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Trauma Interventions and Systems Change in Rural Areas: The Role of the Juvenile Court Judge in Collaboration with Mental Health Professionals
Author(s) -
KLIEBERT JUDGE THOMAS,
OSOFSKY JOY D.,
OSOFSKY HOWARD J.,
COSTA RICHARD N.,
DRENNAN PATRICK,
MORSE PATRICIA,
MORSE EDWARD
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
juvenile and family court journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.155
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1755-6988
pISSN - 0161-7109
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6988.2006.tb00116.x
Subject(s) - jurisdiction , mental health , psychological intervention , sustainability , work (physics) , political science , nursing , public relations , psychology , medicine , law , engineering , psychiatry , ecology , mechanical engineering , biology
This article will focus on the evolution of the collaborative work of the Louisiana Rural Trauma Services Center (LRTSC), a Center within the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, and the 23rd Judicial District, a jurisdiction in south Louisiana serving three rural parishes. We will describe how the collaboration and joint efforts, and the changes that have been made in terms of availability of evaluation and treatment resources, seem to be influencing both the educational and judicial systems in St. James Parish and potential sustainability of some of the identified resources. The article will examine how the court and the LRTSC work together with emphasis on the evaluation, reporting and recommendation processes, outcomes and benefits to date, and challenges for the future.