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Monday March 2, Mandatory Reporter Training Development team meeting - at CCAP 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Wednesday March 18, JDCAP Training Committee Meeting 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Wednesday April 8, JDCAP Executive Committee meeting 1:00-4:00 p.m. at CCAP

Thursday April 9, 10 AM - 3:00 p.m. JDCAP Board Membership meeting at CCAP

Monday April 20-Friday April 24 - JDCAP Hosted Training by NPJS "Training for Trainers" at CCAP

21st National Symposium Call for Presentations

The National Partnership for Juvenile Services is pleased to issue a "Call for Presentations" for our upcoming 21st National Symposium on Juvenile Services being held September 27 - October 1, 2015 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the Wyndham Grand Hotel. To make this Symposium a success, we need juvenile services professionals to share their experiences and expertise.

Prospective workshop presenters are encouraged to submit proposals on a variety of topics including, but not limited to Current & Emerging Issues for the Juvenile Justice Practitioner, PREA Issues and Updated, Training and Performance Improvement for Staff, Implementing & Evaluating Effective Educational Strategies for Youth, Leadership Issues, Strategies for Understanding and Effectively Addressing DMC, Providing Services for Youth in Adult Facilities, and Community-Based Services. 

Call for Presentations

Webinar To Discuss Defending Childhood Practice and Policy

On February 25, 2015, from 12 to 1:30 p.m. ET, the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, a program of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Center for Mental Health Services, will present the free webinar "Understanding the Defending Childhood Initiative: Policy Implications for the Child Trauma Field." Presenters will provide an overview of the Attorney General's Defending Childhood initiative and highlight current and future practice and policy implications for helping children and families exposed to trauma. Learning credits are available.

Resources:

Use the course link to enroll in the webinar; to listen by phone call 1-866-295-5950 and enter guest code 5318986.

Access publications in OJJDP's National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence series.

View and download "SAMHSA's Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach."

JUVENILE LAW CENTER YOUTH ADVOCATES
USE MULTIMEDIA PROJECT TO ADDRESS FOSTER CARE ISSUES

"They kept trying to place me with family, which I didn't want. I didn't feel like I had a voice in choosing my placements."

This sentiment was echoed by members of Youth Fostering Change who participated in a panel discussion on foster care earlier this month. This topic - that many teens and young adults in foster care struggle with their placement - was the focus of a recent Youth Fostering Change multimedia project.

As part of their project, Youth Fostering Change advocates created two printable guides for youth and their caseworkers. The youth advocates also created and starred in The Willy Show, an episodic, talk-show style video project that illustrates the key recommendations outlined in guides.