Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM). The reality is that only 33% of teens who are in abusive relationships ever tell anyone. Teens often don’t know how to initiate a conversation about it or are unaware they are in an abusive situation. As a parent or someone who works with teens, you can change […]
Evidence-Based Strategies to Reduce Shoplifting Violations
Evidence-Based Practice: Identifying Triggers
Evidence-Based Practices: A Detailed Guide
5 Things Everyone Should Know About Fentanyl
The opioid crisis has been making headlines recently, with fentanyl as a particularly hot topic. If you work in education or in the justice system, you’ve probably heard or seen some of the damaging effects of this drug. What is Fentanyl? Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that was originally developed for medical purposes. It’s intended […]
Evidence-Based Practices: Identify Protective Behaviors
At the core of all 3rd Millennium Classrooms courses are evidence-based practices, which are essential to ensuring effective, long-lasting changes. One of the many strategies we use is to Identify Protective Behaviors.
What To Do if You Think Someone is Being Trafficked
Human trafficking is a transnational, organized crime that affects millions of victims and happens in almost every country in the world, including the United States. Anyone can be a trafficker regardless of social, ethnic, or racial group. Traffickers exploit victims for sex and forced labor by using tactics such as grooming, emotional exploitation, physical restriction, […]
Evidence-Based Strategies to Reduce High-Risk Alcohol Use
Excessive alcohol consumption is the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States, and it results in an average of more than 80,000 deaths each year. More than half of these deaths are due to high-risk drinking, defined as consuming 4 or more standard drinks for women or 5 or more drinks for […]
3 Ways Pre-Trial Intervention Achieves Public Safety
In the United States, there’s a common problem: jails are overcrowded, courts and agencies are overburdened, and costs are skyrocketing. To address this issue, courts, probation offices, and agencies across the country are embracing an evidence-based approach: pre-trial intervention. By encouraging an alternative to arrest or charges in appropriate cases, courts and agencies are using […]
Evidence-Based Practices: Making a Plan
