Colorado Judicial Branch
Juvenile Drug Court Professional Educational Resources
1. Protective Factors & Resilience
Promoting Protective Factors for In-Risk Families and Youth: A Brief for Researchers
http://www.dsgonline.com/acyf/PF_Research_Brief.pdf
Trauma, PTSD, and Resilience
http://psychrights.org/research/Digest/CriticalThinkRxCites/AgaibiWilson2005.pdf
2. Multi Agency-Collaboration
Cross-System Collaboration
http://www.nctsn.org/sites/default/files/assets/pdfs/jj_trauma_brief_crosssystem_stewart_final.pdf
3. Mental Health
Blueprint for Change: A Comprehensive Model for the Identification and Treatment of Youth with Mental Health Needs in Contact with the Juvenile Justice System
http://njjn.org/uploads/digital-library/resource_349.pdf
Better Solutions for Youth with Mental Health Needs in the Juvenile Justice System
https://nicic.gov/better-solutions-youth-mental-health-needs-juvenile-justice-system
4. Fidelity to the Model
- Drug Court Review, Vol IX, Issue 1: Maintaining Fidelity to the Juvenile Drug Court Model (p 74): https://www.ndci.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ndci_dcr_ix-final3_0.pdf
- Ensuring Fidelity to the Juvenile Drug Courts Strategies in Practice - A Program Component Scale: https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/ensuring-fidelity-juvenile-drug-courts-strategies-practices-program
- Performance Based Drug Courts: Executing the 16 Strategies in Practice:https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/bja/197866.pdf
- Drug Court Review, Vol VII, Issue 1: Special Issue on Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts: https://www.ndci.org/resources/special-issue-juvenile-drug-courts/
- Mentoring in Juvenile Drug Courts:https://www.ncjfcj.org/publications/mentoring-in-juvenile-treatment-drug-courts/
5. Young Adults
From Juvenile Delinquency to Young Adult Offending
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/242931.pdf
Young Offenders and an Effective Response in Juvenile and Adult Justice System
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/242935.pdf
6. Family
Families Unlocking Futures: Solutions to the Crisis in Juvenile Justice
Supporting Infants, Toddlers, and Families Impacted by Caregiver Mental Health Problems,