A Social Work Advocates article on efforts to help youth navigate the juvenile justice system cited Laura Abrams, professor of social welfare at UCLA Luskin. At universities around the country, social workers are being trained in more holistic strategies and practices to advocate for troubled youth. One role of school social workers is helping youth on probation or who are reentering their community following incarceration to “get readmitted into schools and to feel safe there,” said Abrams, who herself was a school social worker while getting her MSW. California recently closed its major youth correctional facilities, and Abrams’ current research is focused on “how counties can receive some of those young people and have the right types of institutions and rehabilitation programs.” She is also studying the experiences of about 1,000 people who were sentenced as teenagers to life without parole but were ultimately released. Social Work Advocates is a publication of the National Association of Social Workers.