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1. Sexual Assault and Harassment in Schools: The Call to Action is Still Calling
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By John Shields, PhD, MSW | April 30, 2019
Journalist Tyler Kingkade’s recent story for The 74 is such a disturbing read that it appropriately includes this warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of sexual assault involving children. Still, it’s critical that you do read and understand it. You will see that there’s an immense amount of uphill work we must do to protect K-12 students from sexual and gender-based assault and harassment.
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2. K12T9: Responding to the K12 #MeToo Crisis
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By John Shields, PhD, MSW | September 17, 2018
We need the #MeToo movement. Widespread attention to sexual and gender-based harassment is long overdue. I don’t know anyone who hasn’t been affected in some meaningful way by this national conversation.
Here at ETR, we celebrate this opportunity for education, enlightenment and change.
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3. Currently Reading: Youth Radio Reports on School Discipline in the Age of #MeToo
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By Marcia Quackenbush, MS, MFT, MCHES | August 7, 2018
Fifth grade. My girlfriends and I are on the climbing gym. We stay on the low bars and carefully tuck our skirts under us so the boys won’t look up our dresses. When we really want to bust free and climb up to the top, my friend Cyndi—one tough girl, I’ll tell you—runs foot patrol around the base. No boys allowed near the gym!
- By Marcia Quackenbush, MS, MFT, MCHES
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4. Why Teens Don't Report Cyberbullying
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By Pamela M. Anderson, PhD | September 12, 2017
First published on the blog of yth.org on August 2, 2017.
“When young people are cyberbullied, why don’t they reach out to trusted adults for help?” This is a question a lot of youth health providers are asking.
Think about it: here we are, a nationwide community of caring, concerned parents/guardians and professionals. We’re teachers, health providers, counselors, outreach workers, researchers and more. We want to support young people and empower them to live healthy, positive and productive lives.
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5. Consent in Professional Relationships: 4 Things to Know About Serving Survivors of Sexual Assault
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By Bianca Palmisano | July 25, 2017
Owner, Intimate Health ConsultingAsk before kissing your date goodnight. Don’t grope strangers on the train (I mean, really, don’t grope anyone). Don’t force your children to give hugs or kisses to family members against their will. Our culture is becoming more accustomed to conversations around consent in intimate, interpersonal relationships.
But we are still fairly unfamiliar with how to model and apply consent in professional relationships.
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6. What Educators Need to Know About Online Sex Trafficking
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By Pamela Anderson, PhD, and Marcia Quackenbush, MS, MFT, MCHES | August 23, 2016
First published on the Psychology Benefits Society blog of the American Psychological Association.
What comes to mind when you hear the words “sex trafficking”?
If you’re like a lot of people, you might think of a sinister alley in a foreign country serving as the local red light district. Or you might imagine a woman who comes to the U.S. with hopes of a better life for herself and her family who is then forced to sell her body to pay debt bondage. Maybe you think of a young woman violently forced by a hated pimp to work the streets.
- By Pamela Anderson, PhD
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7. Healing and Justice Matter
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By Robin Perlas | July 11, 2016
Last week will go down in history as one of the bloodiest in US history. In the few days following our nation’s Independence Day holiday weekend, racially-charged gun violence took the lives of a number of civilians as well as five police officers. Investigations are ongoing and many facts remain to be uncovered. What we do know is that a lot of people are in mourning, and our country is once again divided at its core.
- By Robin Perlas
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8. How to Talk with Students About Electronic Dating Violence
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By Pamela Anderson, PhD, & Marcia Quackenbush, MS, MFT, MCHES | June 22, 2016
Senior Research Associate & Senior Editor, ETROriginally published at EdSurge.
Teens, tweens and even younger kids are on smartphones, tablets and computers a lot. Of course, tech can be a force for good. Parents, educators and youth themselves report many benefits from the presence of technology in young people’s lives—connecting with family and friends, sharing experiences with distant peers, learning, being entertained and more.
- By Pamela Anderson, PhD
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9. Wonder Woman Says: Fight for Justice on National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
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By Vignetta Charles, PhD | March 10, 2016
My Facebook feed was filled with wonderful images on International Women’s Day (March 8). I’m a huge fan of Wonder Woman, so I was especially thrilled with the many images of this iconic figure who fights for justice for all. And today, only two days later, we celebrate National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
I believe Wonder Woman would be proud of the strides we’ve made to reduce the number of new HIV infections in women, especially for African-American women. This should be celebrated. And I do celebrate that. I’m especially proud of some of the amazing HIV prevention efforts that ETR has developed and/or implemented over the past three decades to contribute to this success.
But I also see that Wonder Woman still has a lot of fighting to do.
- By Vignetta Charles, PhD
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10. School Report: Why Peer Support Is Better Than Watching Your Own Back
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By John Henry Ledwith | March 9, 2016
I am a lucky man. I get to work with school health educators all over this fine country. That means I get to see some of the most inspired, inventive, dedicated work being done anywhere in the world. It’s work that has the potential to make a huge difference in the lives of kids and across communities.
Almost every day, I engage with people looking at how we can build communities that offer support to guide adolescents toward healthy choices. I often think about the force of peer groups as a social determinant of health. I’m fascinated by the power of peers to influence one another’s health, safety and future. Like most of my colleagues, I’m always asking how health educators can most effectively shape positive peer group values and norms.
And, like most of my colleagues, I also have concerns about the ways peer norms and values sometimes have negative effects.
- By John Henry Ledwith
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