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Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Violence in America’s Schools: Understanding, Prevention, and Responses

R. Murray ThomasPraeger Pulishers259 pages. $44.95. Intended to help youth workers and social workers more fully understand the various forms of violence...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Understanding Youth: Adolescent Development for Educators

Michael Nakkula and Eric ToshalisHarvard Education Press304 pages. $29.95. A broad compilation of practical, theoretical and empirical information about youth development. The...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Staff Selection: Choose with Care

Meredith KiralyHaworth Press163 pages. $24.95. A hiring guide for providers of residential care. The first of the book’s two sections gives a...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Teen Obesity: How Schools Can be the Number One

Solution to the ProblemWilliam L. FibkinsRowman and Littlefield Education219 pages. $24.95. An action plan for parents, school leaders and community activists to...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

The Last Normal Child: Essays on the Intersection of Kids, Culture, and Psychiatric Drugs

Lawrence Diller Praeger Publishers150 pages. $39.95. This collection of essays for health professionals discusses the psychiatric diagnosis and medical treatment of emotional...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

National Young Worker Safety Resource Center

http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~safejobs/nation/index.html The center provides training, technical assistance and resource materials to states and community groups interested in the health and safety of...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

The Center for Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence

http://www.spiritualdevelopmentcenter.org With financial support from the John Templeton Foundation, the Search Institute has launched an international, multi-faith and interdisciplinary initiative to advance...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Tribal Justice and Safety in Indian Country

http://www.usdoj.gov/tribaljusticeandsafety This new U.S. Office of Justice Programs (OJP) site provides information about courts, corrections, law enforcement, crime statistics, crime prevention, and...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Media Magic Digest

http://www.unicef.org/voy/explore/media/3447.htm The media efforts of young people around the world are showcased by this quarterly e-newsletter that aims to promote dialogue between...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

The Shyness Home Page

http://www.shyness.com Sponsored by the Shyness Institute, Los Altos, Calif., the site gathers resources for those seeking information and services regarding shyness. It...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Applied and Interactive Theatre Guide

http://tonisant.com/aitg The site supports the work of theatre professionals who use their skills to help change behaviors and build awareness of various...

Book Reviews

Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America

By Juan WilliamsRandom House256 pages; $25 You might not be able to judge a book by its cover, but you can sometimes...

Opinion

Why Merge? For Security and Clout

Although big corporate mergers grab national headlines – like the recent $41 billion marriage of Cingular with AT&T Wireless – the union...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

A Data Shortage Yields Unplanned Lessons

When the researchers responsible for evaluating the federal Title V Community Prevention Grants Program realized that virtually none of the program’s grantees...

News

The Study that Ignited (or Diluted) Mentoring

You’d think an organization that was serving tens of thousands of kids and had become a household name wouldn’t feel “vulnerable.” But...

Grants

Grants Awarded for December 2006 – January 2007

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services200 Independence Avenue, S.W.Washington, D.C. 20201(202) 619-0257www.hhs.govSee: Compassion Capitol Fund FY 2006 (pdf) U.S. Substance...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier