Healthy Teens: Facing the Challenges of Young Lives
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 439 117 SP 039 076 AUTHOR McCarthy, Alice R. TITLE Healthy Teens: Facing the Challenges of Young Lives. A Practical Guide for Parents, Caregivers, Educators, and Health Professionals. Third Edition. ISBN ISBN-0-9621645-5-0 PUB DATE 2000-00-00 NOTE 278p. AVAILABLE FROM Bridge Communications, Inc., 1450 Pilgram Road, Birmingham, MI 48009 ($14.95). Tel: 248-646-1020; Fax: 248-644-8546; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://www.bridge-comm.com. PUB TYPE Books (010) Guides Non-Classroom (055) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC12 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; *Adolescent Development; *Adolescents; Alcohol Abuse; Career Choice; College Bound Students; Communication Skills; Community Responsibility; Depression (Psychology); Drug Abuse; Eating Disorders; Eating Habits; Family School Relationship; Family Violence; Health Education; *Health Promotion; Higher Education; Illegal Drug Use; Injuries; Learning Disabilities; Life Style; Mass Media; Mental Health; *Parent Child Relationship; Parent Role; Parent Teacher Conferences; Parents; Physical Health; School Responsibility; School Safety; Secondary Education; Sexual Abuse; Sexual Harassment; Sexuality; Smoking; Stress Variables; Suicide; Tuition IDENTIFIERS Abstinence; Body Piercing; Driving; Gangs; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tattoos ABSTRACT This monograph is a guide to teen development and the world of 11-18 year olds in contemporary America. It provides practical suggestions to parents and other concerned adults as they guide children through adolescence. The 12 chapters are: (1) "Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds"; (2) "Teens, Families, and Schools"; (3) "Teens and Mental Health"; (4) "Teen Sexuality"; (5) "Teens: An Active Life Style"; (6) "Teens: Substance Abuse"; (7) "The Answer to Substance Abuse"; (8)"Teens and Sexual Harassment"; (9) "Teen Safety and Crime Prevention";(10) "Teens and Violence"; (11) "Teens and Life After High School"; and (12)"Teens and a Better Community." The four appendixes present: "A Load Off the Teachers' Backs: Coordinated School Health Programs"; "The Michigan Model for Comprehensive School Health"; "Making the Grade: A Guide to School Drug Prevention"; and "When Your Adolescent is in Trouble." (Contains 21 references/resources.)(SM) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. HEALTHY TEENS `N. Facing the Challenges of Young Lives 1 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS CENTER (ERIC) BEEN GRANTED BY This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. Minor changes have been made to .1 improve reproduction quality. TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES Points of view or opinions stated in this INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. 1 2 A Practical Guide for Parents, Caregivers, Educators, and Health Professionals r=1) Third Edition Alice R. McCarthy, Ph.D. IBEST COPY AVAILABLE HEALTHY TEENS Facing the Challenges of Young Lives A Practical Guide for Parents, Caregivers, Educators, and Health Professionals Third Edition Alice R. McCarthy, Ph.D. Bridge Communications, Inc. Birmingham, Michigan 3 Although the author and publisher have exhaustively researched all sources to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the information contained in this book, we assume no responsibility for errors, inac- curacies, omissions or any other inconsistency herein. Any slights against people or organizations are unintentional. The concepts, ideas, procedures, and suggestions contained in this book are not in- tended as a substitute for consulting with your own health or education professionals. ©2000 Alice R. McCarthy Ph.D. and Bridge Communications, Inc. This edition is an expansion and revision of a work previously published as Healthy Teens: Success in High School and Beyond published by Bridge Communications, Inc., copyright ©1997 by Alice R. McCarthy. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or trans- mitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission by the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Editors: Donna Raphael and David McCarthy Researcher and Editor: Karen L. Kittredge Illustrator: Mary Douse Photographer: Michael Edward McCarthy Stock Photography: Photodisc, Digital Vision Designed by Ford & Earl Associates: Creative Director, Bonnie Detloff Zielinski Graphic Designer, M. Francheska Guerrero Second Edition Writers and Editors: James H. McCarthy and Marcia Rayner Applegate Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 99-90976 ISBN 0-9621645-5-0 Printed in the U.S.A. on acid free recycled paper, 1999 0 Third Edition Published and distributed by BRIDGE IIIII1K III COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Books from Bridge Communications, Inc., are available at quantity discounts for educational use. For more information, write to Bridge Communications, Inc., 1450 Pilgrim Road, Birmingham, Mich- igan 48009, call 248-646-1020, fax 248-644-8546, or e-mail [email protected]. Web site: http:// bridge-comm.com. Please send us your comments about Healthy Teens, Third Edition. Thank you. 4 iv I dedicate this book to my five childrenWally, David, Sharon, Jim, and Bill. You are grown up now and I am proud of you. Your support for my work has made a significant difference. And to parents, caregivers, and professionals everywhere whoare working with teens to promote a vision of a safe and healthy life for all adolescents within a context of teaching them responsibility, respect, honesty, justice and equality. CONTENTS xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii EXPERT COUNSEL AND REVIEW xv FOREWORD xvii INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE - HEALTHY BODIES, HEALTHY MINDS Adolescence Growing Up Today Tips for Parenting When Your Child Becomes an Adolescent Communicating With Your Teen Becoming A Good Listener Try Problem-Solving 19 CHAPTER TWO TEENS, FAMILIES, AND SCHOOLS Family Involvement in Health Education Family-School Partnerships Parent-Teacher Conferences 35 CHAPTER THREE - TEENS AND MENTAL HEALTH Psychological Health and the Development of Your Teen Stress and the Health. of Your Adolescent Depressive Illnesses Suicide Eating Disorders Learning Differences What is ADHD? What is Dyslexia? Dyslexia and School Central Auditory Processing Disorder 71 CHAPTER FOUR TEEN SEXUALITY Teens: Hearing From Parents Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) The Case for Abstinence The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) The Most Common STDs Piercing, Tattooing and Needle Sharing tl vii HEALTHY TEENS: FACING THE CHALLENGES OF YOUNG LIVES 91 CHAPTER FIVE - TEENS: AN ACTIVE LIFE STYLE Puberty Emotional Development Physical Development Health Education Building An Active Lifestyle Physical Activity and Health Healthy Eating Dental Health Teens Taking Responsibility for Their Health Common Teen Illnesses Injury Prevention 127 CHAPTER SIX - TEENS: SUBSTANCE ABUSE Facts About Drug Use Tobacco Alcohol Driving While Under the Influence Binge Drinking Marijuana Marijuana Today Heroin Cocaine Inhalants Ecstasy "Date Rape" Drugs 141 CHAPTER SEVEN - THE ANSWER TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE Parents and Caregivers: Crucial Players A Family Model Alcoholism in Your Family A Guide to Teen Parties Teens and Driving Substance Abuse Prevention Through Health Education 157 CHAPTER EIGHT - TEENS AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT Harassment Educational Policy Legal Issues 165 CHAPTER NINE - TEEN SAFETY AND CRIME PREVENTION Awareness First Sexual Assault Rape Awareness and Prevention viii 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS Dating and Sexual Assault Recovering From an Assault Sexual Abuse 177 CHAPTER TEN - TEENS AND VIOLENCE The Face of Violence School Violence Violence at Home Teen Relationship Violence Media Violence Gangs and Violence 199 CHAPTER ELEVEN TEENS AND LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL Connect Your Teen to the Future Why College is Important Taking the Right Courses Starts in Middle School Save on Tuition Identify Types of People and Skills Learning About a Career Jobs of the 21st Century Fastest Growing Jobs Education for the Career Chosen Questions for College Admissions Officers How Colleges Evaluate Candidates Searching for Financial Aid Work is Changing: Characteristics Needed 221 CHAPTER TWELVE - TEENS AND A BETTER COMMUNITY Resiliency Defined Programming for Healthy Teens Communities that Care The Search Institute APPENDICES 233 APPENDIX I - A Load Off the Teachers' Backs: Coordinated School Health Programs 239 APPENDIX II - The Michigan Model for Comprehensive School Health 241 APPENDIX III - Making the Grade: A Guide to School Drug Prevention 244 APPENDIX IV - When Your Adolescent is in Trouble 246 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 249 INDEX 265 ADVANCED PRAISE 8 ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The fear in writing acknowledgments rests with the author who forgetsa special person or organization who has been begged to review his or her quote, or check the veracity of a set of statistics in 48 hours! And then there are authors who write "thanks to all those who have helped, and you know who you are." That is theeasy way out. However, I am so grateful to many people for the assistance they have gra- ciously given that I must try to mention as many as possible. Healthy Teens is stronger, based on their input and research. The people who deserve every reader's thanks, and especially myown, are those who critiqued the second edition