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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... -
Youth Nonviolence: The Path to a Peaceful Future
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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... -
Early Learning Through Play
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It’s that time of year when the days are growing longer and a trip to the beach may be on the horizon. The kids may... -
Student Happiness and GPA
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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... -
Altruism and Social Emotional Learning
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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... -
Benefits of Childhood Card Games
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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... -
Childhood Self-Control Linked to Future Job Success
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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...
