Department Begins Therapeutic Environment Training for Court Services Staff
The Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has begun court services staff training in the therapeutic environment. The court services staff training got underway at the end of August with the first train-the-trainer session for Module 1: Understanding the Overall Mission and Teamwork of NC DJJDP. Trainers will be training in this module for the next six weeks. During training for Module 1, staff identified trainers and created the curriculum for Module 2.
The TE training within court services will incorporate tools similar to those in the youth development center curriculum as well as focus on developing a standardized service planning format within the training curriculum. The training will be regionally based and held in two-day modules.
The training of court service staff comes on the heels of the completion of the Therapeutic Environment Training (TET) for staff at all five youth development centers. The Department now has all five youth development centers implementing components of the therapeutic environment.
Meanwhile, detention center staff and central office staff have begun to modify the TET curriculum in order to address specific needs in the detention center setting. The detention center work group is focused on development of a curriculum that applies to a short-term custody environment. Detention center staff are currently finalizing their planning processes.
The therapeutic environment training is a curriculum that delivers skills and knowledge, as well as assesses competency development. It gives staff tools to create a therapeutic teaching environment and will result in the implementation of an environment in which youth participate in education and treatment programs to promote the development of needed skills and life changes.
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