Youth Today
Opinion
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12.7KConfessions of a Caseworker: We Remove Kids to Protect Ourselves
It’s hard to imagine many jobs more difficult than that of a caseworker for a child protective services agency.
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1.3KCalling the Press the Enemy Is Obscene
Most of the time, it’s best to ignore outrageous statements. After all, if you tried to respond to every outrageous statement this...
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1.6KContinuum of Professional Development Should Target Needs, Develop Talents
Our approach to staff development should be rethought and and expanded. A continuum of professional development that targets individual needs, fosters and...
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2.7KBefore Learning Coping Skills, Juveniles Must Be Taught to Control Their Body
Adolescents involved in the juvenile justice system are commonly referred to mental health services in order to address the behaviors that led...
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3.1KCultivating Leaders: Scaffolding Successful Youth Outcomes with Strong Staff Supports
Holding hands, seven young people stood in a circle doing final breathing exercises before their entrance onto the stage — the culmination...
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5.5KIt’s Called Social Work, Not Women’s Work
In almost 10 years as a social worker, I cannot count the number of times people have referred to my profession as...
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1.1KEndless Stories, Contagious Sadness, Familial Love from One Muslim Youth
As I write this, I'm watching and intently listening to a news report about thousands of Muslims who are returning from trips...
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No One Should Shut Up — The U.S. Constitution Gives Us That Right
A new administration in Washington means changes, no matter the party taking the White House.
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2.1KA New Way to View, Treat, Prevent Adolescent Drug, Alcohol Use
We cannot afford inaction. Like other chronic illnesses with social, biological and environmental determinants, substance use disorders are best addressed with a...
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1.5KWhat’s At Stake for Youth in Federal Budget Are Critical, Crucial Programs
As a new Congress and president take power, we’re entering a period of infinite unknowns.
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3.1KIncarcerated Youth and Their Families: Human Just Like Everyone Else
Watching my brother go to jail opened my eyes to the fact that I want to help and work with youth who...
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986Placing Youth Front and Center in Movement Building
People with lived experiences should not only be leading conversations, they should be be active agents in determining effective strategies to overcome...
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3.8KWe Must Stop the Politics of Hate
On Jan. 20, our country will have a new president who was elected by fewer than half the voters in the U.S....
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4.3KMedical Needs in After-school Programs: What Would You Do?
Participants have the same health needs before and after school as they do during school hours, and program administrators must ensure they...
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1.5KLive on Washington: The Evolution of a Teen-Curated Festival, and Why It’s Important
It’s late spring, 2012, and 15 teenagers sit around a rectangular table on the second floor of the Neutral Zone, Ann Arbor’s...
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Health and Human Services Misinterprets Foster Care Data
Let’s assume that there has been a real increase in parental substance abuse. The biggest flaw in HHS’ logic is the implicit...
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Data-Driven & Collective Impact: How Youth Agencies Can Show What Works
In his aptly titled book “Show Me the Evidence,” Ron Haskins demonstrates how nonprofits and community programs today must prove their value...
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2.0KPull Up One More Chair For Youth
Young people’s lived experience speak to viable solutions that policymakers might otherwise never come upon. The best first step for anyone looking...
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3.0KRemaking a Life: Inside and Out
I had been accused of a serious crime at the age of 17, and because the courts wanted to charge me as...
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632Draw From Juvenile Justice System’s Strengths for Better Approaches for Young Adults
The response to the behavior of a young adult shouldn’t happen in a police station, prison or jail, but should happen in...
