Effective Survival Strategies

Dealing with everyday life as a teen can be tough. Schoolwork, testing, social pressures, and planning for the future can cause stress, anxiety, and depression.Some teens are struggling to ward off violence in school or resist gang activity and involvement. Others are coping with drug and alcohol addictions. This series provides guidance for readers going through these issues and recommends additional resources such as counseling and online support groups.

• Provides resources to arm readers with the tools they need to tackle the problem

• Sensitive, insightful discussion of topics of which all teens need to be aware

• Helps teams navigate their way out of problems and situations that threaten to derail their future and permanently negate their potential and opportunities