NDTAC Webinars are hosted on a wide variety of topics related to juvenile justice education and education for youth who are neglected. Click on a title to download the speakers' PowerPoint presentation or to view the complete archived version of the Webinar, including the real-time audio and visual presentation.

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Archived Webinars – Sorted by topic

Annual Count

• Annual Counts: Understanding the Process and Its Implications (September 2011)

Assessment

• Pre-Post Assessments (April 2006)
• Academic Assessments: How do N or D Programs Evaluate and Implement the Options? (September 2005)

Collaboration & State Plans

• Improving Practices Within Neglect and Delinquent Systems Through Effective Communication and Collaboration (May 2011)
• Inter-agency Collaboration: An Innovative Transition Practice (September 2008)
• Collaboration and Developing State Plans (February 2005)

Data Systems, Reporting, and Evaluation

• Reviewing the Changes to the Title I, Part D, Federal Data Collection for School Years 2011-12 and 2012-13 (June 2012)
• State Agency Reform: The Experience of the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (June 2008)
• Measuring Success: Examples of State and District Data Collection Systems (July 2005)

Dropout Prevention

• Foxfire Schools: Taking the Time To Foster Deep, Caring, Sustainable Relationships (March 2012)
• Truancy Prevention Programs (January 2012)
• Preventing Delinquency by Promoting Academic Success (June 2008)
• Reaching Out to Youth at Risk: School Dropout Prevention (February 2007)

Family & Parental Involvement

• Overcoming Common Challenges: Tips on Engaging Families at Juvenile Justice Facility Schools (August 2012)
• Practical Strategies for Family Involvement in Correctional Education (January 2009)
• Family Involvement for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System (November 2006)
• Family Involvement of Students in the Juvenile Justice and Corrections System (July 2006)

Gang Prevention

• Gang Prevention From Multiple Perspectives: Federal, Research, and Practice (April 2010)

Laws, Policies, and Initiatives

• Common Core State Standards and Their Potential Impact on Juvenile Justice and Neglect Education (January 2011)
• The Critical Role of Schools in Combating Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC): National Perspective and Local Solutions (November 2010)

Learning & Behavioral Management Strategies

• Engaging Students Who are At Risk through Instruction to Address Gaps in Academic Skills and Accelerate Learning (May 2013)

Mental Health & Substance Abuse

• Addressing the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Needs of Juvenile Justice Involved Youth Through Systems of Care (December 2009)

Monitoring & Compliance

• Compliance Isn't Built in a Day: The Importance of Ongoing Communication in Subgrantee Monitoring (February 2010)
• Subgrantee Monitoring: How do States Monitor Their SAs and LEAs? (November/December 2005)

Safe and Supportive Learning Environments

• The Use of Data and Effective Transition in Providing Individually Tailored Academic and Behavioral Support Services for Youth in the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems (February 2013)
• Tailoring Academic and Behavioral Support Services for Youth: Introducing the NDTAC Practice Guide and Learning About Multiple Education Settings (November 2012)
• Cultural and Linguistic Competency: Strategies for Establishing a Learning Environment Based on Students’ Needs (August 2011)
• Conditions for Learning: Promoting Social, Emotional and Academic Growth in N and D Programs (August 2007)
• Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (January 2006)

Special Education

• IDEA and N or D Education (March 2005)

Teacher Quality & Professional Development

• Professional Development: How It Can Enhance Student Outcomes in Neglected and Delinquent Programs (March 2011)
• The Juggling Act: Minimizing Teacher Attrition and Maximizing Teacher Quality in a Juvenile Justice Setting (March 2009)
• Sharing Professional Development Strategies: How States are Providing Training and Support to Part D Subgrantees (May 2007)
• Teacher Quality and Accreditation (June 2005)

Teaching and Learning

• Tailoring Academic and Behavioral Support Services for Youth: Introducing the NDTAC Practice Guide and Learning About Multiple Education Settings (November 2012)
• Cultural and Linguistic Competency: Strategies for Establishing a Learning Environment Based on Students’ Needs (August 2011)
• Makin' Sense and Counting Down: Boosting Literacy and Numeracy for Youth in Short-Term Placements (August 2010)
• The Importance of Reading Literacy (June 2006)
• Literacy and Transition Curricula, Part II (May 2005)
• Educating N or D Teachers and Students: Curricula and Literacy (April 2005)

Transition, Re-entry & Aftercare

• Helping System-Involved Youth Rewrite Their Stories: Strategies That Motivate (August 2009)
• Inter-agency Collaboration: An Innovative Transition Practice (September 2008)
• Mentoring for Success: Essential Elements for and Models of Mentoring Programs (February 2008)
• Transition (January 2005)

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