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Did You Know ...
The disproportionately large number of youths with disabilities in the
juvenile justice system demonstrates the importance of enhanced parental
vigilance in recognizing and understanding warning signs, and effective
parental ability in seeking appropriate educational, legal, and rehabilitative
services. We can help you manage juvenile truancy and delinquency
every step of the way from legal representation to offender rehabilitation.
*The above statistics were found at Wrightslaw.com
- Seventy percent of children in the juvenile justice system have
educational disabilities -- the vast majority have an Emotional
Disturbance (ED) and/or Specific Learning Disabilities - Children with ED fail more courses, earn lower grade point averages,
miss more days of school, and are retained more often than other
students with disabilities - Children with ED are three times more likely to be arrested before
leaving school, when compared to all other students? - For children with ED who drop out of school, 73 percent are arrested
within five years - Children with ED are twice as likely to live in a correctional facility,
halfway house, drug treatment center, or "on the street" after leaving
school, when compared to students with other disabilities
The disproportionately large number of youths with disabilities in the
juvenile justice system demonstrates the importance of enhanced parental
vigilance in recognizing and understanding warning signs, and effective
parental ability in seeking appropriate educational, legal, and rehabilitative
services. We can help you manage juvenile truancy and delinquency
every step of the way from legal representation to offender rehabilitation.
*The above statistics were found at Wrightslaw.com
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