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ChildsWork News, May, 9, 2012: Two Reports on Teens and Drugs
The topic of drug use among adolescents continues to cause pain and confusion for parents, teachers, and society as a whole. Despite the rally cry of the 1990s anti-drug movement and the subsequent efforts to engage [...]
New Study Suggests Link between TV Ads for Alcohol and Underage Drinking
The American Academy of Pediatrics held its annual Pediatric Academic Societies meeting in Boston, MA this weekend. Yesterday, I reported on one important presentation at that meeting that linked bullying and depression among special needs students. [...]
Study Looks at New Way to Curb Binge Drinking among College Students, Teens
Binge drinking is defined by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism as drinking alcoholic beverages in so much excess that one’s blood alcohol content (BAC) raises above 0.08. Binge drinkers are not alcohol dependent, [...]
Spotlight on Teen Depression
Today marks a sad anniversary in the history of the American school system. It was on this day, April, 20, 1999 that the first massive school shooting in our country’s history took place in Columbine, CO. [...]
Focus on Classroom Management: Chicago’s Nobel Charter Schools’ Detention Fee
Discipline in high school is no easy task. Students in grades 9-12 are at a special time in life where independence and questions of authority reign on their minds at a near-constant rate. For parents, finding [...]
Courts in Arizona Attack Truancy through Legal Action
Cutting class in high school, for many teens, may seem like a rite of passage. Once they get through all the work of elementary school and junior high, the concept of playing hooky “just because” has [...]
Time Management Tips for Teens
As a community college teacher, many of the students I teach each semester represent untapped talent. What do I mean by this? With a few, notable, exceptions, the student population of most community colleges represents those [...]
Lack Of Consistency After Divorce Leads Some Teens To Alcohol, Marijuana Use
In September, I was intrigued during a workshop with teens to hear that a lack of consistency after parental divorce had led a number of teens and their peers to start using pot and to start [...]
The Unspoken Feeling – Grief – And Its Impact On Teens
In general, adolescents do not know when they are experiencing grief. Nor do they have the innate skills to handle grief. Through my experience working with teens, I’ve found that many families do not discuss loss [...]
Teen Journaling Can Build Teacher-Student Connection
Ever ask a middle or high school teacher if he/she has had their students journal for a week, a month or longer? You are likely to hear how it improved student-teacher connection, classroom rapport, and a [...]
New Congressional Panel on Dyslexia Signals Important Change
• I can not stress enough being aware of the movement difficulty invol
Play “Therapy”: Kansas State Graduate Student’s Autism-Friendly Schoolyard
Glad play time is given its due.
Fiction & Life: New Study Shows that Losing Yourself in a Character Impacts Action, Beliefs
What you are saying here is important, and I can relate to it from my
Fiction & Life: New Study Shows that Losing Yourself in a Character Impacts Action, Beliefs
Thanks Susan! I totally agree. I have to say I was really excited when
Fiction & Life: New Study Shows that Losing Yourself in a Character Impacts Action, Beliefs
I love this blog! It's also very pertinent to career development and