15 th Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health Albuquerque, NM ~ Oct. 2010

15th Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental

HealthAlbuquerque, NM ~ Oct. 2010

Community of Practice

PRACTICE GROUP

“Connecting School Mental Health

with Juvenile Justice

and Dropout Prevention”

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Connecting SMH with JJ/DOP

HANDOUTS

Fact Sheet

Sign-Up Sheet

Conference Track: JJ/DOP

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GOALS Introduce you to this Practice Group:

Who we are. The need for this Practice Group. Its mission and key priorities. Its accomplishments & current projects. Invite you to our lunchtime presentation on

“Engaging Disengaged Youth”

Get to know you and the issues that are of concern to you.

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Connecting SMH with JJ/DP

LEADERSHIP TEAM

Barbara Brady Ashcraft, School Counseling Coordinator, West Virginia Dept. of Education

Mark Ferrante, Coalition for Juvenile Justice Jerry Hime (retired school administrator) Executive

Committee, Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE)

Nancy Lever, PhD, Center for School Mental Health JoAnne Malloy, MSW, Dropout Project Coordinator

Institute on Disability/ UCED | Univ. of New Hampshire Judith Storandt, JD, National Disability Rights Network

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ADVISORY GROUP MEMBERS Cyntrice Bellamy-Mills, MS, MEd, Administer of

Behavioral Health Programs, Mental Hygiene Administration (Maryland)

Njeri Camera, MSHSA, AH, Center for Assessment & Integrated Development (Louisiana)

Helene Fallon, MEd, Long Island Parent TA Center (NY) Dee Dee Letts, Treatment Court Coordinator (Hawaii) Gale M. Naquin, PhD, Pupil Assistance Model (LA) Carol Nixon, PhD, Senior Research Specialist, Edvantia,

Inc. (Tennessee) Barb Scheidegger, MO Families 4 Families (Missouri)

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Compelling Findings

• Approximately 33% of incarcerated youth have an identified special education disability (10% in the general population). Many more have unidentified needs.

• 70 - 87% of incarcerated youth have learning or emotional disabilities that interfere with their education.

• For youth with emotional and behavioral disabilities: 48% dropout in grades 9-12 vs. 24% of youth without

disabilities. 73% of those who dropout are arrested within 3-5 years

of leaving school. (National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with

Disabilities, 2004)

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Compelling Findings (cont’d)

• Delinquent behavior may be directly related to an unknown, untreated or inappropriately treated disability.

• Identifying disabilities and providing timely access to appropriate treatment and services can prevent further contact with the juvenile justice system.

• The average annual income for a H.S. dropout in 2005 was $17,299, compared to $26,933 for a H.S. graduate, a difference of $9,634 (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2006).

• If the students who dropped out of the class of 2008 had graduated, the nation’s economy would have benefited from an additional $319 billion in income over their lifetimes.

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Mission

Committed to working across stakeholders

to advance knowledge and best practice

related to effectively integrating

school mental health with

juvenile justice and dropout prevention.

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Key Priorities

Identify knowledge, resources, and strategies

to promote and advance effective practices that:

reduce suspensions and expulsions. reduce dropout and delinquency. improve the school reentry process. improve mental health related professional

development.

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Current Projects

• Listserv (email group) – a network for communication with and between practice group members.

• Resources lists for key issues relevant to the practice group (e.g, dropout prevention, truancy, reentry, STPP).

• Develop Dialogue Guides for interactive discussions across shareholders.

• Participate in planning activities for the annual “Advancing School Mental Health” Conference.

• Issues Briefs – To identify and define principles of best practices in connecting school mental health with juvenile justice and dropout prevention.

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Practice Group webpage is located at:

www.sharedwork.org

Practice Group Listserv:

SMH_JJ/[email protected]

Fill out the Sign-in Sheet if you want to join the Listserv on a trial basis.

http://www.sharedwork.org/

mailto:SMH_JJ/[email protected]

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Please Join Us Later TodayLunchtime Workshop

Engaging Disengaged Youth

JoAnne M. Mallory, Project DirectorInstitute on Disability

University of New Hampshire

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15 th Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health Albuquerque, NM ~ Oct. 2010

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