Young People Content Topic Results
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January 2010
Enhancing Services to Children and Youth in Virginia Exposed to Violence: Demonstration Site - Family Resource Center Trauma-informed Advocacy Services
Publisher(s):These materials highlight the work of one site in Virginia’s “Enhancing Services to Children and Youth” demonstration project.
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- General Material
January 2010
What Works: Developing Successful Multigenerational Leadership
Publisher(s): The What Works study looks at the key factors that build leadership and commitment across generations. Rather than focus on well-documented differences, the study examines what helps potential leaders do their best work, what constitutes a good workplace, and how to improve on our ability to retain, support, and promote staff across generations.
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- General Material
January 2010
2010 State Law Report Cards: A National Survey of Teen Dating Violence Laws
Publisher(s):This report card assesses each state’s domestic violence protection order laws and how they impact young people who seek protection from abusive relationships.
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- General Material
January 2010
Enhancing Services to Children and Youth in Virginia Exposed to Violence: Demonstration Site - Samaritan House Mentoring Program
Publisher(s):These materials highlight the work of one site in Virginia’s “Enhancing Services to Children and Youth” demonstration project.
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- Training Tools
- General Material
January 2010
The Needs of Children in Domestic Violence Shelters
Publisher(s):This toolkit for service providers is a teaching tool and guide for understanding how trauma from domestic violence impacts children and how best to serve these children's needs. Although it was designed for use by shelter-based and other domestic violence direct service providers in North Carolina, it has broad applicability.
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- General Material
January 2010
Emerging Issues Facing Tweens and Teens
Publisher(s):This fact sheet presents data from various studies to highlight emerging issues facing tweens and teens.
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- General Material
January 2010
Do Not Harm My Anointed
Publisher(s): Rabbi Dratch discusses the Jewish religious imperative to protect children from harm and abuse. He names the biblical teachings and religious doctrine that have been used as justifications for child abuse, and argues that this is in fact an abuse of biblical doctrine.
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- General Material
January 2010
The Connection between Dating Violence and Unhealthy Behaviors
Publisher(s):This fact sheet presents data from various studies to show the connection between dating violence and unhealthy behaviors.
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- General Material
December 2009
Teens and Sexting: How and why minor teens are sending sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images via text messaging
Publisher(s):This report addresses sexting and the creating, sharing and forwarding of sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images by minor teens.
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- General Material
December 2009
Juveniles Who Commit Sex Offenses Against Minors
Publisher(s):This Bulletin draws on data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Incident-Based Reporting System to provide population-based epidemiological information on juvenile sex offending.
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- General Material
October 2009
Children's Exposure to Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey
Publisher(s):This Bulletin discusses the most comprehensive nationwide survey of the incidence and prevalence of children’s exposure to violence to date, measuring the past-year and lifetime exposure for children age 17 and younger across several major categories.
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- General Material
September 2009
Girls Do What They Have to Do to Survive: Illuminating Methods Used by Girls in the Sex Trade and Street Economy to Fight Back and Heal
Publisher(s): This participatory action research study by the Young Women's Empowerment Project, a social justice organizing project led by and for young people of color who have current or former experience in the sex trade and street economies, addresses the violence that girls in sex trade and street economies face, as well as their resilience and resistance methods.