NCJ Number
76588
Date Published
1981
Length
0 pages
Annotation
A Colorado Springs program for helping learning-disabled delinquents and a San Francisco program for reducing crime in schools are discussed at the 1981 National Conference on Juvenile Justice.
Abstract
The program director of Colorado Springs' Agency-School Cooperative Adolescent Program explains that the 4-year-old program for learning-disabled delinquents serves over 200 children. Interagency teams composed of members from various helping organizations attempt to deal with clients' problems in a comprehensive manner while avoiding the duplication of efforts. In addition, members of the various organizations educate each other, parents, and the public in available treatment resources. The program is entirely locally funded. San Francisco's chief probation officer and the assistant superintendent of the city's unified school district describe a program of collaboration between high school counselors and probation officers which aims at reducing crime in schools. A single probation officer handles all juvenile probationers attending one school and attempts to assure that these persons do not become involved in criminal activities at the school. In another program, uniformed police officers patrol school grounds 3 hours per day in order to reduce crime, and in a third, a full-time social worker is assigned to a school to help students and their families. A table of contents is included.