Youth Today
Guest Opinion Essay
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3.1KFully prepared doesn’t require being problem-free, just resilient
“Problem-free isn’t fully prepared” is the slogan I am most known for... Today, in the wake of a youth mental health crisis exacerbated...
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1.9KAnxiety detection and treatment in early childhood can lower risk for long-term mental health issues – an expert panel now recommends screening starting at age 8
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent panel of experts in primary care and prevention, issued a final recommendation on Oct....
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2.0KTexas caseworkers give us a lesson in whose lives matter
Sixteen current and former employees of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) have filed an amicus brief as part...
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The Remix with Karen Pittman: Handle with care
I continue to be impressed with the simplicity and power of Handle with Care, a partnership between law enforcement, schools and mental...
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2.6KWhat are green jobs and how can I get one? 5 questions answered about clean energy careers
The number of “clean energy jobs” is expected to increase in the coming years as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act’s...
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1.8KFour non-negotiables for placing school resource officers in schools
School resource officers can be strong partners in the work to reduce school violence in many communities. However, a school resource officer...
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2.5KWant to improve students’ physical and mental health? Hire an athletic trainer.
As we go into this school year, athletic trainers can and should be an essential part of any plan to improve students’...
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1.7KNebraska teen charged as an adult in self-managed abortion may be a sign of what’s to come
Earlier this month, the national media picked up on the story of a Nebraska teen and her mother who were arrested for...
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The Remix with Karen Pittman: Caught and taught — Out-of-school time programs add social-emotional instruction
To understand how the current moment calls for more explicit, taught instruction in the out-of-school time space to complement this historically integrated...
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The Remix with Karen Pittman: Student Success + Youth Success = Field Success
I'm encouraged by recent signs that the Biden administration understands the importance of community-based organizations to the allied youth fields.
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The Remix with Karen Pittman: Adolescents are a force for good
Adolescents are a force for good is one of the UCLA’s Center for the Developing Adolescent six principles of adolescent development. The...
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1.1KTeen shooters should be judged as teens, not adults
Few among us are oblivious to the suffering that results from certain crimes committed by youthful offenders. As researchers and citizens, we...
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1.4KEducation-minded prisoners thirst for more college prison programs
Most prisons aren’t built to promote healthy, human transformation, let alone to help people pursue a higher education. Most prisons don’t create...
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2.4KNew, multimillion-dollar jail is no panacea for juvenile offenders
How one prisoner, sentenced as a teen, sees spending millions on new juvenile jail: Replacing an old youth jail with a new...
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The Remix with Karen Pittman: Re-centering youth work across systems
I’ve been struck once again this month, while reading Youth Today, by how the stories and commentaries demonstrated the complexity of what...
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1.2KTeen-run courts dispense justice, launch legal careers
For more than 40 years, teen courts across the 50 states have proven their success at letting high school students — serving...
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1.3KDepartment of Education, act now to empower youth experiencing homelessness
Throughout my final years of high school and college, I was homeless and on my own, without a parent or guardian to...
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1.7KHow podcasters are helping youth who stutter feel less alone
Maya Chupkov, a woman who stutters, produces and hosts "Proud Stutter," a podcast about shifting the narrative around stuttering. She shares some...
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The Remix with Karen Pittman: Policies that erase Black, brown or LGBTQ youth are a crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll on teens, accelerating the declines in youth mental health that were evident before the pandemic....
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1.9KRadically reimagining youth work in the wake of ‘freedom summer’
We tend to proclaim ourselves healed after every major racial event. George Floyd’s murder sends “shockwaves” across the globe and we embark...
