Adolescent Counseling Services’ Resource Blog

Motivational Interviewing Training Workshop – Friday, April 18th

ACS’ is hosting our 2nd Annual “Motivational Interviewing Training Workshop” on Friday, April 18, 2014. This is an all day workshop starting at 9 am until 4 pm hosted at Silicon Valley Community Foundation in Mountain View. This workshop will be useful training for teachers, school administrators, guidance counselors, therapists in training, and licensed therapists. […]

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Building Appropriate Boundaries with Your Teen: The Fine Line Between Parent and Friend

By: Beverly Reyes After-School Counseling Program Intern As teenagers grow and start to individuate it is sometimes difficult for parents to find that fine line between parent and friend.  Parents with loose boundaries and rules may find it easy to get along with their teen because there is no power struggle and no arguments.  The teen […]

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Audrie’s Law – Stricter Laws for Cyberbulling

After the devastating suicide of Audrie Pott in September 2012, a week after she drank too much vodka-laced Gatorade at a house party, passed out and woke up to find crude messages scribbled on her half naked body. Facebook messages she sent out looking for answers the next week suggested she knew photos had been taken […]

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