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Course Outline: |
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Suicide prevention is part of community protection and staff have a responsibility to protect youth from their own self-destructive behavior. Evidence indicates that suicidal behavior in an institution can deeply affect both staff and residents. Though difficult, staff must balance the need for control with residents’ need for empathy and emotional support. This workshop will provide participants with methods to identify risk factors, understand the importance of on-going monitoring and documentation and provide skills for responding appropriately to suicidal behavior. |
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Presenter |
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Born and raised in Cape May County, New Jersey, Steven Jett has been the administrator of the 90 bed Southwest Idaho Juvenile Detention Center since March 1, 1993. He has served on the Executive Board of the ID Assoc. of County Juvenile Justice Administrators continually since 1992. In 1996, he served on the committee which rewrote the Standards for Juvenile Detention Centers. He later organized and conducted compliance monitoring inspections of all of the JDC’s in the State. Recognizing a need for uniform training, he organized the first statewide training involving use of force techniques and the certification of 22 instructors in the NJDA Corrections Curriculum in 1998. He worked with the Juvenile Training Council to organize the State’s Basic JD Officer Academy. He teaches “History of Juvenile Justice,” “ID Juvenile Detention Standards” and “Ethics for Juvenile Detention Officers” at the academies. Steve was elected President-Elect of the National Juvenile Detention Assoc. in 2006, is a member of the ACA, the Juvenile Justice Trainer’s Assoc., and the National Juvenile Court Services Assoc |