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All posts tagged "Mental Health"
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Stress May Intensify Depression in Abused Children
Maltreatment or abuse may cause stress-triggered reactions in children that can push them into worsening levels of depression, according to a study...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Adolescence & Other Temporary Mental Disorders
Adolescence & Other Temporary Mental DisordersProduced by Barbara Lonnborg and Eli HernandezBoys Town Press1 hour, 15 minutes. DVD. This talk by Patrick...
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Book Reviews
Jumping Off Swings
Jumping Off SwingsJo KnowlesCandlewick Press230 pages. The age-old story of sexual exploration and its shifting allegiances and emotions comes alive through the...
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The Gordon Gekkos of Child Welfare Compare Notes
One of the great things about the annual conference of the Child Welfare League of America – okay, the only great thing...
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Second Chance Homes: A Resource for Teen Mothers
Child Trends Studies of facilities such as Second Chance Homes – a new version of maternity group homes that provide a supportive...
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News
Cities Discuss Plans to Curb Youth Violence at Justice Department Forum
Pastor Billy Kyles, asked to deliver the keynote address at this week’s National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention, talked to the audience...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Value of Drug Courts Called into Question by Two Reports
Criminal drug courts, a 22-year-old strategy to keep low-level drug offenders out of the justice system, are not as effective as they...
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Georgia Could Become “Asylum State” for Juvenile Delinquents
[This article was reprinted with permission from the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange] Georgia is set to become the go-to state for delinquent...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Schumer Bill Would Expand Affordable Background Checks for Youth Providers
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) introduced a bill on Friday to take to scale a long-running pilot project that provides youth-serving organizations with...
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What Works for Latino/Hispanic Children and Adolescents: Lessons Learned from Experimental Evaluations of Programs and Interventions
Child Trends Thirty-three social intervention programs were studied to conclude their effectiveness specifically on Latino/Hispanic children in a variety of categories. Overall,...
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What Works for African American Children and Adolescents: Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Programs and Interventions
Child Trends This study examined findings from 53 random experimental evaluations of social intervention programs and their effects on African-American youth and...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Including Juveniles Is a Barrier on Walsh Act Compliance
Nearly half of the states who have not met federal requirements for their sex offender registries have a problem with the mandate...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Final House Spending Bill Includes Even More Youth-Related Cuts
The 2011 Continuing Resolution is now in the U.S. Senate for consideration, facing a March 4 deadline. Most observers predict a showdown...
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News
At Dallas Super Bowl, High Attention and Low Arrest Totals on Human Trafficking
Before the Super Bowl in Dallas, Harriet Boorhem, president of Promise House children’s shelter was contacted by the Dallas Police Department. Boorhem...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Harriet Boorhem: Youth Today’s Diarist
Well, here I sit at home once again as Mother Nature blows sleet and snow all over this totally unprepared city. Dallas...
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Helping All of Our Homeless
Helping All of Our Homeless: Developing a Gay and Transgender Inclusive Federal Plan to End Homelessness Center for America Progress This study...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Weekly Notes: Defending Childhood Projects Commence; Scared Straight Under Fire; Juvenile Justice Information Exchange; and more
***Meetings on the Defending Childhood initiative took place this week among senior Justice officials and the eight sites selected to conduct demonstration...
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News
Q&A: Juvenile Judge Irene Sullivan, Part Two
On Wednesday, we ran the first part of Youth Today’s interview with former juvenile judge Irene Sullivan, author of the recently released...
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News
The Crossover Killer: Excerpt from “Raised by the Courts”
Yesterday, Youth Today printed the first half of our interview with Irene Sullivan, a former Florida juvenile judge and author of the...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Weekly Notes: PREA Rules and Juveniles; State of the Union; a call on administration to fill OJJDP job
***The Justice Department issued proposed rules and standards this week for the Prison Rape Elimination Act, which was passed in 2003 to...
