| AN OVERVIEW OF DYS ADVOCACY
What Happens to Your Client After Commitment to DYS?
What Is Your Role as an Advocate for a Client Commitment to DYS?
Please Note: This course has already
been held.
Date: Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Time: 04:00 PM - 07:30 PM
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Representatives from the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services will present an overview of the DYS classification and placement process, DYS “staffings”, various levels of security and supervision, behavior management, treatment plans, education at DYS, the role of the DYS caseworker, revocations of Grants of Conditional Liberty into the community, and appeals. You will learn what services are provided to your client and what you can do for your client. Does your role as an advocate change from the courthouse to the DYS system? What if your client’s needs are not being met? What if you and the child's parents have a different view of what is best for the child? Is DYS different than the adult system, and in what important ways? We will discuss strategies such as filing motions to revise and revoke a commitment, motions for new trial, etc. Participants in this workshop will learn how to effectively represent committed clients and receive tips to help navigate the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services.
SEMINAR FACULTY Wendy Wolf, Esq., Moderator
Juvenile Defense Network, CPCS/Youth Advocacy Project Crispin Birnbaum, General Counsel
Massachusetts Department of Youth Services Edward J. Dolan, Deputy Commissioner
Massachusetts Department of Youth Services Barbara Kaban, Esq., Deputy Director
Children’s Law Center of Massachusetts Tina Saetti, Director of Community Services
Massachusetts Department of Youth Services, Metro Region
John Zablocki, Assistant Director of Facility Services
Massachusetts Department of Youth Services, Central Region
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Wednesday, June 06, 2007 |
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Tuition is $45.00 and includes the course book and light refreshments.
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Registations at the door are welcome, but please call in advance to confirm space availability.
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Written request for cancellations received 24 hours prior to the program will be granted a refund minus a $15.00 charge.
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Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
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Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont & Maine. This course has also been approved for 3.5 CPCS Mental Health Litigation & CAFL Credits.
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If you have special nees addressed by the Americans With Disabilities Act, please notify us as soon as possible.
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