Family-Centered Fridays – Plain Language

In the third installment of the Family-Centered Fridays Series, Senior Court Management Consultant Lonni Summers will lead a discussion on NCSC’s Plain Language Glossary, a tool that presents plain language alternatives to legal terms that are not understandable to most people. Attendees will have a hands-on opportunity to use the glossary, suggest new terms and share real-world examples

Ethics and Boundaries in Treatment Court Roles

Ethics and Boundaries in Treatment Court Roles  Within a therapeutic court team, there are a range of professional roles and duties. Among those can be judicial officers, attorneys, GALs/CASAs, behavioral health and SUD providers, advocates, and coordinators just to name a few. Defining and maintaining clear boundaries within these roles is vital to an effective family therapeutic court team. In this workshop, we will discuss the legal and ethical boundaries between forensic, treatment and evaluative roles. Join us for this

RISE23: NADCP

National Conference for all drug court professionals held yearly by the National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP). Mikala Meize-Bowers, PhD & Meghan R. Fitzgerald, PhD will be presenting on data and evaluation in therapeutic courts based on work started during their work with the Family Treatment Court grant

Children’s Justice Conference

The CJC provides core and advanced training and skill development for a child welfare and court professionals. This event will feature many speakers from Washington State and from the Family and Youth Justice Team. See the full agenda for details! The registration list is full, but if you are already registered, please look out for the names of presenters from FYJP, and say hello if you see us!