Judicial Center
600 Commonwealth Avenue
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Audience
Juvenile Court Judges and Juvenile Court Personnel
Summary
This training is designed to inform Judges and Court Personnel of the effects of childhood trauma and enhance the ability of the court to recognize and positively interact with juveniles who are victims of trauma.
Goals of Training:
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Learn about child traumatic stress, the relationship between trauma and delinquency, responses to trauma, as well as the impact of trauma on child development
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Review lessons learned from Courthouse Trauma Audits performed by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
Presenter
Dr. Melissa Sickmund, Ph.D. Director, National Center for Juvenile Justice, Research Division of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
Dr. Melissa Sickmund joined NCJJ in 1986 and has been at its helm since 2012. Dr. Sickmund’s work at NCJJ has had the goal of improving juvenile justice statistical information and facilitating the use of data to support decision-making at the national and local levels. Dr. Sickmund oversees NCJJ’s work on several national data efforts including: National Juvenile Court Data Archive, NCJJ’s longest running project; Juvenile Justice Model Data Project, NCJJ’s newest project; National Juvenile Justice Data Analysis Program and its online Statistical Briefing Book; Juvenile Justice GPS (Geography, Policy, Practice and Statistics) website; Multi-state Study of Subsequent Offending; Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement; Juvenile Residential Facility Census; and the Survey of Juveniles Charged as Adults in Criminal Court. Dr. Sickmund is best known for the Juvenile Offenders and Victims publication series, a product of the National Juvenile Justice Data Analysis Program.
Questions?
Deadline for Registration: August 15th, 2017
For questions about the training, please contact Suzanne Estrella, Staff Attorney, at sestrella@pcar.org or 717-728-9740 x 161.
For questions about registration, please contact Erin Levine, Database & Registration Coordinator, at