Not exact matches
Youth courts in both Riverhead and Southampton towns follow that model, offering an alternative pathway that aims to hold
offenders accountable and
include the community, said Lynn Nyilas, Southold Town
Youth Bureau director.
Behavior Modification Expert & Trainer for several social services institutions serving developmentally delayed adults; the homeless; and disadvantaged
youth (
including jailed
offenders).
It
includes recommendations to increase the availability of programs to divert people living with mental health problems and illnesses from the corrections system, provide appropriate mental health services in the
youth and adult criminal justice system and ensuring that comprehensive discharge plans are in place, address gaps in treatment programs for
offenders with serious and complex mental health needs, increase the role of the «civil» mental health system in providing services, and provide training about mental - health problems and illnesses to those working in the criminal justice system.
A subgroup of
youth with conduct disorders
includes juvenile sexual
offenders; when they remain in the community interventions such as multisystemic family has been found to be helpful in a randomized effectiveness trial.
In these agencies she provided individual, group and family counseling to varied populations
including pregnant teens and teen mothers,
youth offenders in a preventative program, and children and families in state - funded daycare and after school programs.
Summary: (To
include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations)
Youth recommended for sexual
offender treatment were randomly assigned to receive either Multisystemic Therapy (MST) or treatment as usual (TAU), specific to juvenile sexual
offenders.
Summary: (To
include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations)
Youth were
included in the study if the reason for their arrest
included a serious sexual offense and if they had subsequently been referred for sexual
offender counseling.
Her current research interests
include assessment of at - risk
youth, relapse prevention programs for young
offenders, and social emotional functioning of children and adolescents.