Hazel Park Schools plan to reduce restraint and seclusion of students with disabilities, focusing on audits, personalized plans, and new training, following concerns over increased use at Edison School.
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A survey of local at-risk youths finds that some feel villainized rather than supported. Part one of a three-part series.
In Sacramento, healthcare providers, researchers, and youth collaborate to tackle local usage and support teenagers struggling with nicotine addiction.
The dream started with a sickly mother at an Indianapolis apartment complex known for trouble. Carl King decided early in his teens that nursing was going to be his career path.
Despite declining youth crime in Indiana, Black youth still face high detention rates in the state. Initiatives like New B.O.Y. aim to offer support through mentoring.
Early chilhdood researcher Angela Narayan believes that positive life experiences should play a much larger role when thinking about adversity and potential interventions to address early traumas.
Paula Anderson was getting her young children ready for bed, looking at pictures with her 3-year-old daughter Azalya in her home in 2018 when gunshots rang out.
What trans people, clinicians, and families really want others to know about youth gender care.
Part two in a three-part series investigating North Carolina's psychiatric residential treatment facilities where children with complex behavioral needs are sent for care.