"[Eve] Klothen [Dean of Pro Bono Programs at Rutgers-Camden] said although the program reaches out to teens from all over South Jersey, its main focus is Camden. 'This is our community,' Klothen said. 'Because it's such a poverty-stricken area, there are probably more misconceptions about the law here.'"

Labels: community, laws, legal_advice

"'The whole curriculum was based on the arts,' Rolle says. 'So if you were studying American history, you did it through playwriting... We created a play, but to create the play we had to get the information. So we didn't even realize we were learning American history because we were focused on doing this thing that we actually liked.'"

Labels: arts, role_models, schools

"A study released last year showed that 66 percent of children and teens did not see a clinician for a follow-up in the first four weeks after their antidepressant therapy began."

Labels: depression, medictions, mental_health

"The LifeSavers Training Corporation trains selected high school students to be caring, compassionate, confidential listeners for their peers in specialized ways that can help troubled students figure out their own best solutions before teenage stresses and problems turn into a crisis."

Labels: peers, schools, support

"Cox's future looked bleak, until a third option emerged. He enrolled at the Adult Education Center in New Haven, most likely his last chance at a diploma. 'I said "Ma, I'm loving it. It was the first time I stayed in school all day,"' said Cox."

Labels: college, education, young_adults

"Mecklenburg County [North Carolina] has more group home beds than any other N.C. county, making it a magnet for troubled kids. Sending them there also means they're often far from caseworkers and family support that experts say they need... More than a year ago, a coalition of judges, child advocates, mental health and school officials sent a letter across the state, warning counties to stop dumping their troubled youths in Charlotte. The letter said youths were 'being effectively abandoned.'"

Labels: behavioral_issues, emotional_issues, troubled_kids

Labels: influences, peers, schools

"Don't let them disappear behind this emotional firewall called MSN,' Dr. [Michael] Carr-Gregg said. 'There are many factors that lead to suicide but parents should make sure they know what their kids are doing online.'"

Labels: myspace, online_safety, suicide

"The violence is worst at a handful of schools, and is caused by a small percentage of the district's 90,000 students. But their actions are taking a tool on staff, teachers, taxpayers and students who want to learn."

Labels: police, schools, violence

Labels: depression, schools, therapy

Labels: disorders, mental_health, psychiatric_illness

"A just-released Boston College study found that when nonresident fathers are involved in their adolescent children's lives, the incidence of substance abuse, violence, crime, and truancy decreases markedly... The study also found that when teens begin to slide towards delinquency, nonresident fathers increase their involvement in response. The researchers found such involvement to be effective - the impact of father involvement was the greatest on the kids who had previously been the most troubled."

Labels: fathers, influences, parental_involvement

"'In this final phase of the study we found that those teens who showed 'normal' post-treatment results at the time of discharge continued to be ranked in the normal range a year later.'"

Labels: adolescent, residential_treatment_centers, treatment_programs

"Many a PTA is YES' catchment area, which covers Plainedge, Farmingdale and the Massapequas, has gotten onboard with this reality that even clean-faced, unsuspected kids can be in a line of fire and, as consequence, opening fire on others. But there's still some convincing to do; sometimes during teacher training, the response is 'kind of like, "Uh, that doesn’t happen here."'"

Labels: demographics, suburban_teens, training

Labels: at_risk, reference, troubled_teenagers

"Since Friday, the web community has featured banner advertisements linking to a site with information about issues including grief, depression, alcohol, drugs, and sexuality."

Labels: awareness, myspace, suicide