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School-Based Wraparound and Its Connection to Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports: A Component of Safe/Effective Schools for All Students

September 2013
By building partnerships with schools, families, and community agencies, wraparound services and programs help youth achieve established goals and transition back into their home communities. The author provides readers with a basic understanding of the wraparound process by describing its basic ele...

Preventing Youth Delinquency: Identifying School Risk and Protective Factors

September 2013
Although a strong body of research on what makes a student at risk for delinquent behavior exists, few studies have examined the variables within schools that exacerbate or counteract these risks. The results of EDJJ's three multimethod studies suggest that school-level characteristics can help mini...

NDTAC Brief: Improving Conditions for Learning for Youth Who Are Neglected or Delinquent

September 2013
Learning is not just a cognitive process; research shows that powerful social and emotional factors affect learning. By providing students with support that addresses these needs and building positive social and emotional conditions for learning, staff in facilities and schools can help improve lear...

Program Highlights: Stadium View School, Minneapolis, Minnesota

January 2014
This profile highlights Stadium View, a short-term stay school in the Juvenile Detention Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. With an active parent council and partnerships with more than 70 community organizations, this program is the only short-term correctional educational school outside the state o...

Program Highlights: Balcom Learning Center, Greene County, Arkansas

January 2014
The James and Charlene Balcom Learning Center (BLC) is an alternative learning environment within Children’s Homes, Inc., a residential treatment facility in Greene County, Arkansas. BLC helps students gain the necessary skills to transition to a high school, college, or vocational training program ...

Program Highlights: Accessing Online Supplemental Textbook Material

May 2014
This Program Highlight is the first in a series exploring the use of educational technology in juvenile secure-care facilities. This Highlight examines three facilities in Indiana and their efforts to provide access to online supplemental textbook materials to teachers and studen...

Program Highlights: International Computer Driving License Program

May 2014
This Program Highlight is the second in a series exploring the use of educational technology in juvenile securecare facilities. This Highlight examines the experience of Loysville Youth Development Center (LYDC) with implementing an online computer skills certificate program...

Program Highlights: Oregon Virtual School District

May 2014
This Program Highlight is the third in a series exploring the use of educational technology in juvenile securecare facilities. This Highlight examines Oregon’s Stateoperated juvenile justice facilities and their use of a virtual school district to provide online academic content ...

NDTAC Practice Guide: Early Learning Is Essential: Addressing the Needs of Young Children Potentially at Risk for System Involvement

July 2014
NDTAC’s newest practice guide examines the principle that early learning is essential for children; it focuses on helping them avoid involvement in the juvenile justice and/or child welfare systems. These practices address the importance of early identification of children who may be vulnerable to i...

Teaching With Technology in Juvenile Justice Facilities

November 2014
Oregon is paving the way for the use of education- and vocation-focused technology in the State’s juvenile justice facilities. Taking advantage of a world of online and other digital content while maintaining facility safety and security, teachers and students now have greater access to curricula, t...

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