Youth Today
Opinion
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2.7KProtecting Children from Sexual Abuse: Texas Serves As a Model
Jenna Quinn is a hero, and her courage is changing the lives of children in Texas. Sexually abused by her basketball coach,...
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1.4KChoosing the Positive Narrative for Black Children in America
My son turned 13 last weekend. In the back of my mind, I’m thinking he is now eligible to be charged as...
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1.2KBabies and Poverty: Top 5 Things Presidential Candidates, Voters Need to Know
While federal spending is projected to increase in the coming year, virtually none of that spending will be directed toward children.
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1.9KYouth Intervention Programs Crucial to Chipping Away at Learning, Achievement Gap
Youth intervention programs provide opportunities and relationships that can motivate students to learn.
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3.6KFederal Education Law Delivers Vital Protections for Foster Youth
Children involved in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems face countless barriers to educational success. Our historic failure to address these...
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2.1KHow Young Peers in Recovery Are Amplifying Prevention and Early Intervention
Project Amp: Amplifying Our Futures offers a brief mentorship intervention for teens at risk of substance use, to be delivered in health...
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6.3KWhat Lessons Have You Learned From the Kids You Work With?
As we gear up for summer programming, camp directors and staff who attended the American Camp Association conference in Atlanta last week...
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2.6KAn Alternative to ‘Just Say No’
As a social worker, I quickly learned that teens don’t like being told what to do. Who does? Teachers, counselors, pediatricians and...
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4.7KHow Grief Goes Unnoticed in Foster Children — and the Underlying Trauma It Can Cause
I have attended several funerals during my lifetime. At one, when I was still in high school, I remember watching the mother...
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1.7KABA Task Force Wants to Help Disrupt School-to-Prison Pipeline
The school-to-prison pipeline is one of our nation’s most pressing challenges, that all of us must help reverse. Not only do these...
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2.9KPlaying Offense: Behavioral Health Interventions During Adolescence Is Our Best Shot
In the behavioral health field, it is clear that the most high-stakes developmental period is adolescence, when mental illness and substance use...
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4.3KHelping Young Veterans Find Work after Military Service
Young veterans need support in finding and maintaining a job, let alone a career pathway with family-sustaining wages.
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1.9KFederal Commission’s Recommendations on Child Fatalities Would Backfire
Had I bought a ticket when the Powerball lottery jackpot reached more than $1 billion, odds are I would not have won....
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1.7KMy Ongoing Battle with Substance Abuse
“I was only 11 years old, but my age didn’t stop me from falling into the same trap my father did.” A...
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1.9KForget ‘Just Say No’: This Is How Nation Can Reduce Youth Substance Use
Substance misuse can have long-term adverse effects on physical and mental health, academic and career attainment, relationships, and being part of a...
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2.1KAdults Play an Important Role in Addressing Teen Dating Violence
February is an important month for adults who care about young people. No, not for Valentine’s Day or President’s Day but Teen...
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2.8KParents as First Responders in Adolescent Substance Use
Studies show that 90 percent of people with substance use disorders began using during their teen years when the brain is still...
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3.2KMany Paths to Recovery, Reducing Shame, Increasing Self-Advocacy
For the past five years, Young People in Recovery has worked within the youth and young adult recovery advocacy space to normalize...
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1.6KWhat Is Wrong With the Recovery Movement?
Justin Luke Riley's candid approach to recovery from opioid and other addictions: "I should have a mission every day to make sure...
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Youth Now Have Fighting Chance at Rehabilitation
Ever send your kid to his room to “think about what he’s done” in order to give him time to be alone...
