Advice From the Inside Out Commish Liss

What happens when students get kicked off their high school sports teams for not achieving the minimum GPA? Who, if anybody, is at fault for the lack of GPA achievement? How can sports, hip-hop dance programs help students cope with complex trauma? Playing sports or participating in dance programs plays a vital role in healing those students most susceptible to justice engagement. Sports and dance positively impact the mind, body, and soul. This podcast episode features special guests, Jen Schuman the Founder/Lead Trainer at Performance Game Plan and Randy Sims, Senior business strategist at Yahoo and former NCAA college football player at the University of Arizona. Through their life experiences, hard work and willingness to helping under served communities achieve their highest potential both Randy and Jen provide unique and powerful Advice from the Inside Out. Special thanks to our graphic artist, Tess Buckley. 
https://www.rand.org/blog/rand-review/2016/01/course-correction-the-case-for-correctional-education.html
https://harvardpolitics.com/recidivism-american-progress/
https://www.rand.org/blog/rand-review/2016/01/course-correction-the-case-for-correctional-education.html
Life in a secure unit: the rehabilitation of young people through the use of sport: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277953602000539?via%3Dihub
Do Sports Programs Prevent Crime and Reduce Reoffending? A Systematic Review and Meta‑Analysis on the Effectiveness of Sports Programs: 
Journal Article: Participation in a 9-month selected physical exercise program enhances psychological well-being in a prison population: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cbm.1922
(Criminal Behavior and Mental Health)
The Social Science Journal Article: Long term impact of youth sports participation on illegal behavior https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1016/j.soscij.2012.09.010?journalCode=ussj20
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With special guests: Jen Schuman and, Randy Sims. Season Finale airs December 7, 2021Support the show

How do we help students find their strengths so that they see a positive way forward? Positive youth influencer can forever change the trajectory of their students’ lives for the better. Many justice engaged youth, lacked trusted adults as they began to disengage from school. In addition, some of these youth confided in negative influencers such as gangs, to help guide them through life. This contributes to the cycles of recidivism for juveniles. What does the data tell us about these youth’s positive view of their futures? We have a conversation with Dana Bunnett, Director of Kids in Common (dbunnett@kidsincommon.org) , to discuss the most recent data on these topics. We also consult Abdul Duso, National Student Life Director at College Track to find out more about sense of purpose work. Abdul gives his insight on sense of purpose work with the juvenile justice student populations. Special thanks to our graphic artist, Tess Buckley. 
www.kidsincommoin.org 
www.americaspromise.org
 www.Burnsinstitute.org
 www.ymcasv.org/ - Project Cornerstone 
www.searchinstitute.org/ 
www.collegetrack.org/ 
https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/foundations-young-adult-success-developmental-framework 
https://www.rand.org/blog/rand-review/2016/01/course-correction-the-case-for-correctional-education.html
https://harvardpolitics.com/recidivism-american-progress/ 
https://www.rand.org/blog/rand-review/2016/01/course-correction-the-case-for-correctional-education.html
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In this episode, we examine the struggles of justice engaged youth who present significant academic concerns in school. Why do so many students in the juvenile justice system possess learning disabilities? There seems to be a pattern that exists for students with learning disabilities and the juvenile justice system. Many of the students in the juvenile system are students who have dropped out of middle and high school due to a lack of appropriate supports for their learning disabilities and disengagement with curriculum materials. We have a conversation with Ron Hansen, Engineer and Juvenile Justice Commissioner to discuss these questions and so much more on Advice from the Inside Out. Special thanks to our graphic artist, Tess Buckley.
www.kidsincommon.org
 www.mstservices.com 
www.respectinstitute.org
 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7220224/
 https://www.rand.org/blog/rand-review/2016/01/course-correction-the-case-for-correctional-education.html 
https://harvardpolitics.com/recidivism-american-progress/
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How do we address both the needs of children and their incarcerated parents? How do we keep parents from recidivating? What happens to children when their parents fall back into the system? Recent studies show that approximately 5 million children (or 1 in 14) have a parent who has experienced incarceration. And the number is more staggering for 1 in 8 economically disadvantaged children and 1 in 9 African American children. These children feel both a stigma of having an incarcerated parent and they miss their parent. They need extra support to navigate their education pathways and their social emotional experiences. But, what about the incarcerated parent? What programs or services can they turn to help them become participating parents in their children’s education? One place incarcerated parents can go is to the Office of Reentry Services. We have a conversation with Chad Martens the Program Manager at the Office of Reentry Services in Santa Clara County, CA. We get Chad’s personal perspectives on the “one-stop-shop” approach to providing reentry services for clients on probation. And through our conversation we discuss solutions based approaches to changing the recidivism rate through supportive reentry programs. Special thanks to our graphic artist, Tess Buckley. 
www.kidsincommon.org
 www.communityworkswest.org 
www.nicic.gov 
www.sccgov.org/sites/reentry/Pages/Reentry-Services.aspx
https://www.aecf.org/series/kids-count-policy-reports - The Annie E. Casey Foundation – Kids Count Policy Report April 2016
 Three ‘E’s of Reentry | Nicholas Crapser | TEDxHumboldtBay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEWUg1zeUsg
 https://www.rand.org/blog/rand-review/2016/01/course-correction-the-case-for-correctional-education.html 
https://harvardpolitics.com/recidivism-american-progress
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In this episode, we examine the difficulties justice engaged LGBTQ youth experience, both during and after incarceration. LGBTQ youth, particularly LGBTQ youth of color are overrepresented in the juvenile justice system. And once pushed into the juvenile justice system LGBTQ youth are at a higher risk of becoming disconnected, harassed or victims of violence. In addition, there is a gap and lack of appropriate programs that supports their re-entry into society. Different states have varying levels of supports for their justice engaged LGBTQ youth. And much more must be done to address the specific needs of these youth. We have a conversation with New York Times best-selling Author and Contributor, Dr. Kay Rivers, about reimagining re-entry for LGBTQ youth and so much more on Advice from the inside out.
 www.kidsincommon.org 
www.lgbtmap.org 
www.prisonpolicy.org 
www.youth.gov
https://www.glsen.org/blog/lgbtq-youth-schools-failures-may-mean-higher-risk-criminalization
 https://www.rand.org/blog/rand-review/2016/01/course-correction-the-case-for-correctional-education.html 
https://harvardpolitics.com/recidivism-american-progress/ http://www.juvjustice.org/blog/lgbtq-youth-legal-system-2021 https://www.aclu.org/issues/lgbtq-rights/criminal-justice-reform-lgbtq-people
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