OJJDP Pre-Conference Livecast: Reclaiming Futures and the Juvenile Drug Court

Reclaiming Futures will be hosting an all-day workshop on October 10, 2011 at the the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) pre-conference next week, the Monday before the full juvenile justice conference gets underway. 
 
Best of all - we'll be livecasting it: you can watch it right here on our blog. The workshop is called, "Reclaiming Futures and Juvenile Drug Courts." It kicks off at 8:30 am EST, and finished up at 4:45 pm EST.
 
To sit in, tune in on Monday, October 10, right here at www.reclaimingfutures.org.
 
At the end of the day, participants will be able to:
•    Define and describe the increasing challenge of substance abuse (and other behavioral health issues) for juvenile offenders.
•    Define and describe Reclaiming Futures as a standard of care to address this challenge.
•    Begin the process of assessing readiness and preparing to retool local juvenile justice responses to substance abuse and delinquency.
•    Take steps to assess community recovery capital and increase direct community engagement options at the local level.  
Can't tune in for the whole thing? Here's our agenda:

8:30-9:00 -- Introduction (Susan Richardson, National Director of Reclaiming Futures)
9:00-9:15-- Why reform is needed – Reclaiming Futures' history and purpose (Susan Richardson)
9:15-9:45-- What's happening in your court?  (The Honorable Anthony Capizzi, Reclaiming Futures Montgomery County)
How many youth in your courts have a substance abuse problem? What happens to them as a result of that, and how do you measure progress and/or success with those efforts?

9:45-10:30 -- Reclaiming Futures model (Dan Merrigan, Ed.D., M.P.H., Reclaiming Futures Leadership Consultant and Christa Myers, Project Director, Reclaiming Futures Hocking County)
10:30-10:45-- Break
10:45-12:00-- Reclaiming Futures as a particular kind of planned change (Dan Merrigan)
-Preparing: how to get ready (Mark Fulop, M.A., M.P.H., Grants and Partnership Development Director, Reclaiming Futures)
-Implementing: what the model involves; how leaders learn and work together to problem-solve along the way (Dan Merrigan)
-Renewing: what to do if you get stuck (Judge Capizzi)
-Sustaining: lasting changes implied/needed by the effort (Susan Richardson)

12:00-1:00-- Lunch

1:00-2:30-- Adolescent substance abuse 101 (Randy Muck, formerly of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA))
2:30-2:45-- Break
2:45-3:30-- Community engagement to reclaim young people 101 (Christa Myers and Mac Prichard, of Prichard Communications)
3:30-4:00 -- Investing in Reclaiming Futures – Overview of the state implementation model (Mark Fulop/Susan Richardson)
3:30-4:45-- Integration and wrap up (Susan Richardson and Judge Capizzi)
 
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