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Safe and Responsible: How Digital Activity Can Affect Youth Employment

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A few months ago, we wrote a blog about cyber safety and cyber bullying prevention. This month, we want to discuss a different aspect of cyber safety, specifically as it relates to employment and educational prospects. EmployIndy has an initiative called Job Ready Indy, which focuses on cyber safety as it relates to employability. Participants, who range in age from 16-24, …

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Meeting Students’ Needs: Supporting Mental Health Professionals in Schools

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As our society works to erase the stigma around mental health disorders, many students could benefit by having more access to counselors, social workers, and mental health professionals. Christy Gauss, a school mental health facilitator for the Indiana School Mental Health Initiative at Indiana University, said that there is currently no accurate data about the …

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Knowing the Consequences: Teaching Youth about Cyber Safety

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As technology becomes more engrained in our daily lives, parents have greater responsibility to teach their kids about cyber safety. “The thing that makes youth more vulnerable to cyberbullying and/or dangerous digital materials is simply access,” said Andrea Kamwendo, an adolescent health educator for LifeSmart Youth. “Youth are far more connected to social media and …

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