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36 th
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON JUVENILE JUSTICE
March 11-14, 2009 | Orlando, Florida

36th
National Conference on Juvenile Justice
March 11-14, 2009 | Orlando, Florida
Sponsored by:
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
National District Attorneys Association
Who should attend?
Conference registration is open to all Judges, Prosecutors, Defense Counsel, Police, Juvenile Officers,
Probation Officers, Corrections Workers, Aftercare Workers, Detention Workers, Victims Service Workers,
School Administrators, Teachers, Child Welfare Personnel, Planners, Agency Administrators, Legislators,
PTA and Community Resource Groups, School Boards, Social Workers, Private Service Providers, Guardians
ad Litem, CASAs, and all interested groups and persons.
Hotel Reservations
Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort, located in the heart of Walt Disney World® Resort (Lake Buena Vista, FL)
will serve as the conference hotel. Single and double accommodations are available at a rate of $155 per
night and are subject to state and local taxes. Rooms are available at the contract rate until February 11,
2009. Early hotel reservations are strongly recommended as a limited number of rooms have been reserved
at the reduced rate.
For reservations, contact the Group Reservations Department at (407) 939-1020 and refer to the 36th
National Conference on Juvenile Justice, or go to www.ncjfcj.org and click on the “36th National
Conference on Juvenile Justice” banner ad. A one night’s room deposit is required to confirm reservations.
For more Resort information or to purchase special meeting/convention theme park tickets visit
www.mydisneymeetings.com/meetingsite/NCJFCJ.
Travel Information
Special airfare and rental car discounts are available for this program. To take advantage of these
offers, please contact Welcome Aboard Travel at (800) 782-3099, your own travel agent, or the following
companies:
• American Airlines, (800) 433-1790, refer to authorization code A9539AP. To book online, visit www.aa.com
and use the authorization code A9539AP as the aa.com discount code. Certain restrictions apply.
• Avis Rent-A-Car, (800) 331-1600, refer to AWD# J099997. To reserve a car online, visit www.avis.com and
enter AWD# J099997 at the “Rates and Discounts” screen.
Ground Transportation
The Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort is approximately 20 miles from the Orlando International Airport
and offers complimentary shuttle service, luggage delivery and remote airline check-in service through
Disney’s Magical Express Service. Reservations are required prior to travel. To take advantage of these
complimentary services, call (407) 827-6777 or visit www.mydisneymeetings.com/meetingsite/NCJFCJ.
Reservations 30 days prior to arrival are recommended. Taxis are also available to and from the airport at a
rate of approximately $45 one way.
Sponsorship and Exhibit Opportunities
To take advantage of face-to-face contact with more than 750 attendees, visit www.ncjfcj.org and click
on the “36th National Conference on Juvenile Justice” banner ad, or contact Danny Nguyen, Marketing
Coordinator, at (775) 784-1744, or exhibitors@ncjfcj.org.

Conference Highlights
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Victor F. Garcia, M.D.
Pediatric surgeon Dr. Victor Garcia has been the Director of Trauma Services
at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio
for nearly 20 years. He also holds positions as Professor of Clinical Surgery
and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College
of Medicine. Dr. Garcia has devoted much of his career to youth injury
prevention, treating young victims of violence, and working to reduce violence
in high risk communities. Dr. Garcia has taught and published extensively
on injury prevention and emergency care, and has twice been awarded the
Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award as well as the National Jefferson
Award for Outstanding Service.
LaWanda Ravoira, D.P.A.
Dr. LaWanda Ravoira, a national expert, author, researcher and trainer on
issues specific to justice-involved girls, is Director of the National Council on
Crime and Delinquency’s new Center for Girls and Young Women located
in Jacksonville, Florida. She served for more than 13 years as President and
CEO of PACE Center for Girls, which provides comprehensive services to
4,500 at-risk girls annually. In addition, Dr. Ravoira is leading the Justice
for Girls Campaign, a major reform effort in Florida for girls in the juvenile
justice system through her work with Children’s Campaign, Inc. In 2002, she
was awarded the prestigious Anthony Gruppo Memorial Women’s National
Leadership Award from the Child Welfare League of America.
Melissa Piasecki, M.D.
Dr. Melissa Piasecki is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Nevada
School of Medicine where she has taught medical students and residents for
13 years. She completed medical school at Washington University in St. Louis
and a residency in psychiatry at the University of Vermont. Dr. Piasecki is the
recipient of several student and resident teaching awards and is the author or
editor of four books. Her teaching interests include Problem Based Learning,
the Neuroscience of Addiction and Faculty Development. Dr. Piasecki
completed a fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry in 2005 and that training
experience has led her career in the direction of legal and judicial education.
Her work with legal professionals focuses on psychiatry and the law, addiction
and adolescent brain development.
Exhibit Show and Resource Center
In addition to the Conference’s many sessions and
opportunities for learning, the National Council of Juvenile
and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ), and the National District
Attorneys Association are pleased to showcase NCJFCJ’s
research center, the National Center for Juvenile Justice.
The NCJJ will have staff on site to offer hands-on learning
to help improve your skills in searching the Web for
juvenile justice research and related information, as well
as provide information and a demonstration of custom
software to provide cost-effective case tracking tools for
juvenile courts. Continuous electronic presentations of
the latest data and findings organized by topic areas in delinquency and
dependency research will also be available. Plan to take advantage of this hands-on Web
learning opportunity; participate in our Poster Session showcasing research, projects and programs
from across the country; and visit the many exhibitors that provide resources to the juvenile justice field.

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
36th National Conference on Juvenile Justice
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2009
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
6:00 – 7:30 p.m. NCJFCJ & NDAA PRESIDENTS’ WELCOME RECEPTION
6:00 – 7:30 p.m. EXHIBIT SHOW AND RESOURCE CENTER
THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2009
7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
7:30 – 8:30 a.m. EXHIBIT SHOW AND RESOURCE CENTER
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. WELCOME AND OPENING SESSION
9:00 – 10:15 a.m. KEYNOTE ADDRESS: How Do We Stop The Violence?
10:15 – 10:45 a.m. EXHIBIT SHOW AND RESOURCE CENTER
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. SEMINARS
A-1 Do the Write Thing Challenge
A-2 Leveraging Judicial Authority in Juvenile Courts - OJJDP’s Court Coordination Program
Increases the Reach of Judges
A-3 National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
A-4 Statutory Response to Court Security Concerns
A-5 Juvenile Justice Reform in Indian Country: Lummi Juvenile Justice Project
A-6 Girls and Delinquency: Using Research to Develop Good Practice
A-7 Road Work Ahead: Presentation in Detention Units
A-8 South Africa: Implementing the Children’s Act in an Emerging Democracy
A-9 Effects of Domestic Violence on Children
A-10 Alternative Education’s Role in Educating Youth Transitioning from the Juvenile Justice System
12:00 – 1:30 p.m. CONFEREnCE LUNCHEON
12:00 – 1:30 p.m. EXHIBIT SHOW AND RESOURCE CENTER
1:30 – 2:45 p.m. SEMINARS
B-1 The Use, Misuse, and Abuse of Research and Research Terminology
B-2 Responding to Resource Reallocation
B-3 Engaging Families in the Courtroom
B-4 Creating a Coordinated and Integrated Child Welfare & Juvenile Justice System to Improve
Outcomes
B-5 Street Smarts on Drugs - I
B-6 Family Violence and Delinquency in the Context of Family Law
B-7 Re-Entry of Residential Youth Safely Back Into the Community with Limited Relapse
B-8 Fundamental Overview of Juveniles Who Have Sexually Perpetrated - I
B-9 Court and Media Relations
B-10 Youth In Custody: Characteristics and Conditions
2:45 – 3:15 p.m. EXHIBIT SHOW AND RESOURCE CENTER
3:15 – 4:30 p.m. SEMINARS
C-1 The Blueprint Commission: Florida Juvenile Justice Reformers Take on Minority
Over-Representation, Cross-Over Kids, Zero Tolerance and Girls in the System and Other Topics
C-2 Building an Effective Re-Entry Continuum: The Alaska Division of Juvenile Justice Transitional
Services Program
C-3 The Connection Between Domestic Violence and Girls in the Juvenile Justice System
C-4 Case Law Update – Juvenile Delinquency
C-5 Street Smarts on Drugs - II
C-6 The New York City Risk Assessment Instrument for Juvenile Detention: Research and
Implementation
C-7 Cross-Systems Navigation: How to Effectively Acquire Access to Services in Dependency and
Delinquency Cross-Over Cases
C-8 Fundamental Overview of Juveniles Who Have Sexually Perpetrated - II
C-9 Barriers to Counsel in Juvenile Justice
C-10 Exploring the Dark Matter of Juvenile Justice: Using Case Closing Outcomes to Create a
Better Understanding of Our Universe
4:45 – 5:30 p.m. CURRENT ISSUES IN JUVENILE JUSTICE PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Judges’ Caucus
Prosecutors’ Caucus
Defense Counsel Caucus
Probation and Aftercare Caucus
Police Caucus
Corrections and Detention Caucus
Educators’ Caucus

Administrators’ Caucus
Child Protection Caucus
Special Groups’ Caucus
FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2009
7:30 – 8:30 a.m. EXHIBIT SHOW AND RESOURCE
CENTER
8:30 – 9:45 a.m. SUBSTANCES AND THE ADOLESCENT
BRAIN: A FIELD GUIDE FOR THE
JUVENILE JUSTICE PROFESSIONAL
9:45 – 10:00 a.m. FEDERAL UPDATE
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. EXHIBIT SHOW AND RESOURCE
CENTER
10:30 – 11:45 a.m. SEMINARS
D-1 Multi-Agency Truancy Collaboration
D-2 Judicial Checklists to Ensure Educational Needs of
Youth in Foster Care are Met
D-3 The Juvenile Delinquency Guidelines Project in Utah
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D-4 Girl Matters
D-5 Juvenile Sex Offenders - Challenges in Prosecution and Community Disposition: The New York
Experience
D-6 Using Performance-Based Standards to Measure Evidence-Based Practices
D-7 Juvenile Waiver to Adult Court: New Issues, Growing Concerns and Potential Solutions
D-8 The Miami-Dade County Juvenile Justice Model as Model for Reform
D-9 The Project Safe Neighborhoods Anti-Gang Training
D-10 Interpreting Psychological and Neurological Records in Court
D-11 Ethics for Prosecutors
11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. CONFERENCE LUNCHEON (on your own)
11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Exhibit show and resource center
11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. MINORITY CAUCUS LUNCH MEETING (lunch for purchase available)
1:00 – 2:15 p.m. ROADMAP FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM
2:30 – 3:45 p.m. SEMINARS
E-1 Exploring the Complexities of Resiliency
E-2 Right or Wrong: Making Ethical Decisions
E-3 The Direct Link Between Unresolved Trauma and Juvenile Delinquency
E-4 Role of the Prosecutor
E-5 Justice for Girls: Groundbreaking Advocacy Strategy for Making Girls a Priority
E-6 Courts Catalyzing Change: Tools to Reduce Disproportionality and Disparity from the Bench
E-7 Bridging the Gap: Protecting the Welfare of the Detained Juvenile and of Society
E-8 Dependency and Delinquency Courts
E-9 A Better System for Status Offenders: National Best Practice and Case Outcomes
E-10 A Collaborative Approach to Truancy Abatement
E-11 Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA): Recent Developments
3:45 – 4:00 p.m. EXHIBIT SHOW AND RESOURCE CENTER
4:00 – 5:15 p.m. SEMINARS
F-1 Collaboration with Juvenile Court Constituencies
F-2 The Effects of Lifetime Registration when Applied to Juvenile Sex Offenders
F-3 Coordinated Management and Services for Foster Children in the Delinquency System
F-4 Employing a Positive Youth Development Framework: Juveniles Exposed to Domestic Violence
F-5 Case Management Essentials for Probation
F-6 Toward the Reduction of Recidivism Throughout the Continuum of the Florida Department of
Juvenile Justice Services
F-7 LGBTQ Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: Accurate Data, Practical Techniques, and Best
Practices
F-8 Gun Laws and Juvenile Violent Crime Rates
F-9 A Continuum of Effective Gang-Related Programs
F-10 Prevention Intervention Strategies
F-11 Delete Cyberbullying
SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2009
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. NETWORKING BREAK
8:30 – 9:45 a.m. REDUCING MINORITY YOUTH’S INCARCERATION AND DETENTION
PLACEMENTS BY ACCESSING MENTAL HEALTH DISABILITY SERVICES
9:45 – 10:00 a.m. NETWORKING BREAK
10:00 – 11:15 a.m. SUSTAINING THE GAINS: EMERGING TRENDS
11:15 – 11:30 a.m. CLOSING REMARKS, EVALUATION AND ADJOURNMENT

OUTSTANDING FACULTY
Shay Bilchik, Georgetown University’s Public Policy
Institute, Center for Juvenile Justice Reform,
Washington, DC
Russ Blocker, DJJ-McLaughlin Youth Center,
Anchorage, AK
Susan Broderick, Georgetown University’s Public Policy
Institute, Center for Juvenile Justice Reform,
Washington, DC
Todd Brower, The Williams Institute on Sexual
Orientation, Law and Public Policy, UCLA School of Law,
Los Angeles, CA
Patricia Campie, Ph.D., Director, National Center for
Juvenile Justice, Pittsburgh, PA
Joseph Cassilly, President, National District Attorneys
Association, Bel Air, MD
Janet Chiancone, Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice,
Washington, DC
Felicia Cohn, Ph.D., Director of Medical Ethics, University
of California-Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA
Claire Crooks, Ph.D., CAMH Center for Prevention
Science, London, Ontario, Canada
David Dominquez, Brigham Young University Law School,
Provo, UT
Robert Dugan, Performance Based Standards,
Braintree, MA
Cecilia Duquela-Fuentes, Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice,
Washington, DC
Melanie Fields, Assistant District Attorney, District
Attorney’s Office, Baton Rouge, LA
Jennifer Fratello, Vera Institute of Justice, New York, NY
Judge Ernestine Gray, Past President, National Council
of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, New Orleans, LA
Sergeant Perry Griffith, Los Angeles Police Department,
Los Angeles, CA
Caren Harp, Chief, Sex Crimes Prosecution Unit,
NYC Law Department, New York, NY
Patrick Hoover, Esq., Hoover Law Offices, Rockville, MD
Judge Michael Howard, Stark County Juvenile Court,
Canton, OH
James C. “Buddy” Howell, Ph.D., National Youth Gang
Center, Pinehurst, NC
Greg Johnson, Third District Juvenile Court,
West Jordan, UT
Judge Dale Koch, Past President, National Council of
Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Portland, OR
Elizabeth Letourneau, Ph.D., Medical University of South
Carolina, Charleston, SC
Marsha Levick, Juvenile Law Center, University of
Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA
Michael Lindsey, Ph.D., Nestor Consultants, Dallas, TX
Judge Patricia Macías, President, National Council of
Juvenile and Family Court Judges, El Paso, TX
Shawn Marsh, Ph.D., National Council of Juvenile and
Family Court Judges, Reno, NV
Marion Mattingly, Consultant and Washington Editor,
Juvenile Justice Update, Washington, DC
Sarah McLean, John F. Finn Institute for Public Safety,
Albany, NY
Mary Mentaberry, Executive Director, National Council
of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Reno, NV
Chief Judge Raquel Montoya–Lewis, Lummi National
Tribal Court, Bellingham, WA
Gladys Negron-Soto, Miami-Dade County Juvenile
Services, Miami, FL
Marie Osborne, Chief of Juvenile Division, Miami-Dade
Public Defenders Office, Miami, FL
Michael Powell (Ret.), Franklin County Sheriff’s Office,
Columbus, OH
Barbara Presler, Ph.D., Arizona Department of
Education, Phoenix, AZ
Jennifer Rechichi, Florida Department of Juvenile
Justice, Tallahassee, FL
Judge Stephen Rubin, Past President, National Council
of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Tucson, AZ
Annie Salsich, Vera Institute of Justice, New York, NY
Charles Schuster, Stark County Juvenile Court,
Canton, OH
Judge James Seals, Lee County Justice Center, Fort
Myers, FL
Scott Sells, Ph.D., MSW, Parenting with Love and Limits,
Savannah, GA
Francine Sherman, Director, Juvenile Rights Advocacy
Project, Boston College Law School, Newton, MA
Melissa Sickmund, Ph.D., National Center for Juvenile
Justice, Pittsburgh, PA
Tom Sneddon, Interim Executive Director, National
District Attorneys Association, Alexandria, VA
Rob Sobo, Ph.D., Psychologist, Chicago, IL
Judge Irene Sullivan, Florida State Courts,
Clearwater, FL
Robin Tener, Ph.D., Northeast Ohio Behavioral Health,
Ltd., Canton, OH
Doug Thomas, National Center for Juvenile Justice,
Pittsburgh, PA
Patricia Torbet, National Center for Juvenile Justice,
Pittsburgh, PA
John Tuell, Child Welfare League of America,
Haymarket, VA
Rex Uberman, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice,
Tallahassee, FL
Randall Wallace, Psy.D., The Connection Inc.,
Middleton, CT
Judge Chuck Weller, Washoe County District Court,
Reno, NV
John Wilkinson, National District Attorneys Association,
Gun Violence Prosecution Program, Alexandria, VA
And many more…..

Conference Registration
36th National Conference on Juvenile Justice
March 11-14, 2009 | Orlando, Florida
Mail or Fax to:
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National District Attorneys Association
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Please note: Registration fee includes all educational seminars, Exhibit Show and Resource Center, online
training materials, Wednesday evening reception, one lunch and all coffee breaks.
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36th National Conference on Juvenile Justice
March 11-14, 2009 | Orlando, Florida
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