G.P.S.
Guiding Probation
Success
What is success?
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Our definition of success
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What do you want from probation
supervision?
What Probation Can Not Do
WORK MIRACLES
WHY GPS?
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The Probation Unit considers guardians
our most valuable resource
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Provide knowledge to parents/guardians
so that they can be “Informed
Supervisors”
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Support parents/guardians and families
through the probation process
Levels of Supervision
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Teen Court
Informal Probation
Pending Hearing Supervision
Formal Probation
At the Greene County Youth Academy
 With Children’s Division involvement
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Referral
DYS
Formal
Supervision
Pending
Supervision
Detention
Informal
Probation/Teen
Court
Petition
Filed
Court Process
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Detention hearing
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Petition and notices
 Jurisdiction
 Disposition
 Motion
to Modify
JDAI
Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative
JDTA
Release
Case Processing
Conditions of
Detention
Confinement
Collaboration
Data Driven Decisions
Special
Detention
Cases
DMC
Supervision Expectations
Contacts
Treatment
 Parents and Expectations
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Guardians
Home visits
School visits
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Individualized
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Based on needs
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May change
Your Responsibility
To Probation Officer
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Contact with the Probation Officer
How does that change for levels of
supervision?
What should I report to the Probation
Officer?
Your Responsibility
To my child
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Keep your kids safe
Discipline
Transportation
Be a partner with school
Conditions of Probation
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Typical Rules
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What do they mean?
Individualized Rules
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Reasons for specialized conditions
Individualized Rules = Individualized Expectations
Classification and Progress
Informal
vs
Formal
Frequency of contact
Length of Supervision
Graduated Responses
Family Influence
Probation
Balanced and Restorative Justice
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What is BARJ?
How probation is designed for BARJ?
Resources
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Drug treatment
Individual and family Therapy
Anger Management and mediation
Educational support
Family support services
Mental Health Evaluation
Juvenile Office Programs
How can we help you?
How can we help your child?
Probation’s most valuable
Resource
Parents/Guardians
and Families
Completion
Informal
Process
Successful vs Unsuccessful
Formal
Process
Successful vs Unsuccessful
In the Future
Applying for a job
Criminal background check
Military
College
Contacts
Zach Adams - Supervisor, Informal
417-829-6117
Zach.adams@courts.mo.gov
Susan Cox – Supervisor, Formal
417-829-6145
Susan.cox@courts.mo.gov