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Ennis, Robin Parks; Carmouche, Millicent; Jolivette, Kristine; Cease-Cook, Jennifer; Clark, Kelly A. – National Technical Assistance Center on Transition, 2017
Youth who have been adjudicated face the unique challenge of transitioning from facility to community while also transitioning from adolescence to adulthood. Although many juvenile justice facilities seek to provide effective transition and aftercare services, researchers have demonstrated high levels of recidivism among formerly incarcerated…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Juvenile Justice
Walters, Leanne – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Purpose: The purposes of this study were first to identify and describe transition to adulthood pathways of youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) in regards to the timing and order of transition to adulthood task completion (e.g. completing education, gaining employment, living independently, marrying/close personal relationship, and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Transitional Programs, Emotional Disturbances, Youth
Shepherd, Tina D. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In 1990, The Americans with Disabilities Act ruled that, regardless of age, inmates were entitled to continued special education services in correctional facilities. This qualitative case study identified perceptions of recidivism in incarcerated adolescents with special education needs. In this study the correctional education programs were…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Civil Rights Legislation, Case Studies
Establishing a School-Based Mentoring Program for Youth Who Are Transitioning from a Secure Facility
Waller, Katherine S.; Houchins, David E.; Nomvete, Patsy Thomas – Beyond Behavior, 2010
Youth with disabilities face many obstacles when transitioning from a juvenile detention facility back to school. A school-based mentoring program provides formerly incarcerated youth with support and encouragement from a caring, responsible adult. Youth with positive role models such as a mentor are more likely to successfully transition back to…
Descriptors: Mentors, Educational Change, Career Awareness, Transitional Programs
Waintrup, Miriam G.; Unruh, Deanne K. – Journal of Correctional Education, 2008
Formerly incarcerated adolescents with disabilities face additional barriers to a successful transition to adulthood when released from the youth correctional facility often with societal expectations of transitioning directly to adulthood. Employment and post-secondary enrollment may serve as protective factors and reduce the likelihood of future…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Adolescents, Specialists, Job Development

Hellriegel, Kimberly L.; Yates, James R. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1999
This case study examined the relationship between an educational agency and a human service agency in providing services to juvenile offenders in a county-operated correctional facility as they transition to the local public school system. It urges juvenile justice and public school systems to work together to effectively meet the needs of this…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Correctional Education

Bullis, Michael; Yovanoff, Paul – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2002
A 5-year study investigated the relationship of selected variables to engagement (working, attending school, or both) status of 108 formerly incarcerated youth. Participants whose first formal adjudication occurred after 14 and were not gang-involved were more likely to be engaged, as were those who received mental health services. (Contains…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Attendance, Behavior Disorders
Wolford, Bruce, Ed.; And Others – 1990
The 11 articles in this monograph, selected from more than 100 presentations made at the National Conference on Transitional Services for Troubled Youth, examine the history, current status, best practices, and future needs of troubled youth who are returning from residential to community settings. The papers are the following: "Transitional…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Community Programs, Correctional Institutions