kids and public health Archives - Shaping Youth

Students Plea To Take Action Against Gun Violence, Adults Fail Miserably

June 4, 2019 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

June 4, 2019 As “wear orange” events pop up around the nation this weekend to protest gun violence, and students march in solidarity demanding action from impotent lawmakers tethered to gun lobbyists, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Growing up too soon, Pro-Social & Positive Picks Tagged With: #gunviolence, #WearOrange, 22 X 20, active shooter drills, APA study mental health, Everytown, Generation Z, GenZ, Give youth the mic, gun control, gun violence, Julia Heilrayne, kids and public health, March for our Lives, mental health, Moms Demand Action, Parkland, school shootings, Since Parkland, student voice, teen voters, Wear orange, youth activists, YTH.org

ACEs Wild: Flip the Brain Script on Adverse Childhood Experiences

March 19, 2013 by Amy Jussel 1 Comment

1-8-18 Update: Important new data on public health problems emerging with kids in this damaging era of immigration anxiety. I see this every week when I tutor at Americorps/Reading Partners and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Nutrition & Wellness, People Shaping Youth, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: ACE, Adverse Childhood Experiences, at risk youth, Bay Area Discovery Museum, Bayview Children's Health Center, black history, Center for Youth Wellness, change agents, childhood trauma, childrens health, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, health effects of living in violence, immigration anxiety, infant health, kids and public health, kids stress, Nadine Burke, neuroplasticity, neuroscience, obesity prevention, Poverty, Preschool brain science, public health policy, The Poverty Clinic, toxic stressors, urban pediatrics, violence prevention, wellness, Youth-advocacy