Preventing the School to Prison Pipeline for System Involved Youth

Nicole Klasey, Psy.D. & Nola Brantley

Training Description

Black and brown students are disproportionately pushed out of the public school system and funneled into the criminal justice system. System-involved youth are at particular risk. It is essential for those who support system involved youth to learn about this topic to advocate and support youth and families impacted by this issue.

Learning Objectives

· Participants will be able to describe the school to prison pipeline

· Participants will be able to identify at least 1 risk factor for youth being funneled into the criminal justice system

· Participants will be able to identify at least 1 strategy to prevent youth from being funneled into the criminal justice system

Agenda 

9:30-9:45am  Welcome and Introductions

9:45-11:00am  Criminal justice system overview

11:00-11:15am  Break (CEUs will not be offered for this time)

11:15am-12:30pm  School to prison pipeline overview

12:30-1:30pm  Lunch Break (CEUs will not be offered for this time)

1:30-3:00pm  Impact on youth and their families

3:00-3:15pm  Break (CEUs will not be offered for this time)

3:15-4:15pm  Supporting youth in the school system

4:15-4:30pm  Questions & Answers, closing and evals

Meet Our Trainers

Nicole Klasey is a clinical psychologist who has worked with trauma survivors for 14 years. She currently consults with agencies on trauma-informed care, programming for commercially sexually exploited youth, vicarious trauma, and leadership development. Nicole has been training multidisciplinary audiences on trauma-related topics since 2015 and provides guest lectures at local universities on human trafficking.

Nola Brantley, CEO & Founder of Nola Brantley Speaks has become nationally recognized as a powerful Survivor voice for the issue of child sex trafficking through her moving and information packed public speaking. Her hard work and perpetual vigilance has brought both focus and concrete resources to this chronically underserved and largely unrecognized population of victimized youth. Nola’s approach aims to be holistic!

This course meets the qualifications for (6) BBS CEUs for LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences & is provided by Fred Finch Youth Center, CAMFT Provider #045295.