Juvenile Justice and Special Education

MATRIX/WRRRC Conference Call For Parent Centers

27 February 2001

10 mins MATRIX - Nora, et al.	1) Introductions: Awaiting the start and getting quick introductions to who is on the call: name, PTI, any active work is this area? (Y/N) 2) Expected outcomes of the call (increased knowledge, peer resources, what’s needed, web resources)
5 mins WRRC - Dick	3) Legal Provisions of IDEA that relate to serving juveniles incarcerated in juvenile corrections facilities (specific sections appended as a "legal resource")
10 mins WRRC - Anita	4) Overview of 20 state level JJ systems and their educational programs - Who are the "players" and what is the context for special education in juvenile justice facilities in your state? a) Wolford http://www.edjj.org/oublications/educating_youth.pdf b) NCJRS State Profiles http://www.ncjfcj.unr.edu/homepage/ncjj/homepage--revised/front.html c) Snapshot (appended as “Snapshot”) http://www.ncjfcj.unr.edu/homepage/ncjj/homepage--revised/snapshot.pdf
20 mins - MATRIX? WRRC? facilitation (5 mins, 5 mins, 10 mins)	5) PTI Sharing - What do you know about that works? a) Julia Calvert (Parents Reaching Out, New Mexico) - conducts orientations for parents of children entering the JJ system in NM. Description of how they got that orientation program started and other observations. b) Carla del Peurto (Spelling?) - Staff from MATRIX placed in the Napa County JJ Office under a "System of Care Grant" - a new attempt to transfer concepts of wrap-around services for families from a Mental Health setting to Juvenile Justice. Observations of how this came about and what it intends to accomplish c) Other PTIs with things to share: Open forum...
10 mins WRRC - Camilla	6) Resources for Understanding Juvenile Justice Systems and Special Education Services (appended as “web resources”)
5 mins MATRIX - Nora	7) Next Steps? Follow-up commitments, other ways to staying in touch? (another call, etc.)