All posts tagged "Mental Health"

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  What Is So Special About Male Adolescent Sexual Offending? A Review and Test of Explanations Through Meta-Analysis

  A new study may have debunked the notion that adolescent sex offenders are usually socially inept, calling into question widely accepted treatment...

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  America’s Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2010

  This brief confirms that the average eighth-grade math scores nationwide have reached an all-time high, and teen smoking is at its lowest...

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  Ten Ways to Promote Educational Achievement and Attainment Beyond the Classroom

  As part of a larger effort to provide students with more successful educational experiences, this report offers suggestions to out-of-school-time staffers on...

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  The Effectiveness of Mandatory-Random Student Drug Testing

    This report has found that although drug testing of high school students has a slight positive impact on their past-month drug...

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  The Worst of Times: Children in Extreme Poverty in the South and Nation

  In 2008, 5.7 million children were living in extreme poverty – subsisting on half or less than what constitutes poverty in this...

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  Weekly Notes: Juvenile Court Stats; Profs for JJPDA Reauthorization…and more

  NEWS *** The Pittsburgh-based National Center for Juvenile Justice published its Juvenile Court Statistics 2006-2007 online last week, and also released four...

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  2010 Child and Youth Well-Being Index

    Foundation for Child Development, Duke University Children under 18 comprise the largest group of Americans in poverty, and overall conditions –...

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  Groups Unify to Reduce Latina Teen Pregnancy

  More than 50 national organizations have taken the first steps toward a new national campaign to reduce pregnancies among Latina teens –...

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  Childhood Poverty Persistence: Facts and Consequences

  Low-Income Working Families Project, Urban Institute   Children born into poverty whose families continue to be poor for several years have worse...

• New Walsh Act Rules Allow States to Shield Juveniles…Sort Of

  The Justice Department proposed new rules this summer that would make it optional for states to include most juvenile sex offenders on...

• Walsh Act Watch: Florida Edition

  Florida became the third state to gain substantial compliance with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, part of the larger Adam...

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  Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing

  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services   A recent study conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics confirmed that not...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  New Rules to Snuff Out Youth Smoking Kick In

    Final rules that take effect this month will usher in a new era of broad restrictions on the sale, distribution and...

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  Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among Young Adults

    Child Trends This report categorizes the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among 18- to 26-year-olds and also provides insight into...

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  Adolescent Smoking and Maternal Risk Factors

    U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Mothers who smoke cigarettes and/or have had a major depressive episode (MDE) in...

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  Early Course of Nicotine Dependence in Adolescent Smokers

    American Academy of Pediatrics While there was already evidence of a correlation between the onset of nicotine dependence symptoms and long-term...

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  Parental R-Rated Movie Restriction and Early-Onset Alcohol Use

    Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs Parents who allow their children to view R-rated movies are increasing the likelihood that...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  New Funding from OJJDP: Juvenile Sex Offenders, Exposure to Violence, Indigent Defense

  Of course, the one time we get the Weekly Notes done early, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention adds really...

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  Advocates Urge Changes to Juvenile Standards on Prison Sex Abuse

  The Justice Department should not require states to use medical staff members in detention and residential facilities to question juveniles about abusive...

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  Jury Hits Scouts with $18.5 M for Abuse

    Depending on how you look at it, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) was punished last month for trying to keep...