Not Your Dad’s Marijuana…
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What Iceland Knows About Preventing Teen Drug Abuse that the Rest of the World Doesn’t
Iceland tops the European table for the cleanest-living teens. The percentage of 15 and 16 year olds who have been drunk in the previous month plummeted from 42 percent in 1998 to just 5 percent in 2016. The percentage who have ever used cannabis is down from 17 percent to 7 percent. Those smoking cigarettes …
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To Boost Mental Health, Start With Your Body
Your brain controls your body and your body fuels your brain. In order to understand how to begin to boost your mental health, you need to think about the mind-body connection. Though a comprehensive approach to solid mental health involves techniques such as meditation, relaxation, and for some can involve prayer and other types of …
Time to Clean out Medicine Cabinets
During this time of getting organized, Youth Connections would like to remind everyone when cleaning out closets, don’t forget the bathroom and medicine cabinets. Nearly 70 percent of people who misuse or abuse prescription drugs get them from friends and family, oftentimes for free. We may be drug dealers and not even know it. So …
Does Social Media increase depression?
Today, I’m excited to share with you a conversation with Dr. Jean Twenge. Dr. Twenge is a professor of psychology at San Diego State University, consultant, and author of over 110 scientific publications. Jean will also be a speaker at our National Leadership Forum this summer in Atlanta. Here are some highlights from our conversation. Tim …
Technology Contract for Families
Here is a guide to contracts and agreements for digital kids. Additional resources and contracts can be found on the Screenagers site.
Child Find Screenings
HELENA SCHOOL DISTRICT #1 AND FAMILY OUTREACH CHILD FIND SCREENING CLINICS FOR INFANTS, TODDLERS AND PRESCHOOLERS To assist the Helena Public Schools and Family Outreach in the mandate to identify, locate and evaluate all children with disabilities residing within the boundaries of the Helena Public Schools, ages birth through 18 years, the Helena Special Education …
Veteran/Military Appreciation Day
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Screening for Mental Health in Kindergarten Too Late
When it comes to children’s brains, Rahil Briggs describes them as … sticky. “Whatever we throw, [it] sticks. That’s why they can learn Spanish in six months when it takes us six years,” says the New York City based child psychologist, “but also why if they’re exposed to community violence, or domestic violence, it really …
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What has marijuana legalization done to CO?
The statistics are in, and they show that Colorado’s marijuana legalization has not only resulted in the increase of use by people of all ages in the state, but has also impacted the incidences of….. (read more) marijuana_legalization