Increasingly, youth exhibiting significant mental health and behavioral problems have encountered the juvenile justice system. The JRIC will conduct assessments and case management coordination for urgent or crisis situations. Cognitive-behavioral approaches, such as dialectic behavior therapy (DBT), have shown particular promise for application to corrections populations. As such, the Juvenile Resource Intervention Center seeks to intervene using the Dialectic Behavior Therapy (DBT) therapeutic model and individual and group therapy with highest risk youth. By expanding this program, DBT will be available to 75 additional youth

Referral through Winnebago County Probation.