# Presentation: 438016

## Tools for Success 

- Working With Youth With FASD in the Juvenile Justice System

**Notes:**
Time: 30 minutes
Welcome to the Tools for Success Training of Trainers. Tools for Success is designed to help professionals in the juvenile justice system recognize and address FASD. 

Have trainees introduce themselves. 

## Curriculum Based on Resource GuideFunded by NIAAA

## 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

- 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

## 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

- ~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

## 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.

- To provide information to professionals in the juvenile justice system to be able to develop and deliver effective & appropriate services for youth with FASD.

## 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

- 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

## 

Objectives

- Objectives

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

## 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

- 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

## 
Overall mean score for all 4 pilots~3.4

Participants were generally very positive regarding all aspects of the training.

- Overall mean score for all 4 pilots~3.4
- Participants were generally very positive regarding all aspects of the training.

## Pilot test quotes

“Almost all of the information was directly related to my job”

“The activities (in the curriculum) were very helpful”

*“**Almost all of the information was directly related to my job”*
*“**The activities (in the curriculum) were very helpful”*

## 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

## Training teams~8 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

## Training Requests

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

**Notes:**
Issues to address when responding to a training request include:
Time available
Background of audience
Potential issues for discussion
Previous experience or education with FASD
Logistics (who will make handouts, provide AV equipment, pay trainer expenses, etc.?)  Training teams are expected to conduct at least 1 training to be observed by the end of June in their region.  All trainers need to arrange their own travel and seek reimbursement.  Discuss with the trainers ways they could seek reimbursement (funded by requestor, collaborative opportunities, own affiliate agency, etc.). 

## 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

- 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

- Review of Curriculum

## Tools for Success 

- Working With Youth With FASD in the Juvenile Justice System

**Notes:**
Time: 30 minutes
Welcome to the Tools for Success Training of Trainers. Tools for Success is designed to help professionals in the juvenile justice system recognize and address FASD. 

Have trainees introduce themselves.