Youth Today
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Revealing Minds: Assessing to Understand and Support Struggling Learners
Craig Pohlman Wiley Publishers 352 pages. $29.95. Using the philosophy of All Kinds of Minds, this book uses real-life examples to stress...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Hope Matters: The Untold Story of How Faith Works in America
John A. Calhoun Bartleby Press 238 pages. $23.50. The book profiles 24 people across the country who are making a difference in...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Adolescent Girls in Crisis: Intervention and Hope
Martha B. Straus W.W. Norton and Co. 398 pages. $35. Teenage girls are at greater risk than ever for eating disorders, sexual...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
I’ve Got This Friend Who … : Advice for Teens and Their Friends on Alcohol, Drugs, Eating Disorders, Risky Behavior and More
Edited by Anna Radev Hazelden Publishers 203 pages. $14.95. Six fictitious teens of varied backgrounds discuss problems facing high schoolers, including alcohol,...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Life Skills for Teens: Healthy Relationships and Building Your Future
InJoy Videos Individual DVD, $199.95; two-volume set, $349.95. These DVDs, each about 30 minutes, focus on relationships and career-building. They address what’s...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Magical Moments of Change: How Psychotherapy Turns Kids Around
Lenore Terr W.W. Norton & Co. 304 pages. $27.99. The story of Terr’s psychotherapeutic successes and setbacks with one highly traumatized young...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
GenerationPulse
http://www.bc.edu/sites/genpulse/index.html Designed by Boston College students as a creative forum for youth affected by Hurricane Katrina, the site has evolved into an...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Leading to Reading
http://www.rif.org Reading Is Fundamental’s new website (and its mirror bilingual site, Semillitas de Aprendzaje) is a research-based educational resource designed to help...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Reality Charity
http://www.realitycharity.com/index.php Called the “eBay of fundraising” by the media, Reality Charity eliminates the middleman by allowing charities to post appeals directly to...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
The JDAI Help Desk
http://www.jdaihelpdesk.org The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative offers this practice-based, informational resource for practitioners, policymakers and advocates interested in...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Ask the Judge
www.askthejudge.info A Q&A with a real judge answering common legal questions from teens, such as “What happens to me if my parents...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Association of Mentoring Professionals
http://www.mentoringprofessionals.org This site for association members provides resources, online training, career development, a community calendar, an online curriculum and more. An annual...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
For Juvenile Justice, A Panel of One
One grant proposal was to improve evaluations of state juvenile justice programs. The two Justice Department reviewers loved it, each giving it...
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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers for December 2007-January 2008
Nonprofits DC Action for Children, a 16-year-old advocacy organization and an affiliate of Voices for America’s Children, has hired Kate Sylvester as...
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News
It’s Almost Easy Being Green
As the Nobel Peace Prize in Al Gore’s trophy case will attest, being green is officially hip again. But environmental friendliness was...
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Opinion
The Price of Following Blind Leadership
New figures reveal a disturbing combination we haven’t seen for 40 years: Teenage suicides, serious crimes and drug and alcohol deaths are...
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Opinion
The Skill of Teaching Life Skills
Imparting life skills is a primary goal of youth programs around the world. So why do we know so little about what...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Kids Quill: How We Cope with Abuse
By Derrick B., 18Represent, New York I grew up without a father, a real family or a real mother in my life....
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Kids Quill: How We Cope with Abuse
By Natasha Santos, 19Represent, New York “Tasha, what did he do to you?” This is the second night in a row that...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Web Watch for November 2007
Child Welfare Adoption Learning Partnerswww.adoptionlearningpartners.org/courses/overview.cfmTwo new online courses at this site aim to educate prospective adoptive parents about a variety of...
