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The National
Partnership for Juvenile Services’
Juvenile Justice Educators and Trainers Forum
May
4-7, 2008
The NPJS
Forum for Juvenile Justice Educators and Trainers will
provide a unique opportunity for participants to discuss
critical issues, participate in skill building workshops,
learn about best practices and promising approaches,
and establish a network of support. While Educators
will have the opportunity to shape an agenda for alternative
education in the 21st century, trainers will have the
opportunity to assess their current training program
against best professional practices and envision new
goals for the future. Program faculty possesses a wealth
of national expertise, integrity and hands-on service
delivery experience.
Forum Sponsorship
NATIONAL
PARTNERSHIP FOR JUVENILE SERVICES
With a common mission to advocate for youth, families
and communities, promote best practices and standards,
and provide professional development for practitioners
serving at-risk and delinquent youth, The National Partnership
for Juvenile Services (NPJS) envisions an alliance that
promotes quality practices and programs for youth and
families that result in positive change and restore
community.
NPJS
MEMBERS ARE:
- Council
for Educators of At-Risk and Delinquent Youth
- Juvenile
Justice Trainers Association
- National
Association for Juvenile Correctional Agencies
- National
Juvenile Detention Association
- National
Association for Children of Incarcerated Parents
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
CONTENT
OF THE FORUM WAS DEVELOPED BY:
- Juvenile
Justice Trainer Association (JJTA)
JJTA, founded in 1984, is a professional organization
of trainers and staff development coordinators in
the juvenile justice field. JJTA is committed to:
- Promoting
opportunities for professional growth and development
of juvenile justice trainers
- Advocating
for standards which will enhance the quality of
juvenile justice trainers
- Promoting
coalitions and linkages between organizations
that address the needs of at risk youth
- Serving
as a resource for the exchange of juvenile justice
training programs, materials and personnel.
- Council
for Educators of At-Risk and delinquent Youth (CEARDY)
CEARDY, founded in 1999, is a professional organization
of educators who teach in non-traditional educational
settings. The mission of CEARDY is:
- To
foster collaboration among confinement education
professionals
- To
act as a national voice for students, teachers
and school administrators
- To
set standards, for best practice in confinement
education
- To
provide resources, information and technical assistance
- To
sponsor training and professional development
opportunities for its membership
Please visit
our website at www.npjs.org
for more information about the National Partnership
for Juvenile Services.
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KEYNOTE
SPEAKER |
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Dr.
Sandra L. Bloom is a Board-Certified
psychiatrist, graduate of Temple University School
of Medicine, and recipient of the 2005 Temple
University School of Medicine Alumni Achievement
Award. She is a Adjunct Professor in the School
of Public Health at Drexel University, Fellow
of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia,
and President of Community Works, an organizational
consulting firm committed to the development of
nonviolent environments. |
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was appointed to serve as Distinguished Fellow of the
Andrus Children’s Center in 2004 and in September,
2005, the Andrus Center for Learning and Innovation
initiated the Sanctuary Institute in order to teach
leadership teams from other programs how to introduce
Sanctuary concepts into their settings. The Sanctuary
Network of approved programs now includes residential,
group home, juvenile justice, inpatient and outpatient
centers for children, as well as substance abuse and
inpatient programs for adolescents and adults in seven
states and three countries outside of the United States.
From 1980-2001,
Dr. Bloom served as Founder and Executive Director of
the Sanctuary®, inpatient psychiatric programs for
the treatment of trauma-related disorders in adults.
Her first book, Creating Sanctuary: Toward the Evolution
of Sane Societies tells the story of the creation of
one of the nation’s first inpatient programs for
the treatment of adults who were abused as children.
In 1998, Dr. Bloom was appointed the Saul Z. Cohen Chair
in Child and Family Mental Health, Jewish Board of Family
and Children’s Services (JBFCS) of New York for
the purpose of implementing the “Sanctuary Model”
in three residential treatment centers for children
in Hawthorne, New York, as well as domestic violence
shelters operated by JBFCS. In 2000, National Institute
of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a three-year grant to
study the implementation of the Sanctuary Model into
this residential setting and Dr. Bloom served as co-investigator
to this grant awarded through Colombia University. As
a result, the Sanctuary Model is the only trauma-informed,
systems model for children’s residential treatment
with an evidence base to support its implementation.
Dr. Bloom
is a Past-President of the International Society for
Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) and in 1998 received
the Sarah Haley Award for Clinical Excellence from the
ISTSS. For the last four years she has served as the
Ombudsman for the ISTSS. She is the Past-President of
the Philadelphia chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility
(PSR) and during her tenure helped to develop award
winning domestic violence training programs for health
care settings. Under the auspices of PSR Dr. Bloom co-authored
a second book, Bearing Witness: Violence and Collective
Responsibility. In 2003, the Pennsylvania Chapter of
the National Association of Social Work awarded her
their award as Public Citizen of the Year. She now serves
on the Board of the Institute for Safe Families in Philadelphia.
Dr. Bloom
speaks nationally and internationally about the impact
of traumatic experience on individuals, families, organizations,
and cultures. In addition to the two books she has authored,
she has edited another book on violence, has edited
or co-edited and contributed to two issues of Psychiatric
Quarterly and two issues of Therapeutic Communities
as well as authoring fifteen chapters and more than
thirty journal articles. She and her colleagues recently
completed a S.E.L.F. Psychoeducational curriculum that
is being utilized in a number of different setting.
She is presently working on a book that focuses on the
impact of organizational stress on social service and
mental health environments and the Sanctuary Model as
an antidote to recurrent stress and systemic dysfunction.
In 2007, Dr. Bloom and her colleagues created a certificate
program in trauma studies for the Bryn Mawr School of
Social Work and for the last three years, Dr. Bloom
as taught an elective in trauma theory and the creation
of safe environments for the School of Social Policy
and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania.
She maintains
a website at www.sanctuaryweb.com.
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TRAVEL
INFORMATION
PRIMARY HOTEL
All Forum training and events will be held at the Radisson
Valley Forge Hotel, located at 1160 First Avenue,
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406
Hotel rates: $123.00 for single and double occupancy.
Current sales tax is 6% and occupancy tax is 2%. To
book your room reservations please contact the hotel
at (888) 201-1718 and tell them you are with the National
Forum For Juvenile Justice Educators and Trainers.
A little about the conference site…
The Radisson
Valley Forge Hotel is located 19 miles from downtown
Philadelphia, minutes from the King
of Prussia Mall and adjacent to Valley
Forge National Park. The hotel is easily accessible
from many major highways and the PA Turnpike.
There
are so many wonderful attractions just minutes from
the Radisson
Valley Forge Hotel. We are positive you will find
just the activity that you are looking for!
ALTERNATIVE LODGING
AREA AIRPORT
Philadelphia
International Airport (PHL)
Directions: The Radisson
Valley Forge Hotel is located in the heart of Valley
Forge, minutes from all surrounding highways including:
I-476, I-76, Route 422, and the PA Turnpike. This is
such an ideal locations for all of our guests, as we
are only 20-minutes from Philadelphia, 20-minutes from
the Philadelphia International Airport, and 20-minutes
to I-95.
LOCAL TRANSPORTATION
Tropiano
Airport Shuttle services all major hotels and business
in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Shuttles depart from
the Airport Ground Transportation Center every 30 minutes
from 6am-midnight. Reservations can be made by calling
Tropiano at 215-643-5397. Rates: One way, to or from
the Philadelphia Airport- if paying by cash $23; if
paying by credit card $28. Round trip- if paying by
cash $40; if paying by credit card $45.
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