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Volume 19 - 2008-2009 School Year - Issue #1 Cover Article: New Baby? No Problem! - Issue #2 Cover Article: Techno Tips for Keeping in Touch - Issue #3 Cover Article: Keeping Young Drivers Crash Free - Issue #4 Cover Article: Working Together to Help Students Say No to Smoking
Volume 18 - 2007-2008 School Year
- Issue #1 Cover Article: Concern about 'How to Use Drugs' videos on YouTube - Issue #2 Cover Article: Early Social Experiences can Influence Adult Relationships - Issue #3 Cover Article: Drugs of Abuse MayBe Closer to Home Than You Realize - Issue #4 Cover Article: Talking With Children About Emergency Preparedness - Issue #5 Cover Article: Teach Students Responsibility Today for Success Tomorrow - Issue #6 Cover Article: Radio Alcohol Ads Reach Too Many Youth, Watchdog Says - Issue #7 Cover Article: No Bullies on Board: Putting the Brakes on School Bus Bullying - Issue #8 Cover Article: Parental Denial of Teen Substance Abuse - Issue #9 Cover Article: Parents as Role Models
Volume 17- 2007- 2008 - Issue #9 Cover Article: Building Self Esteem in Children - Issue #8 - Cover Article: Helping Students Make the Grade - Issue #5 - Cover Article:Parents should always be Present at Teen Parties - Issue #4 - Cover Article:Bullying Keeps Overweight Children on the Sidelines - Issue #3 - Cover Article:Body Image and Children - Issue #2 - Cover Article: Teen Steroid Use Can Flip the Switch on for Years of Aggressive Behavior - Issue # 1 - Cover Article: Peer Exclusion may be as Harmful as Bullying Volume 16 - 2005-2006 - Issue # 1 - Cover Article: The Warning Signs of Violence - Issue # 2 - Cover Article: Facing Party Drugs - Issue # 3 - Cover Article: "Girl Bullying" : What It Is and What To Do About It - Issue # 4 - Cover Article: Programs Can Teach Children to Eat Healthier - Issue # 5 - Cover Article: Secondhand Tobacco Smoke is Particularly Harmful to Children's Health - Issue # 6 - Cover Article: Making Good Decisions - Issue # 7 - Cover Article: Keeping Children's Online Behavior at School In Check - Issue # 8 - The Challenge of Caregiving - Issue # 9 - Warning Signs of Suicidal Tendencies in Children
The Helping Hand Newsletter is purchased by MAASA on a yearly basis, and is intended to provide information and resources for readers in the Madison, N.J. community.