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TeenSphere-A Teen Self-help App

in Academic Stress / Behavioral Norms / Mental Health / Online Safety / Parent-Teen Communication / Parenting / Recent Trends / Stress / Teen Apps / Uncategorized by acsteens April 27, 2012January 27, 2022 0 comments

Have you heard the phrase, “There’s an App for that.” Well apparently that is true in the case of teen mental health, as well. Its called TeenSphere. The app is designed by a licensed psychotherapist who worked with kids for years. The topics it covers are all from teens’ real life concerns and worries. There are […]

Why Teens Think It’s Cool to be Rude

in Behavioral Norms / Mental Health / Parent Tips / Parent-Teen Communication / Parenting / Teaching Mindfulness / Uncategorized by acsteens April 25, 2012January 27, 2022 0 comments

Have you ever observed your teen being rude to a peer or another adult, and wondered, “Where did they learn that behavior?” Does being “rude” equal being “cool?” This theory was tested by a study performed in 2011 by scientists from the University of Amsterdam. “Breaking the Rules to Rise to Power: How Norm Violators Gain […]

The Significance of 4/20

in Drugs & Alcohol / Marijuana / Parent Tips / Parent-Teen Communication / Smoking / Uncategorized by acsteens April 20, 2012January 27, 2022 0 comments

The date 4/20 or time 4:20 pm has long been popular with the marijuana sub-culture. Even mainstream media will sometimes mention the infamous date/time in reference to marijuana use. It is used as code or slang for many marijuana users as the time when one smokes. It is also a date that many marijuana users […]

April is Alcohol Awareness Month: What You Should Know

in Drugs & Alcohol / Parent Tips / Parent-Teen Communication / Parenting / Prescription Drugs / Prevention / Substance Abuse / Uncategorized by acsteens April 17, 2012January 27, 2022 0 comments

National Alcohol Awareness Month was first started in 1987 by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) to create awareness about the use of alcohol and the serious consequences associated with its misuse. The NCADD reports that teens who experiment with alcohol before age 15 are four times more likely to become alcohol […]

Marijuana is Most Popular With Teens, How to Notice the Signs of Use

in Drugs & Alcohol / Marijuana / Parent Tips / Parenting / Prevention / Recent Trends / Substance Abuse by acsteens April 12, 2012January 27, 2022 0 comments

Since marijuana use among teens is thought to be more widespread than alcohol, About.com has posted some very informative statistics about marijuana use amongst teens. These statistics come from trusted government studies and prevention organizations and they tell a powerful story about when our children begin using substances like marijuana. Here are just a few: […]

Spring Fever or Loss of Motivation: How to Help Your Underachieving Teen

in Parent Tips / Parent-Teen Communication / Setting Boundaries / Teaching Mindfulness / Teen Motivation by acsteens April 10, 2012January 27, 2022 0 comments

By Jennifer Jones, LCSW, Site Director, Palo Alto High School It’s that time of year; the long winter is over, trees are blossoming, the temperature is warming, and we all want to go to the beach instead of to work. That’s why Spring Break was invented. But what if a week of vacation doesn’t revive […]

New Study Finds US Adolescent Substance Abusers Started Using at Age 14

in Drugs & Alcohol / Prevention / Recent Trends / Substance Abuse / Upcoming Events by acsteens April 3, 2012January 27, 2022 0 comments

A new study published in the April issue of the journal Archives of General Psychiatry found many alarming statistics about what age US children begin using substances such as; alcohol, marijuana, tobacco, and harder narcotics. In the study, Joel Swendsen, of the University of Bordeaux in France, and colleagues analyzed data from a U.S. survey […]

Affordable Care Act Provides Teens Access to Mental Health

in Affordable Care Act / Mental Health / Mental Health / Recent Trends by acsteens March 29, 2012January 27, 2022 0 comments

As the US Supreme Court sits in deliberation over legal issues that surround the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (ie. health care reform); one group of health care professionals, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has stepped out as supporters of the bill. “This law has already helped maintain or improve access to preventive services for […]

Helping Teens as They Look into the Future

in Parent Tips / Parent-Teen Communication / Parenting / Teaching Mindfulness by acsteens March 20, 2012January 27, 2022 0 comments

by Martha Chan, M.A., LMFT, Site Director for Terman Middle School and parent of Gunn High School graduates, class of ’99 and class of ’03 I want to carry forward some of the resilience concepts that my colleague, Chris Chiochios, wrote about in an earlier newsletter: accepting our children for who they are and helping them to […]

How to Spot the First Signs of Teen Depression

in Depression / Drugs & Alcohol / Mental Health / Parent Tips / Parent-Teen Communication / Suicide / Suicide Prevention / Uncategorized by acsteens March 16, 2012January 27, 2022 0 comments

Recently About.com posted a really helpful post about the “First Signs of Teen Depression.” The post was written by About.com’s resident teen health expert Denise Witmer. Here is the beginning of Denise’s post. Many times parents of teens who have tried to or have committed suicide struggle with the idea that there were signs of […]