Youth with Disabilities
Best Bets
- Youth with Disabilities in the Juvenile Justice System: Prevention and Intervention Strategies
This brief focuses on two models, restorative justice and wrap-around services, to illustrate proactive intervention for reducing the number of youth with disabilities incarcerated in juvenile and adult prisons. - National Council on Disability
The National Council on Disability (NCD) is an independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress on issues affecting Americans with disabilities. NCD's overall purpose is to promote policies, programs, practices, and procedures that guarantee equal opportunity for all i ... - National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
The National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY), formerly the National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, operates as a dissemination center funded by the US Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. NICHCY provides informatio ... - US Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy
In the fiscal year 2001 US Department of Labor (DOL) appropriation, Congress approved an Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) to be headed by an Assistant Secretary. ODEP's mission is to provide leadership to increase employment opportunities for adults and youth with disabilities, while ...
External Resources
- Bullying and Teasing of Youth with Disabilities: Creating Positive School Environments for Effective Inclusion
This December 2003 issue brief from the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition describes how bullying has been proven by numerous studies to be a serious problem nationwide. Harassment of youth with disabilities in particular has been steadily increasing. Whole-school antibullying/antiviolence programs are necessary to address this problem effectively.
Federal Partner: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs - Juvenile
Corrections and the Exceptional Student
This Department of Education item focuses on the problem of disabled youth being disproportionately incarcerated.
Federal Partner: U.S. Department of Education - Addressing
the Needs of Youth with Disabilities in the Juvenile Justice System: The Current
Status of Evidence-Based Research (PDF 1.12 MB)
There is a lack of knowledge about youth with disabilities at risk of delinquency or involved in the juvenile justice system. This report asks and answers complex questions about service provision, delinquency prevention, and policy.
Federal Agency: National Council on Disability - Protection and Advocacy Systems in Juvenile Corrections
Protection and advocacy systems help youth with disabilities in the juvenile justice system access the services they are entitled to.
Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), U.S. Department of Justice - Preventing Antisocial Behavior in Disabled and At-Risk Students
This paper reviews the research on factors that contribute to or protect from the development of antisocial behavior in children, especially those with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and learning disabilities.
Federal Partner: U.S. Department of Education - National Center on Education, Disability and Juvenile Justice (EDJJ)
EDJJ is a research, training, technical assistance and dissemination program designed to develop more effective responses to the needs of youth with disabilities in, or at risk for involvement with, the juvenile justice system. This collaborative project involves partners from the University of Maryland, the University of Kentucky, Arizona State University, the American Institutes for Research in Washington, DC, and the PACER parent advocacy center in Minneapolis.
Federal Partners: Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice - Children with Emotional Disorders in the Juvenile Justice System
This Web site provides information on children with emotional disorders in the juvenile justice system.
National Organization: National Mental Health Association
see also Anxiety Disorders, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)