. Griller-Clark)
The authors discuss reasons why youth with cognitive, behavioral and emotional
disabilities enter the correctional system at rates four to five times greater
than their representation in the general population. Prevalence rates and identification
issues are examined as a starting point for planning and implementing effective
services and supports.
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