Tools for Success

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Tools for Success

• Working With Youth With FASD in the Juvenile
  Justice System

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Curriculum Based on Resource GuideFunded by NIAAA
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• Process for development
• Proposed curriculum to the FASD Center for
  Excellence
• Draft curriculum developed
• Peer reviewed
• Changes made based on peer review
• Draft curriculum revised
• Usability testing conducted-reviewing graphics
• Pilot testing of curriculum-4 sites
• Revisions based on pilot tests
• Train-the-Trainer session

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• Resource Guide Content
• A comprehensive guide containing information on
  FASD related to..
• Extent of the problem
• Background history
• Information on the juvenile justice system
• Effective appropriate intervention strategies
• Resource referral information

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• Goal of the curriculum
• To provide information to professionals in the
  juvenile justice system to be able to develop and
  deliver effective appropriate services for
  youth with FASD.

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• Curriculum content includes 7 modules
• Module 1 FASD The Basics
• Module 2 FASD in the Juvenile Justice System
• Module 3 The Juvenile Justice System Response
• Module 4 Dispositional Options
• Module 5 Special Education Behavior Management
• Module 6 Transition Aftercare
• Module 7 Resources

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• Objectives

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• Module 1 FASD The Basics
• Participants completing this module will be able
  to
• discuss the lifelong effects of prenatal alcohol
  exposure on brain development
• define FASD
• describe how FASD impacts the family, school,
  community, society in general

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• Module 2 Overview of FASD in the Juvenile
  Justice System
• Participants completing this module will be able
  to
• describe difficulties of individuals with
  disabilities within the juvenile justice system
• explain why youth with a FASD may be more likely
  to come into contact with the juvenile justice
  system
• examine issues faced by youth with an FASD in
  the juvenile justice system

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• Module 3 The Juvenile Justice System Response
• Participants completing this module will be able
  to
• identify juvenile justice issues facing youth
  with an FASD
• describe the juvenile court process
• discuss the importance of identification
  assessment of FASD in youth in the juvenile
  justice system

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• Module 4 Dispositional Options
• Participants completing this module will be able
  to
• list issues to consider during disposition of
  youth with an FASD
• analyze the dispositional options available for
  youth with an FASD
• describe dispositional options that could lead
  to better outcomes for repeat juvenile offenders
  with an FASD

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• Module 5 Special Education Behavior Management
• Participants completing this module will be able
  to
• examine special education rights of individuals
  with disabilities
• identify requirements of juvenile justice
  systems to provide special education for youth
• describe effective behavior management
  techniques for individuals with an FASD

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• Module 6 Transition Aftercare
• Participants completing this module will be able
  to
• demonstrate an understanding of the need for
  transition aftercare services for juveniles
  with an FASD who are leaving correctional or
  other residential placements
• identify particular aftercare needs of youth
  with an FASD in the juvenile justice system
• examine employment-related issues for youth with
  an FASD

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• Module 7 Resources
• Participants completing this module will be able
  to
• identify national resources for information
  systems on FASD
• list systems that can be used as resources for
  youth with an FASD who are involved in the
  juvenile justice system
• describe methods to identify local resources

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• Overall mean score for all 4 pilots3.4
• Participants were generally very positive
  regarding all aspects of the training.

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• Pilot test quotes
• Almost all of the information was directly
  related to my job
• The activities (in the curriculum) were very
  helpful

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Benefits of training

• Reduce staff frustration
• gain a better understanding of the FASD
  disability
• help understand how to work with individuals
  with FASD
• learn about helpful strategies
• Unique curriculum
• there is nothing like this in the United States
• be the first to have this training

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Training teams8 Regions

• Region 1 ME, VT, NH, MA, CT, RI, NY, NJ, PA,
  MD, VA, WV, Puerto Rico, VI
• Region 2 KY, TN, NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS
• Region 3 OH, MI, IN, IL, WI
• Region 4 AR, LA, TX, OK, NM
• Region 5 KS, NE, MO, IA, MN
• Region 6 MT, WY, ND, SD, CO, UT
• Region 7 CA, NV, AZ, HI
• Region 8 WA, OR, ID, AK

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Training Requests

• Requests may go directly through a TA request
  through the Centers website
• www.fasdcenter.samhsa.gov
• Contact MOFAS directly
• www.mofas.org or 1-866-90-MOFAS

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• Thank you.
• NIAAA for original funding for Resource Guide
• FASD Center for Excellence for current funding to
  develop the curriculum
• Susan Carlson, Founder and President of MOFAS for
  expertise and assistance with the resource guide
  and curriculum development
• Peer review team and pilot sites for exceptional
  feedback
• Training teams

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• Review of Curriculum

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Tools for Success

• Working With Youth With FASD in the Juvenile
  Justice System