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Pathway to Resilience, Healing, and Cultural Restoration: Cultural Considerations in Collaboration

Session Description: In this online learning event hosted by the Tribal Youth Justice Resource Center, presenters provide an overview to participants regarding 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 had a special emphasis on the role of cultural connectedness among our youth and strengthening their capacity to avoid the justice system. Presenters have discussed the role of culture in initiating and sustaining partnerships and collaborations in Native communities and have shared tribal best practices for selecting culturally informed and appropriate interventions.

Program Evaluation and Sustainability Planning

Considerations and Strategies to Support Program Maintenance and Continuity

An online learning event hosted by the Tribal Youth Justice Resource Center, in this session, the presenters provided an overview of program evaluation and sustainability while considering the implications for program continuity and services.

Youth in Recovery

Description: An online learning event hosted by the Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts in collaboration with the Tribal Youth Justice Resource Center, in this session, presenters provided an overview of the difficulties of adolescence. When teenage use of substance becomes out of control, how do we as a family, community, or agency support a youth in recovery.

Panel Discussion on Cultural Connectedness and Trauma-Informed Care

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.

Compassion Fatigue: A Path to Wellness, Resiliency, and Self-Care

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.

Native American Drum

Trauma Informed Court Self-Assessment

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.