Judicial Family Programs: Nevada

CONTACT:

Michael Bell, Judicial Education Coordinator
Administrative Office of the Courts
201 S. Carson Street, Suite 250
Carson City, NV 89701
775/684-1704, 775/684-1723 (fax)
mbell@nvcourts.state.nv.us

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Provides education for judges and partners (although not yet for children) in stress management. One course utilizes a stress inventory for judges and their partners and followup classes (one for judges, one for partners) on interpreting the results of the stress inventory, followed by a joint session for judges and partners on stressor definitions, recognition, and modification.

A second course utilizes one-to-one conversations with judges about stressors they encounter, a presentation on the results of those conversations to a joint audience of judges and partners, and a lengthy guided discussion among judges and partners on stress recognition and modification.

In Nevada, we have provided a program for judges' partners on stress affecting judges and their families. We extend an invitation to partners to attend certain of the judges' educational sessions if there is some relevance to partners and to attend any social events held in conjunction with educational programs.

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CONTACT:

William Brunson
Academic Director
National Judicial Colleges

In the 60s, 70s and 80s, The National Judicial College (NJC) had a "Spouses' Program" that featured fellow spouses speaking about certain topics and also featured NJC faculty who would present on various topics. The spouses would also enjoy the local area with arranged events. NJC coordinated the program. We also had a children's program in the summer that was much like a day-care with activities scheduled for each day (e.g., going to the pool, movies, roller skating, etc.).

In the mid 90s, we found that the number of participating spouses and children were such that we couldn't afford to run the programs. We now rely on the University of Nevada's program entitled KidsUniversity, which has weeklong programs for children on certain topics (e.g., space camp, science camp, etc.).