Archive for January, 2012
Working With Youth and Families
Family and home life both play an enormous role in a youth’s development. Every family is different with its own unique set of values and circumstances. As youth-serving professionals, when your appointment is over or the school day ends, what sort of experiences are your teens having? At The Prevention Researcher, we have put together [...]
Read More..>>“Human trafficking” aka modern day slavery
Today is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Personally, I find it surprising that people are trafficked in the United States. Human trafficking seems like something that should happen somewhere else, in some different time, certainly not in the United States in the 21st century. I’ve looked around for statistics on how many people are victims [...]
Read More..>>Make it Better for LGBTQ Youth
We have all seen the “It Gets Better” videos created by varous people, including President Obama, the San Francisco Giants, numerous rock stars, and everyday people. The goal of these videos is to show lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered adolescents that their lives as adults will be enjoyable and fulfilling. It can be a powerful [...]
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