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Graduation Alternative Program |
Clark County Juvenile Court provides a number of specific programs that focus on the identified risk factors of individual juveniles. Some of these programs are statewide. Others are programs unique to Clark County.
- Graduation Alternative Program (GAP)
- Functional Family Therapy (FFT)
- Aggression Replacement Training (ART)
- Victim Impact Offender Competency Education (ICE)
Graduation Alternative Program (GAP)
Class Schedule: Monday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
GAP is a GED program offered in partnership with Educational Service District 112. All students are on community supervision (probation) with the Juvenile Court. The class is held at the Clark County Juvenile Court and has an enrollment of over 40 students, who range in age from 16-18.We know many probationers have not been successful in both standard and alternative educational settings. The students in GAP are typically one to two years behind in their academic credits and have a history of failing in several other educational settings. GAP is shaped to fit the individual needs and goals of our probationers.
GAP has proven to be a setting in which a significant number of these youth have been able to achieve a high level of success, with a very high percentage receiving their GED certificates.
Functional Family Therapy (FFT)
Functional Family Therapy is a three-phase program that works with the families of juvenile offenders to reduce delinquency risk factors and improve family relationships.
- The first phase is designed to motivate the family toward change.
- The second phase teaches the family how to change a specific critical problem identified in the first phase.
- The final phase helps the family generalize their problem-solving skills. An individual therapist works with each family at their home over a 10- to 12-week period.
Aggression Replacement Training (ART)
Anger is a strong emotion and the inability to manage anger has resulted in the incarceration of many youth. The Juvenile Court offers selected youth an opportunity to learn alternative behaviors to aggression, increase overall skills and understand more about moral reasoning. The program is called Aggression Replacement Training (ART).
ART is a ten-week, three-part intervention that includes pro-social skills training, anger control and moral reasoning. Each week has three sessions (1 hour each), one in each of the three areas. Youth are expected to learn to substitute aggressive and other anti-social activities for pro-social thinking and behavioral skills.
Victim Impact Offender Competency Education (ICE)
ICE Class is a six (6) hour, four (4) session class for youth on community supervision (probation) or diversion. The youth's Probation Counselor makes the referral to ICE. The ICE class focuses on the importance of changing criminal behavior and thinking in order to increase empathy for an offender's victim(s). Humanizing the criminal event, making the victim a real human being, and increasing the understanding of the human impacts of the criminal act are seen as key to reshaping the thinking and behavior of offenders. In ICE, discussions and exercises requiring active participation provide opportunities for this increased understanding and empathy.
For many youth the ICE class will help prepare them for fulfilling their Restorative Community Service obligation. The exercises and discussion in ICE class seek to help youth frame their community service as both a personal obligation and an opportunity to make concrete amends for their offense. They are encouraged to understand this service experience can provide a positive connection with their community.
In-depth ICE Information
- ICE Class (PDF - 12K)
- ICE Class: Purpose and Objectives (PDF - 9K)
