CPHSSWCE0440 - Juvenile Justice
Course Description
This course focuses on trauma-informed care, with a particular focus on individuals within the juvenile justice system (referred hereafter as “jj-youth”). JJ-youth are known to have drastically higher rates of traumatic exposure, polyvictimization, and PTSD compared to their non-JJ counterparts (Ford et al, 2016), making the trauma-informed approach essential to engagement, assessment, and intervention (Ford et al, 2016). They also present with unique stressors related to their JJ-system involvement. This course will provide an overview of what is known about the JJ population, the particular ways trauma disrupts their developmental process, and the ecological systems approach needed to treat the “whole person.” This course is part of the trauma-informed practice certificate, and is open to all participants, including those seeking to complete the certificate and individuals wishing to take individual courses.
Target Level Audience: Beginner
Course Outline
Timed Agenda
9:00 - 9:10am Intro to Juvenile Justice and Social Work
9:10 - 9:20am Setting the stage: who’s involved
9:20 - 9:30am Social work touch points
9:30 - 9:45am Snapshot of JJ-youth and trauma
9:45 - 10:00am Trauma reactions in this lens
10:00 - 10:10am Risk and protective factors
10:10 - 10:20am Bronfenbrenner overview
10:20 - 10:30am Micro, mesa, macro
10:30 - 11:00am Case study
11:00 - 11:15am Engaging youth
11:15 - 11:30am Using trauma-informed principles
11:30 - 11:45am Assessment- Global Assessment- Quality of Life-Measures related to delinquent behavior- Formulations
11:45 - 11:55am Intervention- Individual counseling- Family interventions
11:55 - 12:00pm Closing thoughts
Learner Outcomes
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
· Identify the risk and protective factors associated with JJ-youth.
· Discuss the specific stressors JJ youth face from arrest to disposition.
· Discuss trauma-informed strategies for engagement, assessment and intervention.
When participants return to the workplace, they will be able to:
· Apply ecological systems perspectives to their work with youth.
· Support JJ youth using trauma-informed practices during the legal process.
· Apply trauma-informed strategies related to engagement, assessment, and intervention to their work with youth.