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Many of the youth who enter the
Department of Juvenile Justice have pre-existent
chronic medical conditions such as diabetes,
hypertension, hemophilia, sickle cell disease,
renal failure, etc., and serious dental disease,
as well. Some have not accessed medical care
prior to entering the Department’s facilities
and new diseases are discovered while they are
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Lisa M. Johnson, MD
Chief Medical Director
Department of Juvenile Justice
2737 Centerview Drive, Suite 2426
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3100
lisa.johnson@djj.state.fl.us
(850) 922-9269
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Trauma-Informed DJJ Webcast:
To All DJJ employees who
participated in the Trauma-Informed DJJ Webcast on
07/12/2010 or wish to participate in the mandatory
Trauma Informed DJJ Webcast, the link to view this
webcast has been added below.
You will need to notify your
training coordinator upon completing the webcast so
you may receive credit in CORE.
To all training
coordinators, please add the webcast training as an
instructor led course in CORE. Select the Utilities
tab>> Add Other In-service Course Completions>>
Trauma-Informed DJJ Webcast will be the name of the
course title and the hours associated with this
training is 2.0.
The Trauma-Informed DJJ Webcast is now available for Viewing:
Click here for Video Training Webcast (DJJ)
or
Click here for Video Training Webcast (USF)
Click Here for Power Point Presentation
Trauma Flyer
Trauma Informed Care Homepage
The Trauma Informed DJJ Training has
been approved for 2 Continuing Education Unit
credits. Below is the participant roster, program
evaluation, and the instructions for mailing the
forms. CE's will be entered into CE Broker and a
certificate will be sent.
To obtain CE's please complete the
participant roster and program evaluation and mail
original copies to the following address:
Distant Learning Participant Roster
Program Evaluation Form
Teresa Morris, R.N.,M.S.
Children's Medical Services
4052 Bald Cypress Way BIN# A06
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1707
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Other youth have new injuries, illnesses,
and emergencies that arise. Nonetheless, the Department is
responsible for ensuring that these youth receive the same
degree of care that they would, had they been out in the
community. Our vision: health systems that provide quality
services, accountability and responsibility for the children
in the care of the Department of Juvenile Justice.
Over 65% of the youth in the Department’s
care have a mental illness or substance abuse issue.
Additionally, a significant number of youth have experienced
severe childhood trauma (physical, sexual, emotional abuse)
which impacts their behavior and treatment needs. All issues
must be addressed through assessments, evaluations, crisis
intervention and treatment services. There is also a subset
of DJJ youth who are developmentally disabled and the
Department is responsible for ensuring that youth with a
developmental disability receive appropriate care and
treatment services. Each branch has a means in place to
begin to approach these areas, but the Office has been
actively engaged in the process of improvement, oversight,
and further development. The Office of Health Services was
established in 2005 with the hiring of the Department’s
first Chief Medical Director.
The majority of health care services
provided in DJJ facilities and programs are offered through
contracted providers. All twenty-six of the Department’s
detention centers and all but three of the Department’s more
than 120 residential commitment facilities procure medical,
mental health and substance abuse services through
contractual arrangements.
Office of Health Services Responsibilities
The Office of Health Services was
established in 2005 with the hiring of the Department’s
first Chief Medical Director. The Office of Health Services is responsible
for assisting the Department with the oversight of medical,
mental health, substance abuse, and developmental disability
services to all youth adjudicated delinquent and placed
under the supervision of the Department.
To adequately fulfill its responsibilities
to the Department and the youth in its care and custody, the
Office of Health Services must provide Clinical Technical
Assistance, Administrative Rule and Policy Development,
Contract Enhancement, Standardization and Monitoring, Staff
Training and Support, Legislative Support, Quality Assurance
Standards for Health and Mental Health/Substance Abuse
Services, Parental Assistance, Research and Resource
Assistance, Employee Health Resource and Inter-Agency
Collaborations.
Overarching Goals
The long term vision and planning for the
Office of Health Services is to extensively improve the
quality of medical, dental, mental health, substance abuse
and developmental disability services provided to the youth
in our care through:
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increased resources,
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improved staffing, increased contract
monitoring and compliance,
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early troubleshooting for problem
areas/programs and,
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improved collaborations with other state
Agencies, such as, the Department of Children and
Families, the Department of Health, the Agency for
Health Care Administration, and the Agency for Persons
with Disabilities.
The mission of the Office of Health Services
is to ensure the Department, and our stakeholders, provide
professional, high quality comprehensive, and timely health,
mental health, substance abuse and developmental disability
services to our children.
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