topic 1
Topic: Current Issues in Juvenile Justice

Research current issues related to the juvenile justice. Provide an overview of the issue, and discuss two possible remedies. Within your posting, describe a brief history of your chosen issue, and how it became such a problem within the system. You may use the Library or any other outside resource for your research. Be sure to use proper APA citation. Review your fellow students’ postings and respond to at least three events by posting throughout the week.

topic 2
Discussion Topic

For this unit, you will discuss school issues that influence at-risk children and youth and examine school structures, programs, and services that are most effective for helping at-risk youth in the educational setting.

Please respond to the following:

Describe several qualities that you feel make up an effective school environment. Be very detailed and specific.
How do these qualities address the needs of at-risk youth? How might these qualities help the overall school structure and serve as a protective factor for at-risk children and youth even outside of the school environment?
What kinds of policies and programs would help ensure that at-risk youth and/or children with special needs are successful in school? What can advocates do to ensure that these qualities, programs, and services are consistently implemented in school systems and that the schools adhere to legal and ethical guidelines?

Please answer separately