Education for Juvenile Delinquents

Abstract

School is a very important place for children, especially juvenile delinquents. Juveniles need a place where they feel they belong and can be understood. Teachers and students need to be able to connect on a personal level.

Education for Juvenile Delinquents

When children make bad decisions and get caught up in the juvenile system, there is always ways in which they can be helped to get back on track. School is one of the most important ways to help troubled youth. Juveniles can be positively changed by how they are treated and taught in school.

Teachers Importance

Some juveniles don’t have any positive influences in their lives, and the only chance many of them have to become successful and change the path they are on is school. Teachers have a huge part in shaping children for the future. School is one of the major ways that juveniles transition from incarceration back into society (Layton, Ardern, Lee, 2010). Too many teachers try to teach using traditional teaching styles and research shows that many students have a harder time learning this way. Studies have shown that divergent teaching might be the better way to go (Layton, Ardern, Lee, 2010). “The majority of incarcerated youths indicated they have experienced academic difficulties, and in many cases failure” (Layton, Ardern, Lee, 2010).

Students Needs

Students who seem reluctant in school or who seem to be showing negative progress, in many cases have been verbally wounded by school personnel (Olsen, 2008). Wounding a student by telling them they will never understand, or they don’t seem to be able to keep up with the rest of the class hurts their self-image (Olsen, 2008). Teachers need to be able to look past test scores and