Changing Student Outcomes with Restorative Practices, Part 2
By: Amber Joiner-Hill, MSSW Associate Policy Analyst, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago In Part One of this piece, I outlined some of the impacts that the criminalization of students has on youth outcomes—lower high school graduation rates, higher chances of getting arrested, and increased likelihood of entering the adult criminal justice system. Here I’d like to offer restorative […]
Can We Evaluate Whole Person Suffering?
By: Josh Morgan, PsyD SAS Analytics In our field of work, there are many calls to reduce suffering. Seems reasonable, right? It’s even in California’s Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), where public systems are called to “reduce subjective suffering.” And as we broadly focus more on outcomes in health, measuring suffering (and hopefully its reduction) […]
Building Bridges and Collaborative Leadership
Building Bridges and Collaborative Leadership. Post 3 by @mcgill_ken
Using the TCOM Tools in Practice
Using TCOM in your own practice. Post 2 by @mcgill_ken
Effectiveness of Functional Family Therapy for Mandated Versus Non-Mandated Youth
Dr. Katarzyna Celinska recently shared her article with the TCOM team entitled “Effectiveness of Functional Family Therapy for Mandated Versus Non-Mandated Youth.”[1] This article was originally published in the Juvenile and Family Court Journal and provides an overview of her extensive study comparing outcomes of youth mandated to participate in therapy versus those whose participation […]