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Introduction | Session 6
Alternative Education Overview:
Juvenile Justice Institutions
(Long-term Locked Facilities)

Lou Denti, Ph.D.
Special Education Program
California State University, Monterey Bay

     

Objectives

Participants will be able to:

1) examine beliefs and attitudes towards youth in prison;
2) identify issues of over-representationa of minority youth in prison;
3) discuss reasons for violence in schools.


Agenda and Materials

Agenda

Materials

Time

Welcome
Overview
Expectations/ground rules
Session outline and agenda
10
Quick Write Activity (Pretest)
Quick Write
    HTML Format
    PDF Format
    Word Document Format
 
10

Power Point Presentation

Overview-general definition of alternative education, common settings, and succesful programming.

 

PowerPoint Presentation

    HTML Format
    PowerPoint
Lecture Notes
    Word Document Format
    PDF Format
25

Activities and Reflections:

1) describe your personal thoughts about youth in prison and youth being tried as adults
2) examine over-representation of minority youth in prison;
3) explore why violence occurs in schools.
Activity 1: Directions
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    Word Document Format
45
Summary  
10


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