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...
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...
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 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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Keeping up with current events often means facing the grim reality of youth violence in our society. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s...
A recent study headed by Christina Hinton, Ed.D. at Harvard Graduate School of Education “found that from elementary school to high school, happiness is positively correlated with...
Social emotional learning has been shown to heighten academic success, ready students for the workplace, and help prevent risky behaviors such as substance abuse and...
Card games can be a beneficial means for children to build character, develop executive function skills, and learn healthy bonding norms. According to an article recently published...
According to a recent study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Sciences (APS), “children with high self-control — who are typically better able to pay...