by IH Teen Counselor | Jun 25, 2023 | Abuse, General Information, Relationships, Sexual Assault
For many years I taught a freshmen high school health class which included the topic of sexual assault. In one class, I showed a video, and we processed the scenario afterwards. The Video: A depiction of a female college freshman and a male college junior coming from...
by IHteendirector | Nov 16, 2021 | General Information, Relationships, Sexual Assault
Responding to Disclosures What is a Disclosure? A disclosure is telling another person about an incident or experience of violence or abuse. This incident or experience of violence may have occurred in the past, or it may have happened recently, or it may be ongoing....
by IHteendirector | Aug 26, 2021 | Relationships
Healthy Relationships When evaluating any relationship, whether it be romantic, friendship, or even a familial, it is important to consider the healthiness of the relationship. As humans, we often want to feel loved, respected, and to feel supported by the people in...
by IHteendirector | Jun 28, 2021 | Relationships, Sexual Assault
It’s All About Consent! People with disabilities are 3 times more likely to be sexually assaulted than people without disabilities. (disabilityjustice.org) The statistics are devasting. There are things we can do to change these numbers and help create safer...
by IHteendirector | Jan 28, 2021 | Abuse, Domestic Violence, Relationships
The Bully, The Bullied, and the ‘not so innocent’ Bystander In October’s blog about Bullying, we shared that research has shown that students who have a disability are more worried about school safety and or being injured or harassed by their peers than students...
by IHteendirector | Dec 7, 2020 | General Information, Relationships
What is sexting? Sexting means to send sexy messages or images using your phone, computer or camera. Some people think that sexting is harmless, however, once a sext is out on the internet, it will always be there. Once you click the SEND button, you have no control...
by IHteendirector | Oct 22, 2020 | Abuse, Relationships
Don’t Be A Bully Bullying is the actions taken to seek harm, intimidate or coerce someone who is considered to be vulnerable to the perpetrator (stopbullying.gov). Like each new generation of children, bullying changes too. New forms of bullying are found, meaning...
by IHteendirector | Jul 6, 2020 | General Information, Relationships
Having a good understanding about sex and sexuality starting from a young age allows us to foster healthy relationships for later in life. Talking to our youth about this subject is difficult, scaring and uncomfortable. Sex education is a sensitive subject and not...
by IHteendirector | Jun 8, 2020 | Relationships
June is Men’s Health Awareness month and in 2020 the theme is a “Fresh Start”. At a time when we have spent the last few months staying at, or close to, home while having limited engagement with others this seems very appealing. 2020 is also the start of...
by IHteendirector | May 5, 2020 | Relationships
Have you ever felt frustrated because you thought your feelings were not considered about a decision being made? Have you ever felt frustrated towards a caregiver because they made an assumption on how you may feel about something? Having the ability to make decisions...
by IHteendirector | Mar 2, 2020 | General Information, Relationships
TheraPAWtic Benefits It was a Thursday night at 7:15 pm. I just got home from a long day at work and nothing had been going right all day, in neither my personal nor my professional life. After I realized I came home to an empty house (no other humans), I immediately...
by IHteendirector | Feb 3, 2020 | Abuse, Domestic Violence, Relationships
You claimed to love me. But did you really? Is it really love if you make me feel worthless? Is it really love if you tell me I will never succeed? Is it really love if you so easily left when I clearly needed you most? You claimed to love me. But did you really? Is...
by IH Teen Counselor | May 17, 2019 | Abuse, Domestic Violence, Gender, Relationships
Spring is in the air and warmer weather is right around the corner. But everyone should always remember to be cautious of their relationships and what’s happening in them. Always remember there’s no time in your life when you can’t be affected by dating abuse, it can...
by IH Teen Counselor | Sep 28, 2016 | Relationships
Now that school is officially underway, it’s a great time to make changes happen in your life. Each new school year is an unofficial restart on those New Year’s resolutions you made nine months ago. Maybe you aspired to wake up and eat breakfast every morning, when...
by IH Teen Counselor | Sep 15, 2016 | Relationships
Have you ever been upset about something your partner has done and tried to bring it up to them? Odds are, depending on the severity of the situation and how you and your partner solve problems, it may have ended amicably or it may have become a fight. Most of us...
