March 2014 Beyond Hollywood: Heroin Headlines Report Teen Use Nationwide Last summer’s headline news was the heroin-related death of Glee star Cory Monteith, best known for playing television’s clean-cut high school football star Finn Hudson. Last month’s headline was Philip Seymour Hoffman, also known to teens for his role as head gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee in […]
February 2014 Research: Positive Ethnic Identity Boosts Positive Behavior The more positively minority youth feel about their ethnicity or race, the fewer symptoms of depression and emotional and behavior problems they have, according to a new meta-analysis published in the journal Child Development. Researchers at Brown University, the University of Minnesota, Arizona State […]
February 2014 Pew Research: Teen Relationship with Facebook is Complicated and Evolving As Facebook marks its 10th anniversary this month, Pew Research Center reports that among teens, the total number of users remains high — 73 percent of teens 12 to 17 years old are on the social media site. Focus group research reports […]
April 2013 National Study: Teen Abuse of Rx Drugs Up 33 Percent Since 2008 New survey results from The Partnership at Drugfree.org confirm that one in four teens has misused or abused a prescription (Rx) drug at least once in their lifetime, a 33 percent increase over the past five years. Additionally, […]
April 2013 School Connectedness: Helping Students Feel Safe and Secure When the news of the day frightens and bewilders even the most secure adults, how can we help kids to feel the safety and security they need to learn and grow? We know that students who feel connected to their school are […]
