Another Tragedy and Another College-Aged Shooter
Another Tragedy and Another College-aged Shooter
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Students of all ages today are dealing with inestimable amounts of stress and pressure, which leads to lack of sleep, substance abuse and myriad of other mental health issues. When I was in K-12 schools from the mid 1980s to mid 1990s we had a lot of …
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Douglas County schools exercise discretion on alcohol
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The district's substance-abuse policy requires immediate suspension and allows for termination if an employee is “knowingly in the possession of or under the influence of alcohol or any controlled substance” while on district property, at any school …
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It only takes minutes to buy assault rifle day after Newtown massacre
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A man bought an AR-15 assault rifle in just a few minutes at a Westchester gun shop Saturday — a day after 26 people were slaughtered at an elementary school in Connecticut. The Daily News is … Do you have a substance abuse problem? About two …
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Boy With A Knife (1956) / Film / Drama
Boy With A Knife. Public domain video; Producer: Dudley Pictures Corp. Sponsor: Los Angeles Community Chest (United Way); Creative Commons license: Public Domain Jerry, an “at-risk” young man, uses his knife as an “equalizer” to solve his frustrations stemming from his unhappy home, which is dominated by his stepmother. A group worker reaches Jerry and helps him to transcend his anger. Director: Laslo Benedek. Narrator: Richard Widmark. With Chuck Connors. Delinquency Prevention is the broad term for all efforts aimed at preventing youth from becoming involved in criminal, or other antisocial, activity. Increasingly, governments are recognizing the importance of allocating resources for the prevention of delinquency. Because it is often difficult for states to provide the fiscal resources necessary for good prevention, organizations, communities, and governments are working more in collaboration with each other to prevent juvenile delinquency. With the development of delinquency in youth being influenced by numerous factors, prevention efforts are comprehensive in scope. Prevention services include activities such as substance abuse education and treatment, family counseling, youth mentoring, parenting education, educational support, and youth sheltering.
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