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How Do You Stop Bullying? Intervene.

Source: The Colorado Trust. During the bullying prevention intervention, the gap in CSAP scores increased between schools with different levels of bullying....

Resources: Curriculum Review

    Social Competence Intervention Program: A Drama-Based Intervention for Youth on the Autism SpectrumLaura A. Guli, Alison D. Wilkinson, Margaret Semrud-ClikemanResearch...

My Lifebook Journal: A Workbook for Children in Foster Care

  Therese AccinelliInstant Help Books/New Harbinger Publications126 pages. $16.95. With clear instructions from a therapist who works with foster children, this workbook...

Muslim American Youth: Understanding Hyphenated Identities Through Multiple Methods

  Selcuk R. Sirin, Michelle FineNew York University Press243 pages. $70 ($23 paperback). To discover how the post-9/11 atmosphere affects diverse American-born...

Shelter from the Storm

  Educational Television Productions of Northeastern Wisconsin, NEWIST/CESA#727 minutes. DVD $195. Four single mothers struggling to provide homes for their children are...

The Delinquent Girl

  Edited by Margaret A. ZahnTemple University Press352 pages. $54.50. Among all juveniles arrested for serious crimes in 2006, an unprecedented 29...

New Directions for Youth Development: Spiritual Development

  Edited by Peter L. Benson, Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, Kathryn L. HongJossey-Bass/Wiley142 pages. $23.20. Subscriptions $85 (1 year, 4 issues). Spiritual development...

Building a Children’s Zone

  Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada’s Quest to Change Harlem and America By Paul ToughHoughton Mifflin Company296 pages. $26. Geoffrey Canada is...

America’s Afterschool Storybook

  http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/storybook/gallery.cfm In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers last year, the Afterschool Alliance invited people...

The Grandfamilies State Law and Policy Resource Center

  http://www.grandfamilies.org This is a legal resource for families in which grandparents care for their grandchildren – called “grandfamilies.” The site includes...

Children and Clinical Studies

  http://www.ChildrenAndClinicalStudies.nhlbi.nih.gov This new site produced by the National Institutes of Health is a resource for parents and health care providers interested...

Homeless Youth TV

  http://www.homelessyouthtv.com Virgin Mobile USA created this website to bring together organizations and young people who want to help the more than...

Dictionary for Dads

  http://www.dictionaryfordads.com The site shares knowledge, resources and practical experiences fundamental to helping men make informed decisions about parenting. It features solution-oriented...

Youth Worker Jobs at MySpace.com

http://jobs.myspace.com/a/ms-jobs/list/q-Youth+Worker A new feature on the popular MySpace website allows users to search for jobs by description and location in a database...

Grants Awarded for February 2009

  Allstate Foundation Northbrook, Ill.(847) 402-5600http://www.allstate.com/foundation/ All grants are given to promote the economic empowerment of domestic violence survivors. • Florida Coalition...

New York Life Foundation Supports Service Learning

The New York Life Foundation has awarded $200,000 over two years to The LEAGUE, a school- and web-based program created by a...

Patient Teenagers? A Comparison of the Sexual Behavior of Virginity Pledgers and Matched Non-Pledgers

Matched Comparison of Children in Kinship Care and Foster Care on Child Welfare Outcomes

Colorado State University This study compared permanency, safety and stability outcomes for 318 "matched" pairs of children placed in either kinship care...

Weekly Notes: Famous Advocate Canned in San Fran; First Names Predicting Lives of Crime?; New Leader at JPI; and More

After weeks of speculation that it would happen, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom (D) fired nationally known youth advocate Margaret Brodkin this...

Three Candidates for OJJDP

[Note: This piece also appears in the Obama Job Watch in Youth Today‘s Latest News section] The scuttlebutt points to two widely-known...