News Times (Norwalk, CT) August 30, 2012
"Performance-enhancing drugs have been in the news so much that the acronym PED is recognizable shorthand for many people.
But what about APED? That stands for appearance -- and performance-enhancing drugs -- a more accurate description of why teenagers can be lured into the use of dangerous anabolic steroids, says Don Hooton Jr., whose 17-year-old brother, Taylor, became depressed and committed suicide in 2003 after using anabolic steroids." Read More
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Why Are Asthmatic Youngsters More Likely To Be Bullied?
Red Orbit, September 3, 2012
"The inability of asthmatic children to participate in sports, and the melancholy feelings those youngsters experience, are believed to be two of the primary reasons that they are frequently the victims of bullying, researchers from one UK hospital claim in a new study.
Dr. Will Carroll and colleagues from the Derbyshire Children’s Hospital in the East Midlands region of England used data collected from the six-nation 'Room to Breathe' childhood asthma study to determine what factors contributed to the increased likelihood that kids with asthma would be bullied, the European Lung Foundation (ELF) explained in a September 2 statement." Read More
"The inability of asthmatic children to participate in sports, and the melancholy feelings those youngsters experience, are believed to be two of the primary reasons that they are frequently the victims of bullying, researchers from one UK hospital claim in a new study.
Dr. Will Carroll and colleagues from the Derbyshire Children’s Hospital in the East Midlands region of England used data collected from the six-nation 'Room to Breathe' childhood asthma study to determine what factors contributed to the increased likelihood that kids with asthma would be bullied, the European Lung Foundation (ELF) explained in a September 2 statement." Read More
Tips to ease back to school stress
WTNH News-8 (New Haven, CT) August 29, 2012
"Jill Spineti, the President & CEO of The Governor's Prevention Partnership , shares tips to ease stress as kids head back-to-school.
Celebrating more than 22 years of keeping Connecticut kids safe, successful and drug-free, The Governor’s Prevention Partnership is a statewide, nonprofit public-private alliance, building a strong, healthy future workforce through leadership in mentoring and prevention of youth violence and bullying, underage drinking, and substance abuse." Read More
"Jill Spineti, the President & CEO of The Governor's Prevention Partnership , shares tips to ease stress as kids head back-to-school.
Celebrating more than 22 years of keeping Connecticut kids safe, successful and drug-free, The Governor’s Prevention Partnership is a statewide, nonprofit public-private alliance, building a strong, healthy future workforce through leadership in mentoring and prevention of youth violence and bullying, underage drinking, and substance abuse." Read More
With New School Year Comes Another Attempt To Curb Bullying
Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT) September 1, 2012
"Bullying has been a target of Connecticut educators and lawmakers since at least 2002, when a 12-year-old hanged himself after being repeatedly being picked on at school.
A number of laws aimed at eliminating bullying — including requirements that school districts report incidents to the state — have been passed since Daniel Scruggs killed himself. But local education officials acknowledge that fighting bullying has been a daunting task.
As students head back into Connecticut classrooms, another round of anti-bullying legislation, passed last year, has taken effect, with districts required to pay closer attention to complaints through more-thorough reporting and prompt parental notification." Read More
"Bullying has been a target of Connecticut educators and lawmakers since at least 2002, when a 12-year-old hanged himself after being repeatedly being picked on at school.
A number of laws aimed at eliminating bullying — including requirements that school districts report incidents to the state — have been passed since Daniel Scruggs killed himself. But local education officials acknowledge that fighting bullying has been a daunting task.
As students head back into Connecticut classrooms, another round of anti-bullying legislation, passed last year, has taken effect, with districts required to pay closer attention to complaints through more-thorough reporting and prompt parental notification." Read More
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Hall Freshmen Get Special Treatment from Upper-Class Mentors
West Hartford Patch (West Hartford, CT) August 29, 2012
"The first day of high school can be a scary occasion for an incoming freshman. We've all heard those stories about seniors giving wide-eyed freshmen the wrong directions to a classroom, or worse.
At Hall High School, several energetic teachers and about 80 juniors and seniors have worked to ensure that this year's group of incoming freshmen will not be walking around with that 'deer in the headlights' look when they report for school Wednesday morning." Read More
"The first day of high school can be a scary occasion for an incoming freshman. We've all heard those stories about seniors giving wide-eyed freshmen the wrong directions to a classroom, or worse.
At Hall High School, several energetic teachers and about 80 juniors and seniors have worked to ensure that this year's group of incoming freshmen will not be walking around with that 'deer in the headlights' look when they report for school Wednesday morning." Read More
Connecticut toughens an underage drinking law
The Examiner (Hartford, CT) August 27, 2012
"As parents send their children back to school, Connecticut parents of teens have something new and scary to study: a significant revision of an underage drinking law that may have thousands of residents paying big fines and facing jail time.
In the last few minutes of Connecticut’s state legislative session in May, several high-profile bills were passed which received a great deal of media attention, including those affecting education, the death penalty, access to palliative marijuana and voter registration. However, one bill, expected to affect every family in the state, slipped in under the radar and that bill becomes law on October 1, 2012." Read More
"As parents send their children back to school, Connecticut parents of teens have something new and scary to study: a significant revision of an underage drinking law that may have thousands of residents paying big fines and facing jail time.
In the last few minutes of Connecticut’s state legislative session in May, several high-profile bills were passed which received a great deal of media attention, including those affecting education, the death penalty, access to palliative marijuana and voter registration. However, one bill, expected to affect every family in the state, slipped in under the radar and that bill becomes law on October 1, 2012." Read More
Local coalitions get $500,000 to prevent youth substance abuse
West Hartford News (West Hartford, CT) August 28, 2012
"Senators Joseph I. Lieberman and Richard Blumenthal, along with Representatives Rosa DeLauro, Joe Courtney, and Jim Himes, announced four federal grant awards to community coalitions in Connecticut as part of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Program. The DFC Program is designed to support communities as they mobilize individuals and organizations to reduce youth substance use. The following community coalitions have been awarded $125,000:
Local Prevention Council serving East Haddam, CT, Enfield Together Coalition serving Enfield, CT, Durham Middlefield Local Wellness Council serving Durham, CT and Middlefield, CT, Bridgeport United Coalition serving Bridgeport, CT." Read More
"Senators Joseph I. Lieberman and Richard Blumenthal, along with Representatives Rosa DeLauro, Joe Courtney, and Jim Himes, announced four federal grant awards to community coalitions in Connecticut as part of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Program. The DFC Program is designed to support communities as they mobilize individuals and organizations to reduce youth substance use. The following community coalitions have been awarded $125,000:
Local Prevention Council serving East Haddam, CT, Enfield Together Coalition serving Enfield, CT, Durham Middlefield Local Wellness Council serving Durham, CT and Middlefield, CT, Bridgeport United Coalition serving Bridgeport, CT." Read More
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