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Beyond Sexual Assault
Authored by: Gene Beresin, Executive Director…written and performed by Dr. Gene Beresin. Alison Safran is a 22-year-old who graduated from Mount Holyoke College in May 2014. She was the victim of a sexual assault as…
When Kids Leave Home: Part 2
Authored by: Peter Braaten, Steven Schlozman, MD, Gene Beresin, Executive Director and Ellen Braaten, PhD…college student who finishes college in four years and gets the job he was hoping for. “Failure to launch” may not be just a passing fad, but a real change…
Adult Children Moving Back Home: The Boomerang Generation and the New Normal
Authored by: Rand Spero, CFP®, MBA, Ed.M. and Gene Beresin, Executive DirectorIntro music written and performed by Dr. Gene Beresin. Outro music performed by Dr. Gene Beresin. In the past when children went off to college or left home, parents needed…
Potential Harms of Hazing Initiations
Authored by: Gerald Reid, Ph.D.Social Adjustment and Bullying Prevention Lab found that first-year college students with histories of peer victimization or aggression toward others were more likely to be hazed while in college. Perceived…
Teaching for the Test or Teaching for Real Life?
Authored by: Gene Beresin, Executive Director…students passing the multi-state college-readiness test, 99% of Perspectives students were accepted to college, 91% entered college, and 44% graduated after 6 years. This latter figure is 10% higher than…
Failure To Launch and the Disorganized Teenager – Could a Life Coach Help?
Authored by: Carol. A. Kinlan, M.Ed., M.B.A.…Even with impressive test scores, her college choices were limited due to her lackluster grades. Once in college and no longer having the prodding of her parents to complete her…
When Kids Leave Home: Part 1
Authored by: Steven Schlozman, MD, Gene Beresin, Executive Director and Ellen Braaten, PhD…your kids are mentally preparing to head off to college—or, if they’re not headed to college, they’re off to the professional world. A major milestone has been reached. We’re all…
Khadijah Booth Watkins, MD, MPH
Authored by: Sara Rattigan, Communications Director…the New York-Presbyterian Hospital combined program of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Weill Cornell Medical College. Subsequent to her Child and Adolescent Psychiatry training, she completed a…
What to Know About Getting Your Child SAT/ACT Accommodations
Authored by: Ellen Braaten, PhDThe Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the American College Test (ACT) are important tests for students hoping to go to college. If you have a high school student with a…
Hazing On School Campuses: What Parents And Students Need To Know
Authored by: Michelle Chaney, M.D., MScPH…11,000 college students across a range of student organizations and athletic teams nationwide. Results revealed that 55% of college students involved in clubs, teams and organizations reported that they had…
A Parent’s Journey Through Autism: “I have to admit it’s getting better, a little better all the time…”
Authored by: Deirdre Phillips…the progress we’ve made in this journey together. Our son is a college student, an employee, a brother, nephew, cousin, and grandson. I’m happy to say he has some good…
Money + Mental Health: Supporting Young Adult Children, With Limits – Shrinking It Down
Authored by: Rand Spero, CFP®, MBA, Ed.M. and Ellen Braaten, PhDIf you’re a parent, you’ve likely spent time thinking about your child’s future after age 18. Whether it’s going to college, finding a job, finding an apartment – taking…
How to Help Young People Cope With Grief and Loss During COVID-19
Authored by: Gene Beresin, Executive Director…“It’s been 4 weeks at home. Freshman college student had 4 days to move out and return home from an out of state college, and 5th grader had to adjust…
Young People, Sports, and Mental Health ft. Dr. Jonathan Jenkins, Psy.D, CMPC – Shrinking It Down
Authored by: Khadijah Booth Watkins, Associate Director and Gene Beresin, Executive Director…not go to college if I’m just going to either go for tennis or not go to college, which was a tough conversation in my household. Then I broke my…
Dr. Chester Pierce: Reflections on my Treasured Mentor
Authored by: Gene Beresin, Executive Director…College athlete, and the first African American to play a college football game below the Mason Dixon line against the all-white segregated University of Virginia; an expert in research in…
