D1: Resiliency Through Advocacy: Impact of Climate Change on Community Health and Well-Being
Session Description: This session explores the impacts of climate change on community health and well-being. Youth presenters will speak on how changes in the climate impact the options available to youth in Native communities, the resultant impacts on community health, ...read morePresentation
C4: National Native Children’s Trauma Center (NNCTC) – Session 2: Trauma’s Impact on Development
Session Description: This session focuses on the impact of trauma on how Tribal youth grow up and who they grow up to be, especially the impact that multiple traumatic experiences can have on achieving important developmental tasks and competencies. Participants ...read morePresentation
C3: Transforming Justice Systems: Indigenous Model of Restorative Practices
Session Description: The Indigenous model of restorative practices is a strength-based approach that fosters stronger human relationships with each other within the constructs of our families, community, and educational, human services, and justice systems settings. Restorative Practices is based on ...read morePresentation
C2: Rural Alaska Community Action Program (RurAL CAP) – Resource Basket: Supporting the Effective Operation of Juvenile Healing to Wellness Courts in Alaska
Session Description: Alaska's deeply held values contribute to the development of youth-serving programs, including juvenile healing to wellness courts. As courts implement and enhance their programs, the values and principles become increasingly important to the development of effective operations. This ...read morePresentation
B4: National Native Children’s Trauma Center (NNCTC) – Session 1: Trauma and Justice Involvement
Session Description: Participants will learn how exposure to trauma and historical trauma can affect the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of Tribal youth in the juvenile justice system. The aim is to understand the key terms of trauma, resilience, and recovery ...read morePresentation
B3: Youth Perspectives on Substance Abuse and Self Harm
Session Description: Developed collaboratively by the Tribal Youth Resource Center Youth Ambassadors, this session explores youth substance abuse and self-harm awareness from a Native youth perspective. The presenters share their perspectives and experiences as young people on how leaders and ...read morePresentation
B2: Best Practices in Conducting a Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court Hearing
Session Description: This session will feature a mock intake as well as a Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court hearing where the presenters create a script that addresses some common issues that the Tribal Youth Resource Center has helped address via ...read morePresentation
B1: Alaska Villages/Communities Panel: Priorities, Innovative Approaches, Challenges, Strategies to Address Justice System Disparities
Panel Description: Alaska is home to 229 of the 574 federally recognized Tribes in the United States, and has a variety of cultures, languages, and histories, as well as unique challenges. This panel will include Alaska Native programs from a variety ...read morePresentation
A4: National Native Children’s Trauma Center Information Session
Session Description: The National Native Children’s Trauma Center staff have set aside time for a greet and meet with OJJDP Tribal Youth and Juvenile to Healing Court grantees. This is an opportunity to meet in person and share about your ...read morePresentation
A3: Winnebago Tribe Crisis Intervention Response Model
Session Description: Crisis intervention is an immediate, short-term response to mental, physical, emotional, or behavioral distress. This session will provide an overview of the Winnebago Tribe’s trauma-informed youth Crisis Intervention Response Model, which has been successful in mitigating the impact ...read morePresentation
A2: Increasing Community Involvement in the Juvenile Healing to Wellness Courts
Session Description: Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court (JHWC) professionals will share their journey to becoming involved in their respective Juvenile Healing to Wellness Courts, including what drew them in and what keeps them committed to the work. Discussion will also ...read morePresentation
A1: Alternatives to Incarceration: Tribal-State Collaboration Panel
Panel Description: This panel will include both Tribal and State representatives who will discuss strategies that center on collaborations between states and Tribes to provide alternatives to incarceration for justice-involved youth. The panelists will share examples of state laws, agreements, ...read morePresentation
