An online learning event hosted by the Tribal Youth Justice Resource Center, in this session, the presenters provided an overview of cultural connectedness as one of the strongest protective factors for American Indian youth. A panel of experts from the National Native Children’s Trauma Center discussed the essential role of cultural connectedness in providing trauma-informed care to Tribal youth.
An online learning event hosted by the Tribal Youth Justice Resource Center, in this session, the presenters provided an overview of Compassion fatigue, which is a broadly defined concept that includes emotional, physical & spiritual distress. It is associated with care providers experiencing significant pain and suffering while caregiving. This session has shared strategies to prevent & mitigate the effects.
An online learning event hosted by the Tribal Youth Justice Resource Center, in this session, the presenters provided an overview of the Trauma-Informed Juvenile Court Self-Assessment. Content has focused on how tribal courts and other child serving programs can support trauma informed service delivery.
An agenda outline session dates, times and information for the 2021 OJJDP Tribal Youth Virtual National Conference
A booklet detailing presenter and session information for the 2021 OJJDP Tribal Youth Virtual National Conference
A program logic model template developed by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
A document that provides an overview of the available training offerings from the National Native Children’s Trauma Center
A panel presented at the 2021 OJJDP Tribal Youth Virtual National Conference. Research suggests that Native American youth are at increased risk of trauma, depression, and PTSD as a result of grief and exposure to violence which can lead to relationship problems, drug and alcohol abuse, violent behavior, suicide and depression, problems in school, and bullying and victimization. National Native Children’s Trauma Center provides training in promising practices as well as technical assistance in healing-centered systems change across all tribal child-serving systems, including schools, behavioral health providers, child welfare agencies, and juvenile justice systems. The National Native Children’s Trauma Center also assists in the cultural adaptation of promising practices and develops products and practices intended for use in Native communities. This panel provided an opportunity for attendees to hear more about their work and to ask questions that may have been generated throughout the conference.
A session presented at the 2021 OJJDP Tribal Youth National Conference (Session E1). This session presented the journey undertaken in 2020 to develop, plan, and implement a virtual peer to peer mentoring and experiential youth leadership conference that encompassed poetry, photography, music, and art for middle and high school students during a pandemic. The session provided a discussion about peer to peer mentoring and cultural arts approaches that promote healing, resilience, and prevent or reduce delinquent behavior.
A session presented at the 2021 OJJDP Tribal Youth National Tribal Youth Conference (Session D4). This session focused on current substance abuse trends in Indian Country, discussed efforts to address substance use among Tribal youth, and included an examination of strength-based processes to support Tribal youth substance use/reduction in Tribal prevention and youth wellness programs. Speakers will share community-driven processes for initiatives that lead to youth connectedness and resiliency.
