Parent Room
Special Sessions for Parents & Caretakers
While children attend the Kids' Court program, parents and caretakers attend a concurrent program designed to address their needs and answer their questions about the justice system.
Participants learn:
- How to support their child during this stressful time
- Our community cares and will respond with sensitivity to the needs of victims and their families
- Stress management techniques to help reduce anxiety, anger and depression
- To share common concerns about being involved with their child in the legal process
- Greater insight into the criminal justice system
To support and reinforce the parent program, each participant receives a Parent's Packet that includes such items as:
- King County Kids' Court agenda
- King County Kids' Court Fact Sheet
- List of support and counseling resources in the community
- Handout that addresses how parents can support and respond to their abused child
- Handout on what to bring to court (e.g. snacks, toys, favorite doll or animal, books, Kids' Court packet, etc.)
- Vocabulary list of court terminology
- Blank stationery (for writing affirmation note to child)
- King County Kids' Court Evaluation Form
- A variety of pamphlets
For further information, please contact:
Donna Belin, Director
King County Kids' Court
Office of the Prosecuting Attorney
Special Assault Unit
704 - 228th Avenue Northeast, PMB 323
Sammamish, WA 98074
E-Mail: Donna Belin
(206) 386-5437
(425) 868-4740 (fax)
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May 2006 |
