Transition Happens: Handling Community Coalition Leadership Changes
If you are a new coalition leader, talk to people in the trenches; their thoughts and opinions are essential. Don’t forget that people are also more likely to participate and contribute ideas if they feel they’re being heard.
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Start the School Year Right: Conversations to Have with Your Kids Now
How can parents have helpful conversations with their children this time of year? We’ve got a few ideas from a variety of school surveys, reports and experts.
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How Can Communities and Community Coalitions Engage with Education?
A public school is at the core of its neighborhood, bringing together families, students, educators, and community partners to provide education, enrichment, and opportunities to learn and thrive. Community-based coalitions offer neighborhoods the chance to combine and leverage resources from multiple and diverse sources in furtherance of these goals. Well-implemented school and community partnership programs have […]
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Teens & Tobacco: Use, Perceptions, and Prevention
While we’ve made progress in reducing smoking among teens, far too many young people are still using tobacco causing both immediate and long-term damage. Let’s talk about tobacco and teens and learning more about youth smoking through survey data.
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Risky Student Behaviors and Academic Achievement
What is the relationship between these behaviors and academic success? Not surprisingly, it isn’t good.
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Shedding Light on The Darkness – Adolescent Suicide
Guest Post from Jumo Health – When we talk about health, it’s important to remember that not all pain is physical and not all wounds are visible. Mental health is just as important as physical health. In fact, the two are parallel. The entire body relies on a healthy mental well-being to function properly.
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Bullying in the Learning Environment
What is the impact of bullying on learning, our schools, and our kids? Bullying in the learning environment increases anxiety, stress, and risk for students.
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Portrayals of Mental Health, Binge-Drinking, and Addiction in TV & Movies: How Does It Impact Our Kids?
Portrayals of addiction and mental illness are rampant in the movies and on TV with some 83% of Hollywood blockbusters depicting alcohol use.[1] And, because both mental illness and addiction affect millions of Americans, it is a very relatable topic. But do portrayals of alcohol and drug use on film lead kids to abuse these substances? Do teens see accurate representations of mental illness in the media – or is Hollywood creating unrealistic depictions?
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What Drugs Do to Teens: Bodies
Welcome to the second in our series about how drugs affect teens. This time we will focus on the physical effects of drug use on the body. Addiction can develop in anyone, but adolescence is a time of life when individuals are more vulnerable to the impact of substance use and abuse.
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