This online learning event features a panel of Native youth sharing their experiences with mentoring and peer mentoring, as well as provides information about the 7th generation mentoring model funded by OJJDP.
In this session, participants will engage with an online middle school and high school curriculum from the National Museum of American Indians. This will enable participants to experience and learn how to incorporate and use a non-conventional resource(s) within their Tribal youth programming.
An informational online learning event on the Walking the Four Directions Curriculum offered by the National Native Children’s Trauma Center (NNCTC): a strength-based, trauma-informed approach to teaching youth pro-social and emotional skills.
This online learning event provides an overview of the history of education within public learning institutions and its impact on the American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) population. Educational systems have historically been utilized to inflict generational trauma within AI/AN families. The presenters share insight on how education has been presented and received by the AI/AN peoples within the United States and associated outcomes.
Any professionals working with tribal youth can benefit from understanding the impact of trauma and what this impact looks like specifically for youth who have come in contact with the juvenile justice system. Whether working in a court system or in a youth program, staff and their community partners can improve their services and outreach to tribal youth who have lived experience interfacing with the justice system.
Compassion fatigue 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 shares strategies to prevent & mitigate the effects.
This interactive online learning event is designed share the experience, planning strategy, implementation, and initial outcomes of the Oglala Sioux Tribe PRIDE Month activities. This panel will include organizers, volunteers, Tribal Youth Justice Resource Center Staff and Youth Ambassadors, as well as reflections from participants.
Many of our Tribal youth continue to have much higher rates of engagement with the juvenile justice system and there continues to be a need for communities to develop and sustain effective partnerships to address the complexity of issues that surround our youth in their interactions with justice systems. This presentation offers participants successful approaches to engage community partners and sustain community collaborations in culturally informed ways. With a focus on strategies that enhance and strengthen the protective factors, this presentation will have a special emphasis on the role of cultural connectedness among our youth and strengthening their capacity to avoid the justice system. Presenters will discuss the role of culture in initiating and sustaining partnerships and collaborations in Native communities and will share tribal best practices for selecting culturally informed and appropriate interventions.
The mission of the National Native Children’s Trauma Center (NNCTC) is to co-facilitate trauma-focused healing for Native children, families, and communities, with understanding, respect, and honoring of Tribal sovereignty, specific community needs, and the use of traditional healing practices. The purpose of this online learning event is to describe the various NNCTC offerings in the areas of:
A Dialogue on Truancy Prevention (two-part series): This series will serve as an open dialogue to gain knowledge about current issues impacting Tribal truancy prevention initiatives in community or court-based programs.
