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Once a juveniles enter the system, an intervention team is set up to address the best interests of the child and that child’s future potential. Intervention teams get together to share their professional opinions on what the child needs and are often required to submit a form of presentencing report to the judge.
As this class progressed, you explored Sarahs major life events from the age of 517 years old. Sometimes, children get stuck in the system and need court intervention to help them and their families. This means that the youth services professionals who have been working with Sarah all this time may have to come together to provide a recommendation to the court on what is likely to help Sarah the best now that she is a teenager and almost an adult.
Judges rely on the information in these court reports as they make their decisions. The court report provides a way to systematically organize pertinent information to give the court a clear mental image of the childs situation. Based on all of your study and your interactions with your peers throughout this course, you will complete the following:
Provide a recommendation to the court on what you think should happen with Sarah and her family for the next year until she turns 18.
Include any relevant information that you learned from your peers throughout this course in their service provider roles.
Be sure to address the following in your report:
Keys to a successful report: The four Cs: Clear, concise, complete, and consistent
Child-focused,
Current, first-hand, factual information,
Written with objective not subjective observations and statements
Strength-based
Concerns based on information gathered
Recommendations based on concerns
Please submit your assignment.
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.
Grading Rubric
Criteria
Maximum Points Possible
Provider position overview for a clear mental image of the childs situation
35
Sarah’s life experiences from the student’s perspective and 1 theoretical explanation for Sarah’s behavior
35
Identified 23 environmental influences that impacted Sarah’s life and gives recommendations to the court on what should happen with Sarah and her family for the next year
30
Organization: Assignment presents information logically and is clearly relevant to discussion topic
15
Professional Language: Assignment contains accurate grammar, spelling, and punctuation, with few or no errors
10
Total
125

Reference
Laskey, J. (2016, March 6). Pre sentence report What is a PSR? Retrieved from https://smordinlaw.com/pre-sentence-report/
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