Juvenile Corrections Interagency Transition Model: Moving Students From Institutions into Community Schools

• NCJ Number: 110347
• Journal: Remedial and Special Education Volume: 7 Issue: 3 Dated: (May-June 1986) Pages: 56-61
• Author(s): S Webb; M E Maddox
• Date Published: 1986
• Length: 6 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Program Description (Model)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

This article explains the development and implementation of the Juvenile Corrections Interagency Transition Project, a model program used by the State of Washington to help adjudicated youth make the transition from institution to public school.

Abstract

The program teaches adjudicated youth skills that enable them to make the transition from institution to public school and contains procedures developed by agencies that work with juvenile delinquents in transition to provide continuity. The model program aims to help agencies plan and work together to meet the students' educational needs as they move from the penal institution to the community school system. In developing the model, the University of Washington research team consulted with education professionals in institutions and community schools. Each group became aware of the needs, goals, and problems of the other. The Juvenile Corrections Transition Model contains 36 strategies in 4 areas. The four areas are (1) awareness of other agency activities and missions, (2) transfer of records when entering the institution and leaving for a local school, (3) preplacement planning for the transition before the youth leaves the institution, and (4) placement maintenance in the public school and ongoing communication between the correctional institution and the public school staff about youth progress. Preliminary data from the model program suggest that the model has helped students to stay in school. 1 table and 9 references.