During the week of April 16, Stephen will give three successive presentations to parents, faculty (and coaches) and students, respectively, at Tampa Preparatory School, in Tampa, FL. His themes will revolve around mentoring, empowerment and best positioning youth for lives of success and service.
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Stephen’s new LinkedIn column, “The Shelf Life of a College Application,” discusses the plight of those college-bound seniors not yet committed to a college of their choice and facing the upcoming National College Decision Day. It also offers some tips for parents about how best to help their children prepare for success.
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Stephen’s new column for Psychology Today, “Hop, Skip and Jump – April marks Stress Awareness Month,” discusses the linkage between stress, anxiety, depression and suicide and includes data from the American Psychological Association.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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!
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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
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