Training and Techinical Assistance

Drug Court Planning Initiative

Family Drug Court Planning
Initiative Training Program Resources

Building Community Resources: Sustainability and Funding

  • Building a Better Collaboration Facilitating Change in the Court and Child Welfare Systeme. (Adobe Acrobat File)

  • Community Development, A Guide for Grant Makers on Fostering Better Outcomes Through Good Practice. The William and Flora Hewlitt Foundation. (Adobe Acrobat File)
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Case Management

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Confidentiality and Ethics

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Connection Between Child Maltreatment and Drugs and Alcohol

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Screening, Assessment and Services for Parents: What Works

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Cultural Competency

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Development and Implementation of FDTC: The Basics

  • Development and Implementation of Drug Court Systems. National Drug Court Institute. May 1999. (MS Word)

  • Drug Courts: Overview of Growth, Characteristics, and Results. United States General Accounting Office. 1997. (Adobe Acrobat File)

  • The Rebirth of Rehabilitation: Promise and Perils of Drug Courts. NCJ 181462. National Institute of Justice. 2000. (Adobe Acrobat File)

  • Juvenile and Family Drug Courts: An Overview. Office of Justice Programs Drug Court Clearinghouse and Technical Assistance Program, American University. Washington, DC. 1998. NCJRS 171139.

  • Defining Drug Courts: The Key Components. The Drug Courts Program Office, Office of Justice Programs, United States Department of Justice. January 1997. (Adobe Acrobat File)

  • Testing Therapeutic Jurisprudence Theory: An Empirical Assessment of the Drug Court Process. Western Criminology Review. 2001.

  • Looking at a Decade of Drug Courts. American University Drug Court Clearinghouse and Technical Assistance Project. June 1998.

  • The Drug Court Movement. National Institute of Justice. 1995. (Adobe Acrobat File)

  • Judicial Perspectives on Family Drug Treatment Courts. Judge Leonard P. Edwards and Judge James A. Ray. (Adobe Acrobat File)

  • Monograph 2004. Family Dependency Treatment Courts: Addressing Child Abuse and Neglect Cases Using the Drug Court Model. Bureau of Justice Assistance (Adobe Acrobat File)

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Drug Testing

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EVALUATIONS OF DRUG COURTS: National, State, and Local Reports

  • Toledo, Ohio. Access Database (zip file)

  • Buffalo, New York. DMIS - 2003 - Instruction Manual (Adobe Acrobat File)

  • Virginia, Statewide. FDTC Process Variables - FY'06. (MS Word)

  • North Carolina. MIS and Evaluation. State Request for Proposal. (MS Word)

  • Suffolk County, New York. Evaluation of the Suffolk County FTC, October 2000. (PDF)

  • Sacramento County, California. Dependency Drug Court Facts & Information, January, 2005. (MS Word)

  • Volusia, Florida. Volusia County Juvenile Dependency Treatment Division: Innovation in Program Design for Strengthening Families. Glacier Consulting, Inc. March, 2005. (MS Word)

  • NPC Research. FDTC Evaluation. Year Three Report. September. 2005. (Adobe Acrobat File)

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Evaluation Protocols and Management Information Systems

  • Drug Courts: A Research Agenda. National Drug Court Institute. April 1999. (MS Word)

  • Drug Court Monitoring, Evaluation, and Management Information Systems. 1998, NCJ 171138.

  • What We Know About the Impact of Drug Courts: Moving Research From "Do They Work?" to "When and How They Work"—Testimony before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Youth Violence. Crime and Justice Research Institute. 2000. (Adobe Acrobat File)

  • Guide for Measuring Court Performance in Child Welfare Cases: Building a Better Court. ABA. The National Center for State Courts, and The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.(PDF) NEW ADDITION

  • Economic Benefits of Drug Treatment: A Critical Review of the Evidence for Policy Makers. Steven Belenko, Ph.D. Treatment Research Institute. February, 2005. (Adobe Acrobat File) NEW ADDITION

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FDTC Policies and Procedures Documents

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Federal Legislative Mandates / Improving Child Welfare and Court Practice

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Incentives and Sanctions

  • Effective Use of Sanctions in Drug Courts: Lessons From Behavioral Research. Marlowe. National Drug Court Institute Review, Volume 2, Issue 1, pp. 11–29. 1999. (MS Word)

  • Drug Courts and the Role of Graduated Sanctions. National Institute of Justice. 1998. (Adobe Acrobat File)

  • American University Compilation of Responses to Jail Sanction (MS Word) NEW ADDITION

  • Ten Science Based Principles of Changing Behavior Through the Use of Reinforcement and Punishment. William Meyer. Senior Judicial Fellow, NDCI. November, 2005.(MS Word) NEW ADDITION

  • Compilation of Incentives and Sanctions, NADCP/NDCI (MS Word) NEW ADDITION

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Marketing and Public Relations

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Parent-Child Visitation

  • Judicial Oversight of Parental Visitation in Family Reunification Cases. Abstract. Judge Leonard P. Edwards (Adobe Acrobat File)
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Psychopharmacology

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