Stephen Wallace

Stephen’s new article on LinkedIn, Summer Better Than Others, celebrates the return of summer camps and highlights the many benefits that camps bestow upon children. It includes research from the American Camp Association, a collaborator at the Center for Adolescent Research and Education (CARE) as well as recent CARE research done in partnership with Total […]

Stephen’s new podcast for CampWire focuses on declines in youth mental health and cognition, especially during the pandemic, and the role that summer camps can play in ameliorating those setbacks.

Stephen’s new feature article, A Safe Space, for the staff training edition of Camping Magazine discusses moving summer camps from “trauma informed” to “trauma infused,” empowering front line counselors to recognize trauma from adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and help young people who may be struggling. This piece was co-authored by educator Chrissie Kahan.

Stephen’s new article on LinkedIn, “Boys of Summer: Navigating a Path to Manhood” tackles growing up BOY in America and highlights some of the challenges boys and young men face. It includes commentary of seven boys (whose names have been changed for privacy purposes) who participated in CARE’s qualitative study.

Stephen’s new article on LinkedIn, “Boys of Summer: Navigating a Path to Manhood,” reveals the challenges of growing up boy in America. It includes commentary from seven teenage boys who participated in a qualitative research program, “The Boy Project,” at the Center for Adolescent Research and Education (CARE).

Stephen’s new article on LinkedIn, “Summer Camp 2021 – Did It Really Need to Turn Out This Way?,” explores the difficult decisions summer camps faced in the pandemic-era and why some camps survived and thrived, while others did not.

Stephen’s new Camping Magazine essay, “Scars,” discusses cumulative grief as experienced by caregivers of high-risk populations, such as adolescents. It reveals his personal journey of serial loss.

Stephen’s new Psychology Today article, “Students’ Mental Health is Not Alright,” points out that the precipitous rise in youth mental illness and suicides long preceded the pandemic of COVID-19, while also acknowledging that the virus has undoubtedly exacerbated the problems. It features brand new data from a study by the Center for Adolescent Research and

The Center for Adolescent Research and Education (CARE) and Total Brain, a mental health and brain performance self-monitoring and self-care platform, have released the results of a study of youth mental health and cognition. The Total Brain assessment was completed by more than 1,100 high school and college students, the results pointing to the effects