Youth who age out of the foster care system are vulnerable to adversity. Research shows that half of them age out of the system without a high school diploma, employment, or housing security (Stott, 2011). Furthermore, about 25% of young adults have reported substance use and 15% have dependence disorders. The youth population in the American foster care system is five times more likely to be diagnosed with substance abuse disorders than others who are not in the system (Meyers, Kaynak, Clements
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Bullying Prevention Every day children attending Georgia schools, participating in after school, or other school or community based activities experience the ugliness of bullying. Studies have shown that 30% of youth in the United States are either bullies or victims of bullies, or both. Unfortunately, bullying behavior as a social norm has become far too accepting by both youth and adults. Research has shown that bullying on the part of the perpetrator and the victim leads to more bullying
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believe that youth sports are too dangerous for children to play but most kids that play sports benefit in a healthy way. Youth sports help kids make good life decisions and can also help with social skills, helping them later in later future events. Britt Hallingberg, a scientist at Cardiff University, claimed, “Many youth people benefit from participating in fun, structured activities out of school.” This claim shows that sports can be healthy for you and your social life in and out of school. John
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THE EFFECTS OF MENTORING AT-RISK YOUTH Abstract: Mentoring has arguments both for and against its effectiveness in relation to at-risk youth. These programs have been known to help in areas of self-esteem, attitudes toward drugs and alcohol, grades, attendance and disciplinary problems in school. Although, the scope of at-risk youth can be quite narrow, if administered correctly it can
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Youth Violence: What is the cause of it, and how can we prevent it? Violence happens everyday, not only in the U.S. but the rest of the world as well. In the 20th century violence was common among adults, but not a real big issue among youths. With violence among youths increasing in the mid to late 1990’s, many people have asked one question “What would cause today’s youth to commit an act of violence against another person?” There are many factors that can cause youths to commit an act of violence
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Mishna et al. point out lesbian and gay youth can experience victimization across their entire social ecology potentially leaving them with no supportive relationships to rely on (Mishna et al year). This lack of supportive relationships and role models for LGBT youth “likely increase heath and behavioural risks”, and that establishing supportive relationships with “peers, family members or other caring adults” could potentially reduce the “impact of stigma and shield LGBT youth from negative health
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DREAMS, YOUTH, PASSION Dreams, youth, and passion are three essential elements in life. Unrealized dreams are just illusions. You got to carry them out, make them come true. Two years ago, our life mentor in school asked our class, “How well do you know yourself from your interests to your capabilities and your dreams?” I was staring blankly at her. I really didn’t know what to answer. She randomly called for students to share their answers. I can’t even imagine if I was called on that
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This is a major concern because offense patterns reflect more serious crimes among the youngsters, and the young offenders are more likely to continue with criminal acts. Child delinquents are more liable to become serious and violent offenders than youths whose delinquent behavior begins in the teens. Several studies indicate increased cases of violence committed by young children, which have resulted in children delinquents inflicting more deadly harm. For this reason, child delinquents represent
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Reproductive Justice Youth groups are forming all across the nation. When communities work together with their youth to fight for environmental justice, immigrant rights, and reproductive justice more people will be reached. Youth groups bring different perspectives to topics and teens have different needs from the issues. Communities that are being targeted need volunteers including youth to get involved to help empower residents that are being affected. One of the youth programs in Massachusetts
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YOUTH VIOLENCE IN SCHOOL Introduction There is a great amount of youth violence in schools. According to the Division of Violence Prevention fact sheet (2012), youth violence has various behaviors, such as bullying, slapping or hitting. These types of violence behaviors can cause more emotional damage than physical harm. There are a number of reasons why youth become violence. This essay will
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