Stephen Wallace - Consultant

Consultant

Through SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions), Stephen consults with schools, colleges, and communities about issues related to youth development and decision-making, including underage drinking, other drug use, sexuality and sexual behavior, bullying, violence, and suicide.

For more information about SADD, visit www.sadd.org.

Through Summit Communications Management Corporation (Summit/CMC), Stephen provides consulting services to for-profit and not-for-profit corporations in the areas of marketing, public relations, crisis communications, and government/regulatory affairs.

For more information about Summit/CMC, visit www.summitcmc.com.

Stephen also serves as senior consultant at ML Strategies, LLC, the consulting arm of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, and Popeo, P.C. ML Strategies has offices in Boston, New York, and Washington, D.C.

Books and DVDs

Reality Gap

Reality Gap paints an alarming portrait of a modern-day adolescence filled with potentially deadly behaviors carefully hidden from the view of parents and other adults. But it is also a book about hope and inspiration, pointing to the incredibly powerful role that parents and other mentors can play in the lives of young people and highlighting the tremendous contributions that many teens are making to their families, schools, and communities.

Where Should I Sit at Lunch?

This new book gives high school students the inside scoop on figuring out who they are and where they want to go by offering teens the kind of comprehensive, down-to-earth advice they need and want.

Child and Youth Development

Child and Youth Development features eighteen articles that have been carefully selected from past editions of Camping Magazine, including Rites of Passage: Camp Pays Off in Youth Development, Happiness, Health, and Safety,” written by SADD Chairman and CEO Stephen Wallace. The contributing writers are recognized as authoritative voices in the field of child and youth development. Produced in cooperation with the American Camp Association.

Parents League of New York Review

The Parents League Review is an annual literary journal with articles on parenting and education.
First published in 1968, it has included articles by T. Berry Brazelton, Ned Hallowell, Jane Healy, Michael Thompson, Wynton Marsalis, Leon Botstein, Jane Goodall and Alice Waters, together with articles by parents and educators in New York’s independent schools. The 2009 edition features twenty-two articles, including “The Positive Impact of Youth Mentoring,” written by Stephen Wallace.

The Road Ahead: Stay Safe at the Wheel

This is an important time in teenagers’ lives — when they will develop driving habits that can be good and bad. Parents need to take an active role in helping teens develop safe driving behaviors because teenagers are involved in more car accidents than any other age group.

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