Six-week Program

Juvenile specialists are in a strategic position to provide professional services to youths and their families. DCI’s intensive six-week programs:

provide participants with a social science and systems-oriented overview for their challenging responsibilities
emphasize networking to develop close working relationships with schools, social agencies, health resources, churches and other community organizations
foster a “teamwork relationship” with the juvenile court and probation department as well as with institutional and parole agencies
teach students to use their discretionary authority to meet the needs of each offender through the most appropriate disposition
discuss diversion from juvenile court processing and new juvenile justice standards

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