| This training is designed specifically for judicial officers who are new to the juvenile and family court bench, or who are returning to this bench after other assignments and desire a refresher course. The curriculum for this intensive Academy is designed to encourage core competencies for juvenile and family court judges, and includes (but is not limited to) coverage of judicial leadership and role of the judge, ethics, decision-making, evidence, child and adolescent development, schools and the court, trauma-informed justice, abuse and neglect, delinquency, interpersonal violence, custody, divorce, self-represented litigants, and dealing with the media. |