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Managing Anger for Positive Outcomes
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We often view anger as a negative emotion, but anger is a healthy emotion that works to alert us to something we don’t like and... -
Understanding Emotions
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As children mature into adolescence, they face new social and emotional challenges and experiences as they begin to socialize. Children need strategies and skills... -
Skill Building for Life
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Teaching children how to set and achieve reachable goals is the greatest gift we can give to prepare them for success in life. When we... -
Peer Influence – Good and Bad
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Young children depend on their parents, teachers, and the other adults in their lives to model healthy behavior, social cues, and attitudes. As children grow... -
Managing Bullying Behavior
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Talking to students about bullying, and teaching them to recognize bullying behavior and speak up about it, can help keep students safe, confident, and productive.... -
Prevention Education at Every Age
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In the mid-1970s, in response to the growing and debilitating drug epidemic facing our country's youth, the Mendez Foundation began to focus on educating students... -
Back to School: Gearing Up for Resiliency And Readiness to Learn
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Back-to-school time is here! Children across the country are headed back to the classroom and moving another step forward in their education and development. Now... -
Using Social-Emotional Learning and Prevention Education Skills during the Summer
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It’s hard to believe, but summer is almost half over. While children and teens are still on vacation for the next several weeks, parents may... -
June is Effective Communication Month – How youth can communicate more effectively
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June is Effective Communication Month. This is the perfect time to talk with adolescents about how to be effective communicators. The earlier they learn and... -
National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
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As we wrap up National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, we should take a moment to focus on the challenges teens face as they begin... -
Still Growing
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The development and application of social emotional skills, coupled with drug awareness education, inform teens of the serious negative consequences of underage drinking, substance use, and other... -
The Impact of Media Violence on Youth
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The Emerging Trend in Youth ViolenceWe need only look at recent school shootings and the increase of youth homicides to see the emerging trend of youth violence.... -
The revised Too Good for Drugs High School is here!
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Summer is drawing near, but we have some exciting news before you launch into your vacations—the revised edition of Too Good for Drugs High School is here! The... -
Wagner Celebrates National Prevention Week
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This week is National Prevention Week, and Wagner has enjoyed participating in the SAMHSA "I Choose" initiative by exploring his own backyard. Be sure to check... -
Too Good Programs and Positive Behavior Support
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This week participants from around the world will gather in San Francisco for the Association for Positive Behavior Support's annual conference. APBS is an organization of practitioners... -
Social Skills for the Workplace
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As technology in the workplace advances, fears that computers will soon replace people in the workforce perpetuate. However, a recent article in the Harvard Business Review reassures us that... -
The Backlit World: Youth Dependence on Technology
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A recent article in The New York Times highlights the growing youth dependence on technology. The Times reports that even though “Internet addiction is not yet considered... -
The Benefits of Writing Down Goals
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Children who set reachable goals for themselves make an investment in their future. As a result, they are more likely to make responsible decisions that... -
The Effects of Stress on Student Learning
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We typically associate stress with the challenges of adult life: work responsibilities, family needs, and other conflicting or overlapping commitments that demand both attention and... -
Inside Out: Exploring Emotions with Pixar
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Spoiler Alert: This article gives away plot elements of the Pixar movie Inside Out. I’m sure by now you have heard about, or maybe even...
