Keep Your Kids Safe This Summer
It’s still summer, and by this point, your kids may be getting antsy with all the time on their hands. That’s why it’s even more important to make sure that they are handling media responsibly.
How COVID is Changing Human Trafficking
Chuck Paul, an anti-trafficking subject matter expert, recently explained how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting local trafficking victims.
What is Bystander Intervention?
Bystander intervention is when someone who isn’t directly involved in a potentially harmful situation steps up to positively change what happens. Potentially harmful situations include sexual harassment or assault, bullying, or binge drinking. It’s easy to stand by and not help someone in a difficult situation, even if you know something isn’t right. But it’s […]
Ways Schools and Families can Prevent Opioid Misuse
Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the United States, and the most common fatal overdose is opioids. While opioid misuse among teens has been going down, two in three adults treated for opioid use disorder started using opioids when they were younger than age 25.
Bullying in 2020: Stopping Bullying During COVID-19
Going back to school during the COVID-19 pandemic is complicated enough. The crisis has changed a lot in education and brought many social issues into a new light. Unfortunately, 2020 has also seen a rise in certain types of bullying.
Early Signs of an Unhealthy Relationship
New relationships can be fun and exciting as you start a new chapter in your lives together. In the beginning, everything seems perfect, and you couldn’t imagine anything going wrong. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. Sometimes your partner ends up having some flaws. And while some flaws are okay, like they love chocolate ice […]
Respect and Resolve Vs. Conflict-Wise JV
Developing a healthy style of communication is important to most people and considered a life skill that many desire. This skill can be developed at an early age and many educators are now making it a point to foster communication skills to help their students.
Evidence-Based Strategy for Behavior Change: Challenging Expectancies
All of 3rd Millennium’s courses incorporate evidence-based strategies. One of these practices is Challenging Expectancies.
Evidence-based: Behavior and Skills Training
There are many proven strategies that are useful when helping others make a change in their behavior. For example, strategies such as using personalized feedback and challenging a person’s expected outcomes of substance use have been shown to impact behavior.
Why Prevention Education Matters
Prevention education has been used as a tool to combat sexual violence, bullying, poor self-esteem, obesity, diabetes, nicotine use, alcohol use, drug use, and domestic abuse and other issues young people face.
