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Rihanna: Pop star. Role model. Dating abuse survivor. Several months ago, that last statement would have seemed unbelievable and even outrageous. Yet after photos of Rihanna’s battered face surfaced on the Internet and Chris Brown pleaded guilty to assaulting her, it’s clear that dating abuse can happen to anyone.
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In the early 1980s, Dr. Vincent Felliti began noticing that many of his patients who were having extreme illnesses in their adult years had adverse childhood experiences (ACES). Much of his research is outlined in “Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal” (Ed. Note: Many ACES result from a unstable family life. Empowering young parents to make better choices in their love lives, will likely also reduce the occurance of ACES in their children.)
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Soft Skills are at Least as Important as Technical Skills for Entry-Level Workers More than 75% of employers surveyed said that soft skills were as important as – or more important than – technical skills in securing entry -level employment. Research on predicting the future career success of students supports employers’ opinions that some soft skills (sociability, communications, problem solving, team work) are a better predictor of adult success (salaries, graduation rates, home ownership) than technical skills. (Ed. Note – This fall, we will be revising our most popular programs to include workplace scenarios and practice sessions to help teens and young adults be more successful at work and at home.)
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NEWS YOU CAN USE
A study of more than 16,000 Boston-area high school students suggests cyberbullying is on the rise, most sharply with girls as victims and abetted by the prevalence of smartphones among teenagers. The percentage of the students who said they experienced cyberbullying jumped from 14.6 percent to 21.2 percent over a six-year period ending in 2012, according to the study by the nonprofit Education Development Center. The study used self-reported health survey data from 17 unidentified schools west of Boston.
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New Evidence On The Relationship Between Academic Ability And Nonmarital Teen Childbearing Teenage childbearing is associated with negative outcomes for mothers, their children, and society as a whole. Child Trends used data from a nationally representative survey that follows young women over time to explore the relationship between three different measures of academic ability and the likelihood of subsequently experiencing a teen birth outside of marriage. Previous studies have found that girls who perform well in school are less likely to become teen mothers. Child Trends show that this is true for some girls, but not for others. They also show that not all measures of academic ability are related to the risk of non-marital teen childbearing.
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September 9
Healthy Relationship Education with Disconnected Youth Healthy relationships are important in “all” young people’s lives! Disconnected and vulnerable youth including Runaway Homeless Youth, Pregnant Teens, LGBT, and youth living in low-socioeconomic neighborhoods want to have healthy relationships. What’s the best way to help them achieve their dreams? Join us to see how the healthy relationship education curriculum – Love Notes – is changing attitudes, behaviors and lives of these most vulnerable young people. Guest speaker Vanessa Mejia will present a successful model of healthy relationship education with disconnected youth in schools, and community centers, as well as a shelter in Brooklyn, NY. Presenter: Vanessa Mejia, MPH Youth Services Program Coordinator Diaspora, Brooklyn, NY Who Should Attend: Runaway/homeless grantees; Juvenile justice workers, Group-home caseworkers; DV caseworkers; At-risk teens advocates, high school teachers, Community Action caseworkers, guidance counselors, and all who work with youth. When: Wednesday, September 9, 2015, 4:00 pm Eastern/1:00 pm Pacific. Duration: 60 minutes Cost: Free!
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Our most popular TEACHING TOOLS are now online. The Dibble Institute’s content-rich teaching tools for building healthy relationships just got easier to use. Take a look!
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