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Graham SLAM Coaching Helps Older Youth in Care Launch Successfully

Young people in the child welfare system, most of whom have experienced trauma and frequent loss, have all the same capabilities as...

youth development: Lonely Rejected Teen Boy in red shirt leans against wall

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Staff Development Must include Youth Development, Especially in S. Asia

Investing in youth from an early age can be a slow and difficult process, but its benefits can be far-reaching, especially from...

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How SRO Programs Can Actually Divert Youth from Pipeline

Like it or not, cops in schools are here to stay. The question is: How do we do it right? An important...

restorative justice: sad boy teenager standing lonely while others talking outdoors Headshots:

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Dear Restorative Justice: Our Student Isn’t Responding

What do you do when someone is obdurate and has no interest in taking responsibility or admitting any guilt at all?

post-traumatic growth: Paper plane in mid flight with shadow of a real plane

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We Must Encourage Self-belief, Self-determination for Youth to Experience Post-traumatic Growth

The intriguing thing about human nature is that there is no one way to exist. Just recently, I was speaking with a...

youth violence: Soulful-looking young man in graduation gown, mortarboard with beard and mustache looks off to left

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How a Positive Outlook on the Future May Protect Teens from Violence

Youth violence is pervasive and has serious consequences for teens’ health and well-being. Based on a recent Centers for Disease Control and...

multiple intelligences: teen african american schoolgirl with notebook on stem education class

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STEAM in OST, Learning About Multiple Intelligences Will Empower Kids

What if every child had the knowledge that their talents were valuable? They would grow up confident in who they are. They...

youth peer lines: Sad Young Man with Cellphone on the Brick Wall Background

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Harnessing Youth Peer Lines Will Improve Well-being, Mental Health Crisis

There is a crisis of well-being in this country, and it’s felt most poignantly by our youth. One-third of high school students...

homelessness: Homeless Teenage Girl On Street With Rucksack

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State Index to Help Guide Youth Homelessness Work

Here’s a question for you: Does a young person from Kansas deserve to be homeless more than a young person from California?...

TAG: 2 men, one carrying a child on his shoulders, run on path alongside track with freight train.

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Central American Kids Come To U.S. Fleeing Record-high Youth Murder Rates

Gang violence and expanding criminal networks have made El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala — an area of Central America known as the...

gun violence: broken and melted-down guns

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Baltimore Is Tackling the Problem of Youth Violence With Its Ceasefire Movement

Violence perpetrated by youth continues to have far-reaching costs for society: It contributes to injury, community dysfunction, poor physical and mental health,...

post-traumatic growth: brave boy walking on a wire above the metropolis

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Post-traumatic Growth: Hope Is a Strategy, Not a Feeling

When a young person experiences trauma, there is no single answer regarding how that experience may impact them in their later years....

crisis planning: Closeup of tired office employee sitting at her workplace, head in hands, with laptop in room with gray walls.

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To Avoid a Crisis, Nonprofits Should Prepare and Know Their Mission

The notion that a noble mission and a track record of good deeds can shield an organization and its brand from crisis...

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‘Opioid Excuse’ for Putting Indiana Kids Into Foster Homes Falls Apart Under Scrutiny

For many years Indiana has been an extreme outlier when it comes to taking children from their families. Year after year, Indiana...

3 little girls in T-shirts, shorts stand up facing other children sitting in the grass

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Leaders Aren’t Born, They’re Built — at Summer Camp

“Wait. What are we going to do?” The six 12- to 14-year-olds looked at each other as the skies opened up during...

JSA: Young woman Leading Discussion Group Among High School Pupils

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How to Teach Kids to Listen to, Respect Each Other

The meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in June was, at minimum, riveting political theater, and potentially...

Hispanic Young Boy and woman Studying At Library.

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Youth With High Stress Need Mentors Carefully Chosen to Match With Them

In recent decades, youth mentoring programs have grown exponentially in popularity and have received increasing support from both private and public sources...