PPT-“Gangs and Vocational Rehabilitation: Delinquency

Disability Process and Partnerships Gordon Swensen MS LVRC CRC CPM GCDF Director Statewide Strategic Alliances and Initiatives gswensenutahgov Maine VR Conference June 12 2014. Lorraine Khan . Associate Director, . Children and young People . Key messages. Girls in . gangs . are. much . more vulnerable than other young women who get into . trouble. vulnerable in many different . Meredith Brunkow. Joanna Esker. Stephanie Popovich . What is a Gang?. A gang is an organization of two or more individuals who form an alliance for a common purpose. The gang identifies with and claims territory in the community and engages individually or collectively in violence and other criminal activity. . Jeffrey Hernandez. Learning Objectives. D. elinquency and key terms . Identify early indicators of Delinquent Behavior. Correlation between Delinquency and Mental Health. Value of Interventions at Early Stages of Delinquency. Heather Shore. Cultural Studies and Humanities, Leeds Beckett University. Key Questions:. What was the character and extent of ‘gang’ conflict?. How did the CJS deal with gang crime? . Can we draw any lessons from historical gangs? How meaningful are comparisons?. Urban Challenges. . 10% . of AA unemployed in February 2015. 29.3% . of residents lived in poverty as of 2012. . 62.7% . per thousand teen pregnancy rate. Guns per capita . Gun Violence: . Our Biggest Challenge. George E. Davis, MD . New Mexico Department of Children, Youth and Families. for. Child Trauma Academy. . Juvenile arrest rate highest ever in 1996 and then declined 48% by 2011. MALE AND FEMALE ARREST RATES—. Preliminary results of Acclaim Otago’s online survey. And. Prospective Outcomes of Injury Study. Dr Denise Powell and Dr Sarah Derrett. ACC : A Better Future. 29. th. October 2012. The Survey. Completed by 713 people between July-October 2012. Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment Mission : is to assist Veterans with service-connected disabilities to return to suitable employment. Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment David R. Higginbotham, MS – Louisiana Rehabilitation Services. Timothy N. Tansey, Ph.D., CRC – University of Wisconsin - Madison. Introduction. In recent years, a number of state vocational rehabilitation agencies have adopted Motivational Interviewing (MI) as part of a process to revitalize the provision of vocational counseling and guidance in the federal/state vocational rehabilitation system. Miller and Rollnick (1991) defined MI as a “goal-oriented, consumer-centered counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping consumers to explore and . Natalja. . Markovskaja. Head. . of. . Job. . Search. . and. . Employment. . Department. Valakupiai. . Rehabilitation. Centre. . Baltic Sea Region . Conference “Professional . Rehabilitation for people with disabilities. Where are we heading . May 14 2018Informed consentextentConsent allows VIRK Vocational Rehabilitation Funds vocational consultants and specialists to access process and share your personal data for the purpose of vocational persons with disabilities in preparation for their employment in the competitive labor market VR advocates employment outcomes for clients that are consistent with their individual strengths resources VR&E is an . employment. . program, differing from VA’s Education benefit programs . Provide services to eligible . service members . and veterans with service-connected disabilities to obtain and maintain suitable employment or achieve independence in daily living. West Virginia's Model. Donna Ashworth, Director, WVDRS. Sherry Taylor, Executive Director, WVSRC. Partnership Defined. 1. Partnership . refers to a business or . organization where . two or more individuals share equal responsibility for .