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All posts tagged "stress"
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1.5K► Nonprofit ToolboxMission impact begins with you
As a leader committed to transforming the lives of youth, the mission impact of your charity begins with you. The youth of...
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1.2KNewsSchool districts move to ease teacher stress, burnout
School districts have provided increased mental health training for staff, classroom support as well as resources and systems aimed at identifying burned...
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1.4K► ReportsClimate change and youth mental health
The Oregon Health Authority releases a report discussing how the ever-worsening impacts of climate change and dire predictions for the future are...
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2.6KGuest Opinion EssayThe Top 10 Ways To Help Kids Beat Stress In 2021
For many kids, this is all they know. Their entire lives have been defined by unrelenting, unprecedented times. Today’s kids are growing...
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2.2KGuest Opinion EssayLike Police, Youth Workers Prone to Burnout
Just days ago, I received a group email from fellow ACYCP (Association for Youth and Child Care Practice) Board delegate, Janet Wakefield,...
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2.5K► ReportsToxic Stress and Children’s Outcomes
The Economic Policy Institute shows how toxic stress in a child's life, which is disproportionately experienced by African American children, can disrupt...
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2.6KGuest Opinion EssayYouth With High Stress Need Mentors Carefully Chosen to Match With Them
In recent decades, youth mentoring programs have grown exponentially in popularity and have received increasing support from both private and public sources...
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1.7KGuest Opinion EssayExtreme Stress in Childhood Is Toxic to Your DNA
The Conversation The real danger of separating children from parents is not the psychological stress — it’s the biological time bomb. The...
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1.9KNewsYouth Workers Learn to Navigate in Turbulent Times
“Someone is going to come to your house in the middle of the night and take your parents, and you will be...
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2.4KNewsOhio’s Before- and After-school Project Link Wants to ‘Make Our Program More Professional’
Nora Gajewski is site coordinator at the Bassett Elementary school for Project Link, the before- and after-school program at the Westlake K-12...
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9.5KGuest Opinion EssayFight Burnout and Compassion Fatigue With Lots of Self-care Ideas
For years I have sought out with fierce determination conversations, books and articles such as this. Articles with titles like “5 Steps...
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3.7KGuest Opinion EssaySleep Deprivation May Hurt Low-income Youth of Color More, With Myriad Effects
Today we know that short sleep durations and sleepless nights have reached epidemic proportions in the United States. The Centers for Disease...
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2.0KGuest Opinion EssayWhy Neuroscience, Positive Feedback Are Transformative in Youth Work
I am a long-time advocate for how the power of neuroscience can transform the youth-serving profession. When...
