All posts tagged "Mental Health"

• 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...

• News

  Abstinence Ed Money Makes Odd Bedfellows

  Leslee Unruh recalls the days not long ago when she and a few colleagues traveled the country like frontier pioneers, urging youth...

• News

  Abuse Drops as Teens See Danger

  Maybe the hundreds of millions of dollars spent on advertisements to discourage teen smoking, drinking and illegal drug use are paying dividends....

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Rural Youth Workers Suppress Yawning Gaps

  In many rural areas, the old adage that idle hands are the devil’s playground is a fact of life. Alcohol and drug...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Web Watch for February 2003

    Juvenile Justice Juvenile Justice Evaluation Center Onlinewww.jrsa.org/jjecis a valuable instrument for any juvenile justice worker. A collaboration between the U.S. Office...

• Opinion

  Freedom: For Adults Only

  In recent visits to Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica and Ecuador, I saw adolescents routinely behaving in ways that would horrify American experts:...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Press Watch for December 2002 – January 2003

  The Demons of Childhood: Young Brains Break. Then Comes the Broken Care System.U.S. News and World Report According to some estimates, 20...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Pubs and Videos for December 2002 – January 2003

  Advocacy Children’s Rights: Policy and Practice, by John Pardeck, is an extensive tool to help readers advocate for children’s rights. Pardeck traces...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Bike Out

    Venice, Calif.(310) 452-7785www.bikeout.org Objective: To promote physical health and foster self esteem in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) youth and their...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Web Watch for December 2002-January 2003

    Civic Engagement Child Slavery in Your Chocolatewww.radicalthought.orgexplores the horrific practice of child slavery in the cocoa fields of Ivory Coast. Developed...