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Helping Hand Newsletter

This newsletter is designed to help teachers and parents understand child and adolescent behavioral health.

Topics include: substance abuse and violence prevention tips; news on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs; information on the behavioral issues that affect young people; how to build on kids’ strengths; how to identify troubled kids; when and how to refer a troubled student; and activities to encourage behavioral health.

Helping Hand, Volume 21, Issue 9

  • Helping Students Make the Grade
  • Tips for Children about Personal Safety
  • Family Counseling: Who It Can Help and How
  • Teens and Eating Disorders
  • The First Sip: Your Child’s Exposure to Alcohol
  • Help Your Child Overcome Shyness

Helping Hand, Volume 21, Issue 8

  • Poor Grades Not Always a Lack of Effort
  • Making an Educated Choice: What to Look for in a College
  • Effects of Domestic Violence on Children
  • Your Child’s Question: Can We Get a Dog?
  • Talking to Children about Inhalants
  • Helping a Child through a Divorce

Helping Hand, Volume 21, Issue 7

  • Using Homework to Teach Life Skills
  • Juggling and Overpacked Family Schedule
  • Facts about “Bath Salts”
  • Helping Potentially Violent Children
  • Talking to Kids about Death
  • Parent – Child Contracts

Helping Hand, Volume 21, Issue 6

  • How can I help prevent cyberbullying?
  • Preventing Your Child from Smoking
  • How do I promote physical activity in my child?
  • Traits of a Healthy Family
  • Get More Involved in Your Child’s Education
  • What is Stuttering?

Helping Hand, Volume 20, Issue 9

  • Coping With Anger
  • Teens and Bipolar Disorder
  • Create Your Own Summer Field Trips
  • Teaching Responsibility with Chores
  • Teens and Their First Job
  • Some Facts about Hallucinogens

Helping Hand, Volume 20, Issue 8

  • An Overview of Childhood Sleep Disorders
  • Coping with Peer Illness / Loss
  • Impulse Control Disorders
  • Involving Parents in Education
  • Simple Solutions for Improving Memory
  • Talking About Methamphetamine