All posts tagged "Mental Health"

• Research

  Research of Note for October 2003

  Looking for Good News About Youth State of Our Country’s Youth 2003Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished AmericansAvailable free at www.horatioalger.com/pdfs/state03.pdf. When I...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  News Briefs for September 2003

  World Tobacco Law Advances Proponents of an international treaty on tobacco control, which focuses on preventing youth smoking, are pushing for ratification...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Pubs and Videos for September 2003

  African-American Her Rite of Passage: How to Design and Deliver a Rites of Passage Program for African-American Girls and Young Women, by...

• Research

  Research of Note for September 2003

  The start of the school year is a good time to examine the disconnect between the school experiences and educational goals of...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Pubs and Videos for July-August 2003

  Abuse Sins of the Fathers: A Look at the Relationship between Child Abuse and Delinquency, by Dane Elmar Petersen, provides insight for...

• Research

  Research of Note for July-August 2003

  Several studies of youth have made headlines in recent months, but the research may be more complicated than it seems at first...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Web Watch for July-August 2003

    After School  Promising Practices in Afterschool http://www.afterschool.org%20provides youth workers with a valuable resource that covers all aspects of creating or improving...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Press Watch for June 2003

  Teen HerbicideMother Jones Dietary supplements, such as vitamins and sports performance boosters, are marketed to youth as natural and safe. The Dietary...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Pubs and Videos for June 2003

  AbuseEmerging Practices In the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, by David Thomas, Christine Leicht, Candy Hughes, Amy Madigan and Kathy Dowell,...

• News

  Report Roundup for June 2003

  A compilation of the reports from this issue.

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Pubs and Videos for May 2003

  Children’s Books The Newberry and Caldecott Awards, by the American Library Association, is an excellent resource for any youth worker looking for...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Research of Note for May 2003

  Congress is once again focusing on changing welfare policies, with many members supporting new proposals that include more work requirements and less...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Pubs and Videos for April 2003

  Abuse When Something Feels Wrong: A Survival Guide About Abuse for Young People, by Deanna S. Pledge, is a resource to direct...

• Research

  Research of Note for April 2003

  Sometimes research tells us what we already knew, sometimes it surprises us, and sometimes it misses the boat by not asking the...

• Research

  Research of Note for March 2003

  As kinship care continues to grow across the country, new research on the use of relatives to care for abused and neglected...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Teen Dating Violence Prevention Program

    New City, N.Y.(845) 634-3391 Objective: To train a network of youths to provide information and assistance to teenagers who have been...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  News Briefs for February 2003

  Justice Prepares Focus on Child Prostitutes The U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is poised to launch a push...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Pubs and Videos For February 2003

  Activities Looking Glass: A Positive Communication Work-Book, by Lynda Regan, Sally Jones and Carole Pelling, is a basic catalog of activities for...

• News

  Report Roundup for February 2003

  A compilation of the reports from this issue.

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Research of Note for February 2003

  Some research provides new information that surprises us, while other studies help us think about why a well-accepted assumption is true. Results...