Rehearsing Your Personal Case
Mentor ship As one of the options I brainstormed to address the delinquent behavior of my juvenile, I've come to believe that what most young people in the juvenile justice system needs is not services or professional assistance. Some do. Some are in the justice system because they cant stop their behavior because they have mental health problems, substance abuse problems and they need professional help to get past those barriers. But many are often suffering from severe cases of adolescence, and they need to be helped with that disorder. Learning responsibility, learning how to associate with others, learning how to make decisions, learning that there are risks in life and that there is no need to …show more content…
Speaking with Lynn Irving, the Director of Youth Services here in Flagler County, the research and studies coming out have been very influential on policy makers, especially within the school system. People are not starting to see mentoring as a part of the school intervention system which was not true ten years ago. Jurisdictions are now looking at alternatives to training schools and incarceration. No one can afford that old policy anymore so the focus is now on community based programs My juvenile could greatly benefit from having a mentor closer to his age who can both identify with the transition from teen to adulthood as well as the crisis which comes along with the life change. The local NAACP has established a mentor program in which teens are evaluated and partnered with a mentor who best suits their needs. Since my juvenile has displayed troubling behavior and getting into scrapes with the law, and is in danger of ruining his future, the best approach should be about
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In fact it had only been three days when I returned home to find him and several friends on my porch where a strong odor of
REHEARSING YOUR PERSONAL CASE 5 marijuana and cigar smoke emitted from the area they were sitting. To monitor his drug activity, the program required weekly urinalysis test to be conducted at which this week, none was conducted because of his corrected recent use of marijuana. Our third weekly session required that the counselor spend two hours with my juvenile to introduce him to the core elements of the program. I was allowed to speak with her briefly about our latest legal issues and then I was dismissed. Being concerned that her desire to assist my juvenile successfully complete the program, I have doubts that this counselor will question any information provided to her during these one-on-one sessions. My juvenile is very convincing and believable that the counselor may not be able to see through the lies he lives to tell. The only true measure of compliance will be the weekly urinalysis exams which will tell the true
Mentor ship As one of the options I brainstormed to address the delinquent behavior of my juvenile, I've come to believe that what most young people in the juvenile justice system needs is not services or professional assistance. Some do. Some are in the justice system because they cant stop their behavior because they have mental health problems, substance abuse problems and they need professional help to get past those barriers. But many are often suffering from severe cases of adolescence, and they need to be helped with that disorder. Learning responsibility, learning how to associate with others, learning how to make decisions, learning that there are risks in life and that there is no need to …show more content…
Speaking with Lynn Irving, the Director of Youth Services here in Flagler County, the research and studies coming out have been very influential on policy makers, especially within the school system. People are not starting to see mentoring as a part of the school intervention system which was not true ten years ago. Jurisdictions are now looking at alternatives to training schools and incarceration. No one can afford that old policy anymore so the focus is now on community based programs My juvenile could greatly benefit from having a mentor closer to his age who can both identify with the transition from teen to adulthood as well as the crisis which comes along with the life change. The local NAACP has established a mentor program in which teens are evaluated and partnered with a mentor who best suits their needs. Since my juvenile has displayed troubling behavior and getting into scrapes with the law, and is in danger of ruining his future, the best approach should be about
REHEARSING YOUR PERSONAL CASE …show more content…
In fact it had only been three days when I returned home to find him and several friends on my porch where a strong odor of
REHEARSING YOUR PERSONAL CASE 5 marijuana and cigar smoke emitted from the area they were sitting. To monitor his drug activity, the program required weekly urinalysis test to be conducted at which this week, none was conducted because of his corrected recent use of marijuana. Our third weekly session required that the counselor spend two hours with my juvenile to introduce him to the core elements of the program. I was allowed to speak with her briefly about our latest legal issues and then I was dismissed. Being concerned that her desire to assist my juvenile successfully complete the program, I have doubts that this counselor will question any information provided to her during these one-on-one sessions. My juvenile is very convincing and believable that the counselor may not be able to see through the lies he lives to tell. The only true measure of compliance will be the weekly urinalysis exams which will tell the true