Agenda
Fargo
December 2, 1999
11:00 Call to Order
1. Design individualized treatment program which may be tailored to juvenile drug court participants needs, for example:
-Who performs assessment of issues needed to be addressed in
treatment?
-Who designs juvenile treatment plan?
-Phases of Treatment
-Group Counseling Sessions
-Educational Groups
-Parent Groups
-Individual Counseling
-Family Counseling
2. Dr. Kevin Thompson - Issues to be considered in light of Drug Court Research and Evaluation Workshop. (Attachment A)
3. Parental involvement in Juvenile Drug Court
4. Review draft of Program Manual
-Incentives and Sanctions
-Drug Court Forms
Issues which need to be addressed if time allows:
Detention (clarification from 11/12/99 meeting)
Length of program
Frequency of juvenile drug court hearings
Staffing required for implementation
Discuss the use of current "tracking procedures for random drug testing an how they will correspond to drug court procedures"
2:00 Adjourn
Attachment A
Issues to be considered in light of Drug Court Research and Evaluation Workshop
A. Decide program goals - outcome goals
ie: Reduce recidivism, successful treatment
B. Define outcome goals
ie: Reduce recidivism: re-arrest v. conviction
treatment: reduce use, complete abstinence, time frame
C. What data should be kept?
D. Who will keep data?
E. Who will have access to data? (Confidentiality Issues)
F. Process evaluation - when done? (Ongoing)
Outcome evaluation - when done? What time frame needed?
Cost/Benefit analysis - when done? What time frame needed?
G. Who do we need information for?
ie: Office of Justice Programs, Drug Courts Program Office/Byrne Grant reports
Court
Legislature
H. Who will our comparison group be?
I. How do we get information on this group?