Posts Tagged ‘Teen’

Youth Ministry – Teen Statistics

Teen Sexuality: Get the Facts (What Every Parent Wants to Know)
Event on 2012-02-02 19:00:00

Come hear from the experts! Many parents find it difficult to discuss sexuality with their teens. Our panel discussion will feature professionals in the fields of adolescent development and medicine, mental health, and sex education for teens. Don't miss this opportunity to get the information you need to communicate more honestly and effectively with your teens. Topics to include teen sexual behavior in San Mateo County, sex education, birth control/pregnancy prevention, sexual gender/identity, mental health issues, STDs, and more.

Presenters will include:

• Roni Gillenson, LMFT, Program Director, On-Campus Counseling Program, Adolescent Counseling Services (ACS)
• Shelly Masur, MPH, Executive Director, Teen Talk Sexuality Education
• Sylvia Espinoza, M.D., Medical Director, Sequoia Teen Wellness Center
• Daniela Torres, Program Manager, Education Services , Planned Parenthood
• Janet Chaikind, M.D., Supervising Physician for Adolescent Medicine and Pediatrics, San Mateo County Medical Center

M-A Parent Education Series events are sponsored by the Menlo-Atherton PTA and the Sequoia Healthcare District. Events are open to the Sequoia Union High School District community, our partner schools, and local community members.

Teen Impact Program – Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Our Teen Impact program supports teens with cancer, providing them with a special group of peers who understand exactly what they are going through, and supports them through their recovery.

Teen musicians in drug treatment win 2012 Grammy experience
Filed under: visions adolescent treatment

The winners will receive a small cash award from the Visions Adolescent Treatment Center in Malibu, Calif., and a certificate from NIDA acknowledging their role in the dissemination of health information about substance abuse. MusiCares and the Grammy …
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Low Levels of Vitamin D Linked to Teen Delusions, Hallucinations
Filed under: visions adolescent treatment

… very powerfully connected to the likelihood that they would report symptoms like delusions (like paranoia) or hearing voices or seeing visions. Delusions and hallucinations are among the most serious symptoms we psychiatrists treat. …
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Candlelight vigil tonight for 15-year-old San Jose teen killed two years ago
The ceremony includes an opening prayer from Pastor Sonny Lara, a longtime gang intervention and prevention specialist in San Jose, and remarks from Pyle, Kalra and other city and community leaders. On Nov. 10, 2009, family members found Russell dead …
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Assemblywoman Neal announces run for Senate District 4 seat
No one else has announced for the Senate district, although two other Democrats, District 6 Assemblyman Harvey Munford and Mike Flores, who works in Clark County's gang intervention program, have been mentioned as possible candidates. …
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Viewpoints: State should renew commitment to programs to stem gang violence
The most recent California Gang Reduction, Intervention and Prevention request for proposals makes more than 11 cities, including Sacramento, some with the highest homicide rates in the state, ineligible for funding. The guidelines for funding have …
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Alcohol abuse, teen pregnancy rampant at Rundu
RUNDU – Residents of Rundu have raised serious concern over alcohol abuse by teenagers in the town and the rate at which girls are falling p… WINDHOEK – Minister of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development Jerry Ekandjo, …
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Number of friends impacts alcohol use
“Parents can aid in practicing their teen's resistance to peer pressure and reducing their affiliation with alcohol or drug using peers. Parents also should be willing to have discussions with their teens about alcohol use and its effects, …
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