National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk
NDTAC Events
Recent Events
Preventing Delinquency by Promoting Academic Success Webinar
School failure and dropout are major predictors of children and youth becoming involved with or re-involved with the juvenile justice system. Understanding the risk factors associated with school failure and how to support students who are at increased risk of failure is essential to effective prevention strategies and programming that aim to reduce delinquency. This Webinar, featuring the National High School Center, provided practical strategies to help identify students who are at increased risk of school failure and dropout, as well as strategies to support students in meeting academic requirements and maintaining academic success.
State Agency Reform: The Experience of the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services Webinar
As educational programs undergo reform, questions of their impact loom large. This Webinar provided insight into Massachusetts' reform and evaluation effort. Presenters included Christine Kenney, Lonnie Kaufman, and Steven Ellis of the external evaluation team from the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute. Ms. Kenney, Mr. Kaufman, and Mr. Ellis, provided information about the impetus for the educational reform initiative, the benefits and challenges of the evaluation process, and the findings and next steps identified as a result of the evaluation. NDTAC's Project Director Tarek Anandan provided a brief overview on the usefulness of program evaluations for neglected and delinquent programs.
Upcoming Events
Please check back soon for upcoming NDTAC Events or
sign up for NDTAC's e-mail list to receive event announcements.
Presenters
View bios and presentations from
N or D experts.
Featured Presenter
Kevin Dwyer
Kevin Dwyer is an education and mental health consultant who has served children and families and teachers for over 45 years. He is one of the few leaders in school psychology honored with his profession's life-time achievement award. He also received the Tipper Gore friend of children award from the National Mental Health Association. In 2007 he and his wife received a mental health child advocacy award from the state of Maryland's coalition of Families for children's Mental Health. Kevin is on many boards and presently chairs the board of ROOT Inc in Washington, DC to reduce youth and gun violence.