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Research of Note for March 2002

A focus on studies that help youth workers identify the strengths in even the most at-risk youth, but also remind staff to be...

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AIDS Awareness In Madison County (AAIM)

Alton, Ill.(618) 463-1906nayturMS@aol.com Objective: Promoting AIDS Awareness in the St. Louis area through hip-hop culture and youth-run media campaigns. In a...

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Kids Quill: Taming the Inner Bully

Research on bullying suggests that many bullies enjoy dominating others in part because of “cognitive distortions” that silence their consciences (e.g., minimizing...

News

The Preemies Are Alright

A study of people who were born prematurely sheds more light on the ever-amazing resiliency of kids to overcome trauma. The study...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Teen’s Suicide May Prompt New Rules on Student Pilots

Four days after a 15-year-old flight student committed suicide by flying a plane into a Florida building, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)...

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Youth Worker Indicted

Robert Miraglia, a New Jersey community youth worker at the Essex County Office of Alcoholism, Drug Abuse and Addiction Services, was charged...

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Addiction Treatment Rises

The number of 12- to 17-year-olds admitted to substance abuse treatment rose 20 percent between 1994 and 1999, according to a report...

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Vatican and Molesters

The Vatican has disseminated new rules for secret church-run courts to try priests facing allegations of molesting children. The letter, sent to...

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More Church Bad News

A jury last month convicted former Boston-area priest John Geoghan of molesting a 10-year-old boy. More than 130 people have accused Geoghan,...

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CSAP: From Shut Up to Shut Down

“Shut the f**k up, bitch!” That one ill-mannered and vulgar sentence has propelled the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) from a...

Guest Opinion Essay

Wanted: New Words, New Policies

This just in: “Tween” has been chosen as the 2001 Word-of-the-Year by “Webster’s.” Prepubescent 9- to 12-year-olds are enough of a market...

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Press Watch for February 2002

AdvoCasey This special edition (fall 2001) of the Annie E. Casey Foundation magazine – titled, “Fostered or Forgotten? A Special Report on...

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Pubs and Videos for February 2002

Books After-school Building Effective Afterschool Programs, by Olatokunbo Fashola, takes readers through the process of modeling, creating and evaluating four types of...

Research

Research of Note for February 2002

This month’s Research Watch has some good news about teen pregnancy and potentially good news about foster care. Unfortunately, there are worrisome...

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Web Watch for February 2002

Civic Engagement Community Building Resource Exchangewww.commbuild.org links visitors to a large, regularly updated database of resources and information about innovative and...

Research

Dating and Other Dangers For High School Girls

Research Watch readers know that college campuses are not the safe havens that many adults envision, at least, not if you’re a...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

As Kids Do Better, Should CBOs Get Credit?

With across-the-board improvements revealed in this year’s “America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2001” report (see page 40), some observers think...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier