Juvenile Status Offenders And Their Families / Educational Documentary Video

[ARConn888]

One definition of a juvenile status offense is conduct "illegal only for children." A second is noncriminal misbehavior.

NONCRIMINAL MISBEHAVIOR!?

Wow, what a broad, all encompassing term. Chewing gum in class=Status Offense, falling asleep in class=Status Offense, fidgeting in class=Status Offense, not asking teacher's permission to go pee=Status Offense, not doing what Simon says=Status Offense...

[Willwalkthedog]

Status offenders are influenced by parents and caretakers(teachers or administrators). Facilities set parameters. Students need parameters, but challenge the arena rule b/c not understand. Rules are aggressive but not having had the rules explained cause resist. No balance by parents+staff can compound the issue.The child deals with ill-behavior b/c its all they know? Explaining rules aren't severing their opportunities may help grow, learn, help guide everyday practice of life's challenges.

[Willwalkthedog]

Status offenders are influenced by parents and caretakers(teachers or administrators). Facilities set parameters. Students need parameters, but challenge the arena rule b/c not understand. Rules are aggressive but not having had the rules explained cause resist. No balance by parents+staff can compound the issue.The child deals with ill-behavior b/c its all they know? Explaining rules aren't severing their opportunities may help grow, learn, help guide everyday practice of life's challenges.

[SkylarkGSX]

Conformism. Gotta love it!

[ACEMOM2010]

sometimes this world is too sad but we have to keep trying and never quite on children.

[nightfire4107]

it doesn't say anything about single parent families???

[ACEMOM2010]

i am the mother of a juvinile offened and who is reaching out to me???

[Daisy72762]

He was very defiant towards anybody of authority! Cops,parents,teachers,etc. I finally got help! he is now in a treatment facility for anger management!

[mayabelldotcom]

It is all made by USA government. They spray chemicals that make people violent & stupid. Also gas homes with chemical that make them violent.

[princessjw1977]

@mayabelldotcom You are correct. The food kids eat cause bad health, aggressive/ volatile behavior, and less attention span which equates to less intelligent individuals. But wait, the pharmaceutical companies have a magic cure for all of these things, of course the child may have to take the medication forever, but that's ok because it generates profit, right?

[princessjw1977]

@princessjw1977 So , the moneymaker's know that what they are putting in the foods are unhealthy and potentially lethal , so why don't they care? They do, about their money. Make people sick and they will buy medicine. We all have to eat, what better way to make people sick. All our water and grocery store choices are pretty much processed and unhealthy, so what do we do? Buy more medicine? No, we can change this. We need to come together for our family's future!

[czickgraf]

@princessjw1977 Do you want society to have medication to help them or not?

[ACEMOM2010]

plz someone please help me help my son

[SuperYoungdog]

did any one whach all this ?

[Daisy72762]

It SHOULD be about prevention! i tried to get help for my 13 year old delinquent,and they told me that since he is not into drugs,or in a gang,he was NOT BAD ENOUGH to warrant their intervention!!He was sent to a court-ordered boot camp.After 3 weeks,they KICKED him out because of his behavior!!!! What a joke!

[metaregina]

If he wasn't into drugs or gangs, what was he doing? Running Away? Staying out all not? Not going to school? Any of those behaviors should have been enough to warrant intervention.

[jackbelias]

I work a civilian job with ungovernable youth in FL. They say we exist as a form of prevention, yet our prevention programs have no teeth. We give them negative points or take away a rollerskating outing, big deal. Because prevention programs have no teeth our future offenders get to thinking they can do as they please, this leads to them being cuffed and sent right up the DJJ chain.

If prevention programs were allowed real punishments such as temporary lockdowns and they might actually work.

[GeniusIdiot]

I am deeply annoyed at the fact that this society only sees us as inferior criminals that must be deprived of all self-esteem, critical thinking, and instinct just to serve this country in the future with more efficiency.

[ABAisSCIENCE]

The power is always in the person who cares.

God bless that woman who held the homeroom & then behaved in ways that show caring or love for the children who did not show up to school. In what ways does that woman condition children? The institutions that Dee Richter is talking about Florida having need to be weighed in the same way to reveal where the strength is.

It is like unto Jane Goodall who cared for gorillas & monkeys. Her presence was powerful.

Behavior is key.

Thank you RosaryFilms!

[rosaryfilms]

ABAisSCIENCE, thank you for your comments!

[ABAisSCIENCE]

Might I add that I am not against Florida as no doubt data directs them in critical areas better than most, but hopefully they have still retained behavior modification services despite recent changes.

[ABAisSCIENCE]

Sometimes needs of one outweigh needs of few or many.

Learning how institutions, services, & individuals specifically affect child behavior will help us help the many in the future.

Might I suggest we marry data with behavior modification in ways that evaluate critical adult behavior, critical wraparound services features, & critical understanding of institutionalized agencies such that their power is revealed at point power is observed.

Namely by stimulus in environment that matters.

[ABAisSCIENCE]

Gail Mumford brings up key point, data drives services & we need data to know what adults (parent/foster parent/foster facility workers) behaviors control child behavior?

It's person closest to problem with power.

We need data on adults & children; some were doing it.

Right, Annie Salsich, legal or services issue & when to deliver or does word "deliver" imply it's obviously a services problem & or environment problem.

B. F. Skinner is so right to focus on data & environment.

[ABAisSCIENCE]

If you government people think problems begin at very young age may I offer these books.

PERHAPS parent training from this angle:

"Meaningful Differences in the everyday experience of young American children" &

"The Social World of Children Learning to Talk" both by Dr. Betty Hart & Dr. Todd Risley

AND teacher training (classrooms) this angle:

"Keys to Classroom Management" & "Behind the Schoolhouse Door" both by Dr. Glenn Latham

PART TWO NEXT

[ABAisSCIENCE]

PART TWO

In any case, "The Power of Positive Parenting" by Dr. Glenn Latham was used on this issue in Florida.

Let us see what the principle investigators publish to see if Florida was right to cut all funding for scientific principles being applied to children in need.

[ABAisSCIENCE]

The government should invest in scientific knowledge to ensure appropriate services & this would imply looking at evaluation of human behavior through principles of behavior modification.

Thus looking at environments & wraparound services evaluating critical stimulus that evokes critical learning or behavior change.

Applied Behavior Analysis, to really enter field of juvenile status offenders, by behavior analyst must gain full knowledge of selling behavior relative to buyer decision making.

[ECTBWHO]

Interesting...