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Stop Bullying Now! Website The newly redesigned Stop Bullying Now! Website has recently added new, helpful resources. Some of the most recent additions includes: Archives of two of the Campaign’s Webcasts on Cyberbullying and Community Action; · An updated state-by-state map of laws on bullying; A new section highlighting major studies and research reports on the issue of bullying; A new partner spotlight about the great work of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) Be sure to check out www.StopBullyingNow.hrsa.gov.
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Today Show Looks at Drowsy Teen Drivers The Today Show recently featured a segment on drowsy driving among teenagers. According to the National Sleep Foundation's 2006 Sleep in America poll, 51 percent of all adolescents who drive reported that they had driven drowsy at least once in the past year. Among those adolescents, 5 percent had nodded off or fallen asleep while driving in the past year, and 27 percent of those respondents had an accident or near accident due to drowsiness while driving. The Today Show segment notes that fatigue is a factor in about 100,000 crashes every year, most involving young drivers. National Sleep Foundation Chairman Thomas J. Balkin, PhD, told the Today Show, "In many ways, driving drowsy is very much like driving drunk." According to Balkin, drowsiness - like alcohol - can severely impair a driver's reflexes, judgment and awareness. Read more and view segment HERE |
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Prenatal alcohol exposure is the leading known preventable cause of intellectual disabilities and neurobehavioral disorders in the developed world affecting as many as 40,000 newborns each year in the United States alone, more cases annually than autism or other commonly known birth defects such as Downs syndrome, cerebral palsy, cystic fibrosis, spina bifida and sudden infant death syndrome, COMBINED.
The National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome ("NOFAS") is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit public health advocacy organization committed to raising the awareness of the risks associated with alcohol consumption during pregnancy and supporting individuals and families living with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (or "FAS"). NOFAS represents children and adults seeking medical, mental health, education, rehabilitative and other therapeutic services for the spectrum of effects associated with prenatal alcohol exposure. More information at http://www.nofas.org/
"Head Start Body Start (HSBS) Radio is currently featuring “The Importance of Being a Playful Parent,” a conversation about the benefits of play and the consequences of neglecting play with HSBS Master Trainer Rae Pica and Dr. Stuart Brown, author of Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination and Invigorates the Soul.
October 19-23rd
HSBS will hold its inaugural Take It Outside! week on October 19 through 23 encouraging Head Start programs and daycare centers across the nation to get outside, connect with the natural world, and increase physical activity. HSBS will provide programs with ideas to celebrate Take It Outside! week including activity ideas, tips for facilitating play, and suggestions for enhancing the environment.
Share FREE online Early Childhood Physical Activity Calendars every month with parents and staff!
Every Child Matters Education Fund (March 18, 2009)
To help warn parents of this risk, ONDCP's National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign has developed a new customizable Open Letter that you can use in your community to educate parents and encourage them to both monitor their teens and look for signs of abuse.
This Open Letter is an exclusive resource for schools and community organizations and is now available for you to customize and use by considering these tactics:
· Add your organization's name and logo to the Open Letter
· Recruit local signatories and insert local names and logos;
· Localize the national Campaign message on the ad; and
· Distribute throughout your community: school districts, newspaper ad buys, donated ad space, and at town hall meetings.
There are two versions of this Open Letter available on TheAntiDrug.com. Go to <http://www.theantidrug.com/openletter/OTCdrugs_Editable.pdf> to download the color version or http://www.theantidrug.com/resources/pdfs/OTCdrugs_Editable_BW.pdf><http://www.theantidrug.com/openletter/OTCdrugs_Editable_BW.pdffor the black and white version. Other Open Letter ads, as well as a host of free resources, are available at http://www.theantidrug.com/Resources