Trauma and Urban Youth: School-to-Prison Pipeline Community-Based and Policy Strategies

Opportunity: Trauma and Urban Youth: School-to-Prison Pipeline Community-Based and Policy Strategies

Deadline: 04/06/2017

Website: https://events-na11.adobeconnect.com/content/connect/c1/1120832267/en/events/event/shared/1159765005/event_landing.html?sco-id=1606122526

Sponsor: SAMHSA

Description:

This webinar on Friday, April 7, 2017, from 10am-11am Pacific/1 pm – 2 pm Eastern, will explore the effects of trauma and the school to prison pipeline.The School-to-Prison Pipeline is a metaphor for discipline policies that push children out of the classroom and into the juvenile justice system at alarming rates. This webinar will address behavioral health approaches, community-based and policy strategies to eliminate the disproportionate number of students that are suspended and expelled from schools at alarming rates.