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The MHSRET Wire

A video podcast of Hawaii's mental health related events

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Workshop 4B: Issues, Challenges, and HOPE for Youth with Behavioral Health Disorders in the Juvenile Justice System

Youth experiencing behavioral health disorders caught up in the Juvenile Justice System are at high risk of adult incarceration. What are their issues and challenges, and importantly, what are the promising practices emerging to give them hope? Speakers representing sectors from the streets to courts to diversion share their insights.