by Elena Kadvany / Palo Alto Weekly Fri, Nov 6, 2015 There’s a rare place in Mountain View where transgender and gender non-conforming teens feel safe to explore, express and be who they are. That place is Outlet, a longtime local program that provides comprehensive services to LGBTQQ youth and adolescents, both directly in […]
by Elena Kadvany / Palo Alto Weekly Fri, Nov 6, 2015 The Palo Alto school board will discuss next week a new policy aimed at ensuring the protection of the rights of transgender and gender non-conforming students. The proposed policy, titled “Gender Identity and Access,” seeks to “promote the healthy development and safety […]
by Elena Kadvany / Palo Alto Weekly Wed, Oct 28, 2015 After four surveys that have yielded the same results — that there is a gap between counseling services at Palo Alto and Gunn high schools — and one committee that spent a school year analyzing how to close that gap at Gunn, […]
Around Town News – May 29, 2015 BRACELETS FOR COUNSELING … Two Palo Alto High School seniors started selling handmade bead bracelets this week to support Adolescent Counseling Services (ACS), a Palo Alto nonprofit that provides on-campus counseling to Paly and Gunn students, student news website the Paly Voice reported. Seniors Claire Chevallier […]
by Elena Kadvany / Palo Alto Weekly Fri, May 22, 2015 The absence of adolescent inpatient psychiatric beds in Santa Clara County — described by one Palo Alto child and adolescent psychiatrist as a “hospitalization crisis” — is actually the norm rather than the exception in California. The number of counties without inpatient […]
Written By Evan Sahn, ACS Clinical Intern, Adolescent Substance Abuse & Community Counseling Programs Domestic violence has recently become a more visible crime as survivors of assault are frequently more willing to report their perpetrators to the police. Even with this increased visibility, stories of domestic violence in the media have been centered almost entirely […]
By: Katie Luce, LMFT, ACS School Site Supervisor Image: Placid Children and adolescents may have fewer responsibilities than their parents, but childhood and the teen years can still be one of the most stressful periods in life. The demands of school, homework, extracurricular activities, and even daily family living can make children and adolescents feel overwhelmed […]
Complied by: Outlet Program staff in partnership with Youth Space In celebration of LGBTQ+ History Month, Outlet and the LGBTQ Youth Space have collaborated to celebrate and highlight important LGBTQ+ historical figures and their contributions to events that have positively impacted the LGBTQQ+ community worldwide. Why is LGBTQ History Month Important? It is a month […]
By: Mayra Vargas, ACS Intern, Community Counseling Program Communication between adolescents and parents is one of the most difficult things in the realm of family relationships. Adolescents in the teen stage begin to explore and experiment with their own identities, and that can sometimes cause a shift in the parent-adolescent relationship. Sometimes, parents don’t know how to communicate with […]
Written By: German Cheung, Psy D. | ACS Site Supervisor, Terman Middle School “Tiger Mother,” a term that was hugely popularized by Amy Chua’s article in the Wall Street Journal in 2011, titled, “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior,” describes how parents hold suffocatingly high expectations for their child that often lead to conflicts in […]
