Stephen’s new column,”Unpacking Summer,” published by kidsinthehouse.com, explores the difficulty many young people experience leaving summer camp and returning to home and school. It shares tips for parents to help kids through this transition and features input from two campers, each teen leaders at the Cape Cod Sea Camps in Brewster, MA and student members of the […]
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Stephen’s new Psychology Today piece, “Warm Fuzzies – Camp Kindness Day, 2018,” highlights fundamental elements of experiential learning at camp, including kindness, gratitude, empathy and support. Camp Kindness Day was initiated by the American Camp Association (ACA) and KindnessEvolution. ACA is a collaborator at the Center for Adolescent Research and Education (CARE).
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Stephen’s new Psychology Today column, “Unplugged – Digital Health and Summer Camp,” highlights recently released data from the Pew Research Center about the amount of time young people spend online and the effects, both positive and negative, they perceive. It also cites research from San Diego State University professor Jean Twenge and colleagues mapping the
Stephen provided commentary for a new piece published by NBCUniversal’s ParentToolKit, “How You Can Help Your Child After They’ve Been Diagnosed with Mental Illness.” NBCUniversal is a collaborator at the Center for Adolescent Research and Education (CARE).
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Today, Wednesday, May 30th, Stephen will present a free webinar on the role of camp counselors as mentors on behalf of the Maryland Mentoring Resource Center, as a part of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Y. Stephen’s remarks will include information about his original research on Sense of Self, Positive Risk-Taking and Rites of
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Stephen, a parenting expert for NBC Universal’s ParentToolKit.com, contributed to a new article coaching parents on how best to talk with their children about mental health. NBCUniversal is a collaborator at the Center for Adolescent Research and Education (CARE).
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Stephen’s new Psychology Today Column, “Love Is Louder,” celebrates May’s Mental Health Awareness Month and includes information about about an important campaign sponsored by the Jed Foundation, a collaborator at the Center for Adolescent Research and Education (CARE) and a quote’s from Jed’s medical director, Vic Schwartz, M.D.
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Stephen’s feature article for the May/June edition of Camping Magazine, “Happy Campers: A Counterintuitive Conversation About Youth Mental Health,” juxtaposes how young people often say they feel at camp as compared to other times of the year. It contains data from multiple sources, including the American Camp Association, Child Mind Institute and National Institute on
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On Saturday, April 28, in recognition of National Prescription Give Back Day, the Center for Adolescent Research and Education (CARE) and McCann Health, a CARE collaborator, will launch phase two of its youth prescription drug use campaign. This effort builds upon a short film released in December, includes a new campaign website and Facebook page,
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Stephen’s new podcast for Sunshine Parenting, “10 Benefits of Summer Camp for Teens,” discusses the proven effective outcomes of experiential learning by adolescents at summer camp. It includes research from the American Camp Association (ACA) and was based on Stephen’s recent column for TeenLife Media. ACA, Sunshine Parenting and TeenLife Media are collaborators at the
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