Addressing the Unmet Educational Needs of Children and Youth in ...

Addressing the UnmetEducational Needs ofChildren and Youth in theJuvenile Justice andChild Welfare SystemsMay 2010Peter Leone, University of Maryland, Department ofSpecial EducationLois Weinberg, California State University, Los Angeles,Division of Special Education and CounselingWith a Preface by:David Osher, Simon Gonsoulin, and Stephanie LampronAmerican Institutes for ResearchNational Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education ofChildren and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At RiskThe Center for Juvenile Justice Reform would like to thank the American Institutes forResearch, the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, the National Evaluation andTechnical Assistance Center for the Education of Children and Youth Who Are Neglected,Delinquent, or At Risk and the Robert F. Kennedy Juvenile Justice Collaborative: A Projectof the RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights and the RFK Children’s Action Corps fortheir partial support of the design and printing of this paper, as well as for their support ofthe symposium at which this paper was released. (The content of this publicationdoes not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or policies of these organizations).Much credit goes to Kristina Rosinsky, Program Manager, Georgetown University Centerfor Juvenile Justice Reform, who contributed significantly to the editing and production ofthis paper.Addressing the Unmet Educational Needs of Children and Youth in the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systemsi