Psychoeducational Assessment and Special Education Programming for the Juvenile Offender (From Classification: Innovative Correctional Programs, P 11-21, 1988 -- See NCJ-115181)

• NCJ Number: 115184
• Author(s): R H Hoellein; N H Yauger
• Date Published: 1988
• Length: 11 pages
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; Eastern Kentucky University; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Program Description (Model)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

The psychoeducational assessment of juvenile offenders in a correctional institution requires the cooperative effort of all staff members to evaluate a youth's multiple skills in the academic, behavioral, and vocational domains.

Abstract

The goal of such evaluation is to return the juvenile to society better able to become a positively functioning member. Because a large percentage of the juvenile offender population suffers from learning and/or behavioral problems, and in keeping with the mandates of Public Law 94-142, the George Junior Republic, a private correctional institution in Pennsylvania, has developed a multifactorial and multidisciplinary approach to psychoeducational assessment and programming. Youth at the facility complete a screening assessment that includes evaluation of previous school and psychological records and behavioral and educational assessments by institution and guidance staff and educational personnel. An additional evaluation is conducted by the school psychologist if indicated. The basic assessment battery includes measures of intelligence, perceptual motor function, achievement, adaptive behavior, social behavior, personality, and vocational instruments. If a diagnosis of exceptionality is substantiated, an Individualized Education Program Plan is developed that also includes an individualized behavioral program. 4 tables and 63 references. (Author abstract modified)