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All posts tagged "COVID-19"
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1.7KGuest Opinion EssayHow Can Youth With Disabilities Be Better Prepared For Future Outbreaks?
Through my work with the disabled community, I have found that many feel it is of the utmost importance to achieve a...
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1.9KGuest Opinion EssayGun Violence Prevention Is Essential, Especially During Coronavirus
Teens On Target (TNT) is a leadership development program at Youth ALIVE!, Oakland, Calif.’s anchor agency for violence prevention, intervention and healing....
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1.8KFrom the BureausFoster Parent Expert Advises Support Groups, Online Training to Cope With Anxious Kids During COVID-19
John DeGarmo is the founder and director of the Foster Care Institute. He and his wife Kelly have been foster parents for...
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4.6KGuest Opinion EssayPandemic Affecting Adolescent Development; We Must Help Them Handle New Traumas
The COVID-19 pandemic spotlights the disproportionate impact of crises on our most vulnerable communities, particularly here in New Mexico. Reports across the...
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1.9KNewsFor Kids Unsafe at Home, School Closure Increases Risk For Trauma
In January, Sharral Dean, a therapist at the Family Counseling Center of Central Georgia, was seeing about 30 young clients a week....
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2.9KGuest Opinion EssaySisters Inspire Disabled Community to Share Social Distancing Experiences
Last week, while I was interviewing a source for my column, I was alerted to an online campaign by an Instagram page...
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2.5KNewsSummer Youth Programming a Patchwork of Open, Closed, Virtual Due to COVID-19
Earlier this week, Lisa Haverty cleared away board games, dolls and other items from the large central room at Haverty Hollow, the...
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3.3KGuest Opinion EssayLet’s Boldly Reimagine Child Welfare System to Strengthen Families In Post-COVID-19 World
A crisis — such as the COVID-19 global pandemic — has a way of shaking up our worlds. And while this can...
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1.4KGuest Opinion EssayInternet Easing Effects of Social Isolation During Ramadan, for Disabled Community
For most of us in this country the idea of social distancing is a new one. When we greet each other it...
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1.6K► ReportsEarly Estimates of the Indirect Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Maternal and Child Mortality
New modelling research published in The Lancet indicates a worrying surge in maternal and child mortality is coming due to the ongoing...
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91.8KGuest Opinion Essay12-Step Program Slogans Can Heal a COVID-19 World
This coming January, I plan to celebrate 20 years sober. I got clean as a teenager, at a drug and alcohol treatment...
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3.2KGuest Opinion Essay‘Crip Camp’ Documentary Inspires Self-Advocacy For Youth With Disabilities
Last week, our executive editor suggested I watch a film called “Crip Camp” on Netflix. I had heard about it, and thought...
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2.0KGuest Opinion EssayCOVID-19 Makes Delivering Services to New Mexican Immigrant Families, Children Harder
Las Cumbres Community Services is providing crisis services to immigrant families and children in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our organization is...
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3.3KGuest Opinion Essay5 Ways to Best Support Homeless Students During COVID-19
As a college student, I experienced a devastating hurricane and most of my town was flooded. I remember this experience as being...
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2.0KFrom the BureausCoronavirus Influencing College Enrollment in Uncertain Times
Frejoel Munoz couldn’t stop smiling as he read the email. “It was such a great moment to know that I got into...
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1.5KNewsHow to Help Struggling Kids During Coronavirus
This time of year usually marks year-end celebrations and summer preparations for youth. But with regular traditions like prom and graduation on...
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1.7KNewsAlabama Anti-gun Violence Activists Expect Uptick In Shootings Due to COVID-19 Stress
As coronavirus continues to disrupt daily life, anti-gun violence advocates worry the communities hit hardest will see spikes in shootings.
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1.9KNewsCoronavirus Produces School Closures, Uncertain Futures, Extra Stress for Alabama Teens
“You could say I’m an expert at being stuck at home,” said Jacob Frazier, a 17-year-old high school senior who is abiding...
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2.0KFrom the BureausIsolated in a Harlem Youth Shelter: One Youth’s Tale of COVID-19
First, it was just a headache. A migraine burrowing into his forehead, one that heated and cooled his body, made the room...
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2.9KGuest Opinion EssayHow Will People Remember COVID-19 Years From Now?
As states slowly start to lift the stay-at-home restrictions and businesses reopen, some people feel the end is in sight. As we...
