These resources are being provided
for you to review in preparation for specific group activities
scheduled at the Working Group meeting as follows. You
are not required to bring printed versions of
these documents, but we do recommend you review these
prior to arriving.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006 from
3:00-3:45
p.m.
For these exercises, participants will be grouped into
facilitated multidisciplinary teams. The teams will be
responsible for conducting two exercises to generate key
components of an effective court response and strategies
for creating a coordinated response. |
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| Key Components of an Effective Court
Response Exercise |
| Rothman, Max B. and Burton B. Dunlop. Judicial
Responses to an Aging America.
Court Review, vol. 42, no. 1 (2005-2006). |
| Uekert, Brenda K. Elder Abuse and
Neglect. 2005
Future Trends in State Courts. National Center for State
Courts (2005). |
| Stiegel, Lori A. Recommended Guidelines for State
Courts Handling Cases Involving Elder Abuse. Washington
DC: American Bar Association (1995). |
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Strategies for Creating Coordinated
Responses Exercise |
| U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice
Programs. Strategies for Court Collaboration with
Service Communities. Bureau of Justice Assistance
Program Brief (November 2002). |
| Teaster, Pamela and Lisa
Nerenburg, A
National Look at Elder Abuse Multi-Disciplinary Teams.
Report for the National Committee for the Prevention of
Elder Abuse. Partner: National Center on Elder Abuse (2004). |
| Casey, Pamela and William Hewitt. Court
Responses to Individuals in Need of Services: Promising
Components of a Service Coordination Strategy for Courts.
National Center for State Courts (2001). |
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| Wednesday, April 19, 2006 from
9:45-10:30
a.m. |
| The results of the needs assessment survey
will be reviewed. Participants will then be asked to
provide their assessment of the greatest needs for the court. A
list of needs will be compiled and participants will be asked
to vote on the needs that should be prioritized. Both
the survey and preliminary results are provided here for
your review. |
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| Needs of the Courts |
| Uekert,
Brenda K. Needs Assessment: Court and Judicial Needs in the Area of Elder Abuse.
Williamsburg
,
VA
:
National
Center
for State Courts, Elder Abuse and the Courts Working Group
(April 2006). |
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| Supplemental Reference Materials |
| The materials on the Supplemental Reference
Materials page are being provided SOLELY as additional resources. They
are not required reading in preparation for the
April 18-19, 2006 meeting. They have been made available
in an electronic format for you to review at your leisure. |
