Welcome to the online home of Stephen Wallace! As a school psychologist, adolescent counselor, SADD Chairman and CEO, camp director, researcher, motivational speaker, and college professor, Stephen has gained broad experience with teens and unique insights into their development, attitudes, and behavior. This site was created to share what he has learned! It is also intended to be a resource that empowers teens and parents to communicate openly about the critical issues young people face, collaborate on the choices they make, and celebrate the positive steps they take on the way to becoming happy, healthy, and productive men and women.
Stephen provides commentary on the value of the summer camp experience for children in a new Memphis Parent Magazine story, Positive Habits Start Here. Stephen is a spokesperson, feature writer, and member of the e-Institute faculty at the American Camp Association and serves as a resident camp director and director of counseling and counselor training at Cape Cod Sea Camps.
On Wednesday, May 9th Stephen was the luncheon speaker at the Jupiter Kiwanis Club meeting. He addressed youth risk behaviors and discussed some brand new data from the Center for Adolescent Research and Education (CARE) at Susquehanna University and SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions). Stephen signed copies of his book, Reality Gap, at the conclusion of the event.
On Thursday, May 10th Stephen will be conducting a Webinar on youth mentoring in his role as a member of the professional development faculty at the American Camp Association’s e-Institute. For more information, or to sign up, click here.
Stephen, and three of his campers, Warren Davis, Sam Francis, and Lanie Schwartz have published an article, Indifferent Spectators, in the May-June edition of Camping Magazine.
The Barrington Patch today published an article regarding Stephen’s recent presentation to parents at Barrington High School.
On Wednesday, May 9th Stephen was the luncheon speaker at the Jupiter Kiwanis Club meeting. He addressed youth risk behaviors and discussed some brand new data from the Center for Adolescent Research and Education (CARE) at Susquehanna University and SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions). Stephen signed copies of his book, Reality Gap, at the conclusion of the event.
Yesterday, Stephen spoke to the parents of accepted students at Susquehanna University. His focus was on the transition from high school to college and the challenges and choices such changes bring. Following his remarks, Stephen signed copies of his book, Reality Gap.
Stephen made presentations to Webb School parents on Wednesday night, March 28th and to the students Thursday morning. His remarks covered the original research reflected in his book, Reality Gap – Alcohol, Drugs, and Sex … What Parents Don’t Know and Teens Aren’t Telling, social norming theory, family communication, and what he refers to as The Three L’s: Life, Legacy, and Leadership.
Stephen has joined Psychology Today magazine as a contributor on issues related to youth development and decision making. His monthly blog posts will be found at www.PsychologyToday.com.
Stephen contributed to a segment produced by the NBC affiliate in Fresno, CA on the subject of rising marijuana use by teens and high rates of impaired driving.
Stephen provides commentary on the value of the summer camp experience for children in a new Memphis Parent Magazine story, Positive Habits Start Here. Stephen is a spokesperson, feature writer, and member of the e-Institute faculty at the American Camp Association and serves as a resident camp director and director of counseling and counselor training at Cape Cod Sea Camps.
On Wednesday, May 9th Stephen was the luncheon speaker at the Jupiter Kiwanis Club meeting. He addressed youth risk behaviors and discussed some brand new data from the Center for Adolescent Research and Education (CARE) at Susquehanna University and SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions). Stephen signed copies of his book, Reality Gap, at the conclusion of the event.
On Thursday, May 10th Stephen will be conducting a Webinar on youth mentoring in his role as a member of the professional development faculty at the American Camp Association’s e-Institute. For more information, or to sign up, click here.
Stephen, and three of his campers, Warren Davis, Sam Francis, and Lanie Schwartz have published an article, Indifferent Spectators, in the May-June edition of Camping Magazine.
The Barrington Patch today published an article regarding Stephen’s recent presentation to parents at Barrington High School.
Stephen was recently interviewed on the Ridin’ Dirty radio program.
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On Friday May 13th, Stephen appeared in a Making a Difference segment on the NBC affiliate in West Palm Beach, WPTV. In the interview, he discussed the important role of parent-child communication in helping teens to make safe choices.
SADD chairman Steve Wallace is currently on a tour to discuss school bullying. A recent stop was at the Doane Stuart School in Rensselaer. Bullying many not be anything new, but it’s a problem that continues to grow…something that can affect grades an attendance on top of self-esteem. One thing that may help…more student/parent communication.
Click here to read the full story and see video clips of Stephen’s presentation and interview.
On Thursday October 21, Stephen spoke to parents at Avon Grove Charter School in West Grove, PA. This Parent Power program was sponsored by Liberty Mutual Insurance and featured information about underage drinking and other drug use, teen bullying, violence, and suicide and the role of mentors, including parents and grandparents, in influencing young people to make good decisions regarding personal health and safety. Stephen also talked about his book, Reality Gap: Alcohol, Drugs, and Sex … What Parents Don’t Know and Teens Aren’t Telling.
Stephen’s discusses the recent passing of Proposition 2 in Massachusetts and what it means for teens across the country.
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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.
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 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.
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.
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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