Project team
Debra Comfort (Ret.), Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Laura Cooke, Department of Research and Planning, Executive Office of the Trial Court
Sarah Dobbin, Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Sarah Joss, Office of the Commissioner of Probation
Amy Karp, Children and Family Law Division, Committee for Public Counsel Services
Melaine Malcolm, Department of Research and Planning, Executive Office of the Trial Court
John Millett, Office of the Commissioner of Probation
Ilene Mitchell, Administrative Office of the Probate and Family Court
Kristen Noto, Middlesex District Attorney’s Office
Hon. Sally Padden (ret.), Court Improvement Program, Supreme Judicial Court
Cecely Reardon, Department of Youth Services
David Ringius, Norfolk District Attorney’s Office
Marlies Spanjaard, The EdLaw Project of the Committee for Public Counsel Services
Cristina Tedstone, Department of Children and Families
Joshua Varon, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Rachel Wallack, Administrative Office of the Juvenile Court
Jenny Weisz, Court Improvement Program, Supreme Judicial Court
Wendy Wolf, Youth Advocacy Division, Committee for Public Counsel Services
Consultants
Crispin Birnbaum, Office of the Commissioner of Probation
Dr. Geri Fuhrmann (ret.), Juvenile Forensic Services, Department of Mental Health
Jennifer Honig, Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee
Dr. Robert Kincherff, Faculty, William James College and Faculty, Center for Law, Brain and Behavior (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Mark Prisco, Norfolk County Department of Probation
John Tuell, Robert F. Kennedy National Resource Center for Juvenile Justice
Consultant and contributing author
Jessica Heldman, Robert F. Kennedy National Resource Center for Juvenile Justice