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Our interview with Kimberly Mitchell, "Remaining Safe and Avoiding Dangers Online" is now our free feature article. See it here.

Adolescents' abuse of prescription drugs is a growing concern for many who work with youth. Learn about this important topic, and how you can prevent prescription drug abuse, in our most recent release.

Teens today can experience a number of hurdles on their way to adulthood. Our lastest release is a collection of issues which provides research-based information about some of the more prevalent topics facing youth and families today.

Learn more about the print and digital features of this collection here.

The early- and mid-teenage years are typically when youth begin having romantic relationships and begin considering engaging in sexual behavior. It is also during this time that teens begin expressing their lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered identities.

This bundle of issues explores adolescent relationships and sexuality by examining adolescent sexual attitudes and behaviors, supportive environments for LGBT youth, and assisting youth experiencing dating or sexual violence.

Purchase these four issues as a bundled set and save 25% off the cover price.

Learn more here.

As we honor our armed forces this Veterans Day, let us also think about the unique needs and experiences of military youth. Read our new blog post to learn about some of these.

Notice the new look? After a year of work we are very pleased to be offering digital subscriptions. With your subscription to The Prevention Researcher, you can now share articles with colleagues, bookmark important information, download articles right to your computer, conduct word searches, and much more. Plus, you can access the journal any time, from most anywhere with your smartphone and other mobile devices. Learn more about our enhanced print subscriptions or digital-only subscriptions here.

In our most recent blog post we feature an interview with Crystal Morrison, Director of Youth Services and Clinical Development at the Council on Alcohol and Drugs—Houston. In this e-interview Crystal talks about about how youth get into treatment programs and how adults can support them to facilitate success.

Our free feature article provides a model of decision making which includes the decision-maker’s goals, explores how goal setting impacts the decision-making process, and reviews what is known about decision making among at-risk youth. Then it discusses the ChallenNGe Academy, a voluntary, residential National Guard-sponsored program which works with habitual high school truants to positively change their lives.

Access it here.

New post in our blog! Lis Maurer explores teen pregnancy and parenting by lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth. Read it here.

Learn more about supporting youth recovering from substance abuse. Download the article "Youth in Recovery" for free.

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Fewer than 75% of students in the United States finish high school within four years, and only a minority of young adults enter full-time employment, marriage, and parenthood by age 30. Our newest bundle shows how adults within the school, family, and community, can work to improve school bonding, connect youth with their community, and support youth to successfully complete school and successfully transition to adulthood.

We are pleased to share with you the digital version of "Social Media and Youth," our annual Resource Issue. Published in December, this issue is now available in an easy-to-navigate web-based reader. We are eager to make The Prevention Researcher more accessible to our readers. Click here to read our blogpost about this digital version. Try it out, and see what you think!

Our most recent blog looks at the definition of familiness and Froma Walsh's keys to family resilience. Read it here.

Don't miss our November release, "Creating Supportive Environments for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth." This issue looks at the family, school, and community and how we can support LGBT youth to prevent them from turning to risky behaviors in their attempt to cope and grow into healthy adults.

In our latest blog post, Lis Maurer talks about the research on children with lesbian, gay, and bisexual parents. Read it here.

What adolescent-related topics would you like to see in The Prevention Researcher? Our editorial team has compiled a list of potential subjects, and we would like to know which ones are the most pertinent in your work with youth. We invite you to take a couple of minutes to complete our upcoming topics survey and provide us feedback. Of those who participate, one name will be drawn to receive a $25 gift certificate to The Prevention Researcher!

To take this survey, please click here.

We are pleased to announce the release of our newest bundle, focusing on adolescent self-injury and suicide. Adolescents have high rates of both suicide and self-injury, and many people who work with youth have difficulty distinguishing between the two. Our hope is that this bundle will help those who work with youth in providing prevention and intervention, as well as support youth and their families through these difficult times.

Released November 9, 2009
Sexuality and sexual behavior are a normal part of human development. As youth move through their teen years they become increasingly interested in learning about and experimenting with their sexuality. The November issue of The Prevention Researcher steps back from the usual sex-related topics of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, and broadens our perspective to look at sexuality as a whole. Articles in this issue explore how practitioners can work with parents to promote healthy sexuality among their adolescent-aged youth, the impact of the media (new and traditional) on adolescent sexual behaviors, and the needs of youth with moderate disabilities.
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By understanding how stress impacts youth, their coping mechanisms, and decision-making processes we can better support them along their life course. Our newest bundle of issues examines the relationship between high levels of teen stress and increased problem behaviors, looks at how youth cope with stressful events, and then explores the processes they use to make decisions. Buy our three issues on stress, coping, and decision making as a bundle and save over 25% off the cover price.

Our new “Dating Violence Article Pack” includes eight digital articles exploring violence and aggression in adolescent relationships. Information includes the role of peers, predictors of violence, how teens seek and give help, how to respond to teen victims, and how for some youth ”domestic violence” may be a better term for the violence in their relationships.

Save 35% by buying these articles as a set.

We are excited to announce that we have been chosen as a finalist in the 2009 Distinguished Achievement Award competition sponsored by the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP). The Prevention Researcher has been selected to proceed to the final round of judging in the Most Improved category.

AEP’s awards program recognizes excellence in educational products and education marketing. The Distinguished Achievement Award Periodicals category examines how an educational publication’s editorial content and design combine with the mission of the publication. Within the Periodicals category is the Most Improved group, recognizing progress in the standards and quality of editorial and design elements over time.

Don't miss our recent blog post on the use of technology in dating violence and aggression. "Responding to Technology Abuse in Teen Dating Violence" is written by Mitru Ciarlante of the National Center for Victims of Crime.

New in our blog, a discussion about a recent Pediatrics article on family rejection and how it negatively impacts lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth. Check it out and join in on the conversation.

In recognition of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week (November 16 to 22) we are featuring a month-long series of blog posts about homeless youth. Check out our blog to join the conversation.

Don't miss our blog post on Cell phones, disasters, and youth written by J. Brian Houston, Program Director for the Terrorism and Disaster Center at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

We are pleased to announce the creation of “Article Packs.” These packs are collections of articles on a related subject that span many issues of The Prevention Researcher. They are available in PDF format through digital delivery and represent a 25% cost savings off buying the articles individually. To learn more about this new online product click here.

Late in the evening of August 7, The Prevention Researcher Web site was attacked by a "bot" that severely affected the site (read more this type of attack here: http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4844). Our web programmers took our site off-line as soon as we discovered this attack the morning of August 8th. During the repair of the site, enhanced security measures were also installed. Finally, late in the evening of August 12 the site was put back online.

All customers should be informed that credit card numbers are never stored on our site and were never in jeopardy.

We apologize for any inconvenience being off-line for 5 days may have imposed. We're happy to be up and running again and send a special thank you to our IT and Web support staff.

Thank you to everyone who took our recent survey. Results from this survey will be used to determine topics for our next production cycle. And, congratulations to Sarah from Belfast, Ireland who was randomly chosen to receive a $25 gift certificate from The Prevention Researcher for completing the survey.

Of the potential topics we presented, the most favorite by far was "Adolescent Decision Making." Sixty percent of you were "very interested in getting more information" on this topic.

Other topics in which people were interested included: aggressive girls, transition to adulthood, school connectedness, self-injury, and dropout prevention. Expect to see some of these in upcoming issues of The Prevention Researcher.

The majority of youth experience some form of victimization, whether bullying, child maltreatment, sexual assault, or some other form of violence. Additionally, most of these youth will experience more than one type of victimization. Recognizing the importance of assisting these youth, we have bundled together six separate issues of The Prevention Researcher and offer them at a 25% discount.

We are pleased to announce that starting in 2008, The Prevention Researcher will be printed on paper stock certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. This switch means that our paper comes from responsibly managed forests and verified recycled sources. Using a "chain of custody" certification system, the forest, pulp providers, mills, merchants, and printers must all obtain FSC certification before we can print the FSC logo within The Prevention Researcher. We will continue using inks which are vegetable-based with soy content.

Our new Web site is launched!