Related Programs and Services

The court works with several outside service providers in an effort to provide a more complete array of services to those appearing in court. Many court ordered services are provided to help address underlying issues that court intervention alone can't address. Commonly used programs are listed on the left.

Recommended Reading:

• The following articles are provided by the Zero To Three Policy Center .
  • Fact Sheet, Introducing: Court Teams for Maltreated Infants and Toddlers, Victoria Youcha
  • Impact Statement, Court Teams for Maltreated Infants and Toddlers Impact Statement, Victoria Youcha
  • Infant/Parent Psychotherapy
  • Effects of Violence in Children's Lives
  • Ensuring the Healthy Development of Infants in Foster Care: A Guide for Judges, Advocates and Child Welfare Professionals, Sheryl Dicker and Elysa Gordon, January, 2004

• Checklist for the Healthy Development of Infants and Toddlers in Foster Care, New York Permanent Commission on Justice for Children
• Children at Clandenstine Methamphetamine Labs: Helping Meth's Youngest Victims, Karen Swetlow, OVC Bulletin, June, 2003

• Questions Every Judge and Lawyer Should Ask About Infants and Toddlers in the Child Welfare System, Joy Osofsky, Candice Maze, Judge Cindy Lederman, Justice Martha Grace and Sheryl Dicker, Juvenile and Family Court Journal, Spring 2004

• Zero to Three: Critical Issues for the Juvenile and Family Court, Julie Cohen and Victoria Youcha, Juvenile and Family Court Journal, Spring, 2004

• Infant Mental Health Interventions in Juvenile Court, Ameliorating the Effects of Maltreatment and Deprivation, Cindy Lederman and Joy Osofsky, Psychology, Public Policy and Law, Vol. 10, No. 1, 162-177, 2004 (this publication may be ordered through the American Psychological Association)

• Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut