Entries by Karina DeAndrade

How to help your teens handle social distancing

April 9, 2020 /0 Comments/in /by

By Patti Verbanas, Futurity Compared to young children, teenagers and young adults living and learning at home during the COVID-19 crisis may be feeling the loss of social connections and life experiences while struggling to manage their time. Here, Ann Murphy, director of the Northeast & Caribbean Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) and an associate professor at […]

5 ways to maintain community while social distancing

April 8, 2020 /0 Comments/in , , /by

By Eric Stann, Futurity It’s possible to maintain community while social distancing to contain the spread of COVID-19, according to a professor of health psychology. In an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 throughout the US, thousands of in-person gatherings are now canceled, including sporting events, parades, concerts, and church services. For many, the […]

The key to thriving, motivated kids – give them mentors

March 25, 2020 /0 Comments/in /by

The key to thriving, motivated kids – give them mentors By Tami Silverman, Indiana Youth Institute Kids and youth thrive when they have caring and supportive adults in their lives, and mentoring offers an outstanding way to foster such relationships. Mentors help the kids with whom they interact to face the day-to-day challenges of growing […]

How one Philadelphia after-school program works to be trauma-informed

March 12, 2020 /0 Comments/in /by

By Stell Simonton, YouthToday On an afternoon in October, kids in the Sunrise of Philadelphia after-school program made tissue-paper marigolds, assembled little altars and created masks. It was the Day of the Dead celebration held by Sunrise partner, Fleisher Art Memorial. They wrote poems about people who were no longer with them, either lost to death or simply […]

Teens learn to lead in the real world

March 11, 2020 /0 Comments/in /by

By PHYLLIS PICKLESIMER, Futurity After-school programs where teens work through real-life problems are the best way for them to learn strategic thinking skills. “In school you learn how government is supposed to work. In youth leadership programs, youth learn how government actually works. They also learn how to influence it,” says Reed Larson, professor of […]

Mindfulness apps with acceptance training can reduce stress

March 10, 2020 /0 Comments/in , , /by

By SHILO REA, Futurity Mindfulness meditation apps can reduce the body’s response to biological stress, new research suggests. Acceptance, or learning how to be open and accepting of the way things are in each moment, is particularly important for impacting stress biology and benefitting from the training’s stress reduction effects, the researchers found. The research […]

‘Connected’ schools have lower rates of suicide attempts

March 6, 2020 /0 Comments/in /by

By SCOTT HESEL, Futurity Rates of suicide attempts are lower in high schools where students have better connections to their peers and stronger relationships with adult staff, according to a new study. The study surveyed 10,291 students from 38 high schools to determine social integration through the relationship network structure of each school. Researchers asked […]