Stephen Wallace

Stephen’s latest column for Psychology Today, “The Content of Their Character,” focuses on youth activism after the tragic shootings in Parkland, FL and deflects common criticisms of today’s young adults.

Stephen’s new column for TeenLife Media, “10 Reasons Why High School Students Will Get A Lot From Summer Camp,” guides parents on the favorable youth outcomes of experiential learning and offers some tips about what questions to ask when considering a summer camp for their teen.

Stephen’s new column for Psychology Today, “A User’s Guide to the First Year of College – Navigating transition,” takes a pragmatic look of the challenges and opportunities that the first year of college brings. It features case studies of two first-year students, Aggie Chamlin (Muhlenberg College) and Peter Worzala (Northeastern University). Aggie and Peter are

Stephen’s latest column on youth depression and suicide, “All This Darkness Past,” has been published on LinkedIn. It explores the signs and symptoms of depression, highlighting the fact that youth in pain need help to understand that it is unlikely they will always feel that way. The piece includes research from The Jed Foundation, Partnership

On Thursday, March 15, Stephen conducted a 3:00 pm (EDT) Webinar on behalf of PSI (Partners for Success & Innovation), a collaborator at the Center for Adolescent Research and Education (CARE). The topic was the challenges young people face around transition from middle to high school and high school to college. PSI provides education, special

A new podcast, “Raising Teens who Thrive,” featuring Stephen is now live on Sunshine-Parenting.com, a website started by author and speaker Audrey Monke  to help parents (and anyone else who works with young people) raise competent, kind, optimistic kids. Listen in as Stephen talks about the challenges and joys of raising youth!

On Sunday, March 4, Stephen presented at the annual conference of the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians in Philadelphia. His address, “America’s Family Physicians – Addressing the Youth Suicide Epidemic,” included information pertaining to current statistics, prevention tools, awareness and interventions. Stephen is a member of the professional development faculty at the American Academy of

Harriet Vogel, a noted grief counselor, speaker and author of the book, “Sad Is Not Bad,” posted on her blog an article titled, “Will This Be The Last Time?,” which provides commentary on the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Her piece references Stephen’s recent opinion-editorial, “Is It Time, Again?,” which was published by

In his new column for Psychology Today, “No Doubt – One choice for youth,” Stephen speaks to the epidemic of youth alcohol use. It features a new campaign, “One Choice,” developed by the Institute for Behavior and Health, a collaborator at the Center for Adolescent Research and Education (CARE).

Stephen’s new Opinion-Editorial on LinkedIn, “Is It Time, Again?,” amplifies the role that young people can play in creating important social changes, including ones regarding impaired driving and, hopefully, school violence.