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Students with Disabilities Advocate Best for Themselves
An exemplary self-determination program allows high-school students to “own” the responsibility for their education and to advocate for themselves and for other students with disabilities. Weekly support sessions and mentoring teach high-school students with learning disabilities self-awareness techniques and knowledge about disabilities. To learn more about this program, go to http://ericec.org/osep/newsbriefs/news25.html.
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Youth and Violence: Students Speak out for a More Civil Society
A study by Families and Work Institute and the Colorado Trust polled students and reported two-thirds of students reported being teased or gossiped about in a mean way at least once in the last month. The findings illustrate that while public debates about violence have focused on extreme violence, the largest proportion of young people write about teasing that goes beyond being playful; about putdowns and gossip that are cruel; and about rejection as very real violence to them. For the findings and guides on action steps, see: http://www.familiesandwork.org
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Youth Advocate Shares his Story with Seventeen Magazine
Ross Szabo <ross@nostigma.org>, Director of Youth Outreach of the National Mental Health Awareness Campaign, has an article in Seventeen ("I wanted to die," Oct. 2002, pp. 123-124) about his experience with serious depression as a teenager. The article makes it clear that people can develop mental illnesses even if they are athletic, popular, and engaged in the community. The article is not available on the Web, but it is currently at newsstands. The article is featured on the cover of the magazine.
Ross wrote, "I would appreciate if you could please pass this information onto other mental health organizations. I think this article can really help a lot of young people out there that may feel lonely."
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The “Verb” Site: Campaign To Promote Healthy Development Of "Tweens"
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched a national multicultural media campaign to promote physical and pro-social activity and decrease situations of risk among 9 to 13 year olds. The focus is on encouraging "tweens" (with the support of adults around them) to make regular physical activity and community involvement lifetime pursuits. Http://www.verbnow.com.
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State Youth Policy: Helping All Youth to Grow Up Fully Prepared and Fully Engaged
This paper emerged from more than a year's worth of work to assist state youth policy makers and advocates, as well as the national organizations that support them. State Youth Policy: Helping All Youth to Grow Up Fully Prepared and Fully Engaged highlights work states are doing to create state youth policy frameworks, advance youth development principles and undertake critical tasks to better coordinate and align state youth policies. The paper is available at Http://www.forumforyouthinvestment.org/issues/policyresources.htm
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