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The Attendance Program offers an innovative sentencing
alternative for young people between the ages of 12-17 who are involved
in the criminal justice system. Located at Midland and Lawrence
in Scarborough, the Attendance Program provides accountable and
effective community-based options to custody or detention for youth
with judicially imposed reporting and attendance requirements.
The Scarborough Youth Court now considers the Attendance
Program as a condition of probation, an alternative to custody,
or as required after-school skill-development programming.
The Resource Room Aris Kaplanis Centre for Youth
in Scarborough youth serves as home base for the Attendance Program.
This integrated centre provides youth in trouble with the law with
a safe, mainstream and motivational change environment.
The centre provides a closely supervised environment
where youth participate in specialized programs during potentially
high-risk periods, as required by the court. The "one-stop
shopping" model includes the following programs:
- Employment and Training
- Education and Literacy
- Substance Abuse Reduction
- Anger Management
- Cognitive Skills Training
- Domestic Violence
- Life Skills
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- Gang Intervention
- Anti-racism
- Homework Support
- Access to family and personal counseling, housing and
other needed services.
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Contact Information:
Mark Schuler, Supervisor
Trish Coffey, Coordinator
Uma Tummala, Coordinator of Specialized Youth Programs
Phone: 416-615-0788
Fax: 647-436-7741
2568 Lawrence Ave East
Scarborough, Ontario
M1P 2R7
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