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A Family Guide to Pennsylvania's Juvenile Justice System

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A Family Guide to Pennsylvania's Juvenile Justice System

Grade Levels

10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-Kindergarten

Course, Subject

Health, Safety, and Physical Education, Driver's Education
  • Big Ideas
    Community well-being is dependent upon a balance of personal and social responsibility.
    Health concepts are essential for wellness and a health-enhancing lifestyle.
    Safety impacts individual and community well-being.
  • Concepts
    Determining the benefits, risks and safety factors of an activity can lead to safe participation in self-selected, life-long physical activities.
    The use of unsafe practices in the home, school and community can have personal and legal consequences.
    Understanding injury management strategies can help individuals respond to emergency situations.
    Violence impacts personal and community well-being.
  • Competencies
    Assess safe and unsafe practices in the home, school, community and in physical activity settings and determine the associated personal and/or legal consequences and the impact on personal and community well-being.

Description

A Family Guide to Pennsylvania's Juvenile Justice System was written by a team of family advocates and juvenile justice practitioners. This guide was created to help families understand Pennsylvania’s juvenile
justice system and be better prepared to work closely with juvenile justice staff to promote positive outcomes for their child.

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