All posts tagged "Mental Health"

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Press Watch for November 2002

  Lost Children: A Look at Kids, Mental IllnessThe Spokesman-Review A weeklong series in the Spokane, Wash., daily looks at families struggling to...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Pubs and Videos for November 2002

  Education The Self-Directed Learning Handbook, by Maurice Gibbons, explains how to help middle and high school students practice self-directed learning, a process...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Y-Line

    Springfield, Mo.(417) 887-4343 Objective: To provide employment, job training and social skills practice to poor teens who face barriers to employment...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Web Watch for November 2002

    Civic Engagement Free The Childrenwww.freethechildren.orgis a great website for youth workers trying to make a connection between their youth and kids...

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  Pubs and Videos for October 2002

  At-Risk Kids No Disposable Kids, by Larry K. Brendtro, Arlin Ness and Martin Mitchell, suggests ways to reach children whom everybody else...

• Research

  Research of Note for October 2002

  This month’s Research Watch gives some of the details behind the headlines questioning the effectiveness of counseling after traumatic events. Two other...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Web Watch for October 2002

    Civic Engagement Servenetwww.servenet.org is organized by Youth Serve America, an alliance of more than 200 service groups dedicated to getting youth...

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  Press Watch for September 2002

  Side Effects of Welfare Law: The No-Parent FamilyNew York Times National studies indicate that as a result of welfare reform, more and...

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  Pubs and Videos for September 2002

  CommunitySchool, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, by Joyce L. Epstein, Mavis G. Sanders, Beth S. Simon, Karen Clark Salinas,...

• Research

  Research of Note for September 2002

  Because September is back-to-school month, it’s a good time to think about schools. Two of the three new studies below focus on...

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  Web Watch for September 2002

    Child Welfare AdoptUSKidswww.adoptuskids.orgis a service of the National Adoption Center, dedicated to matching hard-to-place children with families. More than 60 percent...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Press Watch for July-August 2002

  Cultural Divide Over Parental DisciplineThe New York Times Cultural differences concerning corporal punishment are causing problems for some immigrant families in the...

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  Pubs and Videos for July-August 2002

  Education Building a Community School, by The Children’s Aid Society, is a practical manual for school reform. The book provides innovative suggestions...

• Research

  Research of Note for July-August 2002

  Sometimes research seems to prove the obvious, but there are times when research challenges what we think we know and has the...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Press Watch for May 2002

    After School "Child centers balk at policy"The Sacramento BeeA new regulation issued by Gov. Gray Davis requires childcare providers to inform...

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  Pubs and Videos for May 2002

  Activities Art for the Heart: Creative Art Expression for You and Your Friends, by Mary Wallace, is a fun book for any...

• Research

  Research of Note for May 2002

  This month’s Research Watch provides information about the effectiveness of drug prevention programs, the impact of role models on youth and new...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Web Watch for May 2002

    Civic Engagement Suitcases for Kidswww.suitcasesforkids.orgis the website for the group founded by then-10-year-old Aubyn Burnside to collect suitcases for foster care...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Honors for April 2002

  HASBRO Teens With the Courage to Give Award For: Young people who have “faced physical and/or emotional obstacles, reached out to make...

• Opinion

  The Enigma of Scientifically Based Youth Work

  The Enigma of Scientifically Based Youth Work From the strangest quarters, “scientifically based research” leading to government funding decisions is now all...