NCJ Number
247452
Date Published
May 2008
Length
18 pages
Annotation
This document outlines guidelines for girls services in Connecticut.
Abstract
These guidelines were developed in collaboration with the provider community using an inclusive, strength based process. The guidelines provided should be considered basic service delivery practices for girls for service providers. They are not designed to be clinically responsive. They are best understood as the initial phase of unifying female responsive practices across the Judicial and DCF Juvenile Justice System. Later phases of development will be designed with intentional response. These guidelines are designed to: educate providers and system personnel while also initiating important enhancements for girls at the program and system levels; balance an ideal vision of programs and services for girls that is grounded in research and best practices while acknowledging the current parameters of our systems; and coexist with system level principles and policies that will support program level enhancements, not to resemble policies, protocols or training content. Topics covered include: philosophy/conceptual framework; facility; management and staffing; program culture/milieu; behavior; motivation; treatment/service planning and review; programming and services; and totally quality improvement.