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SEX EDUCATION & SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION
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School may not seem like a risky place but even long ago, before today’s reality of school violence, students had to be brave to manage the risks and challenges of their daily lives. Childhood is filled with new experiences and challenges that require young people to be vulnerable and brave, so how can we, as...
Many assume that marijuana today is the same as it was many years ago. This is a dangerous misconception. Marijuana has become exponentially stronger over the years as THC levels (the psychoactive ingredient) in marijuana have increased 212% between 1995 and 2015 (NIH). Marijuana comes in many forms like flowers, buds, edibles, dabs, vape/dab pens...
Have you heard the news? Puberty, that period-of-time when children begin the wild ride into adulthood, is beginning earlier and lasts longer than the puberty you likely experienced. Over the last several decades, studies have challenged the long-standing pubertal benchmark created back in the 1940s by pediatric endocrinologist Dr. Joseph Tanner, who identified the average...
During 2024, Candor has celebrated fifty years of serving the Chicagoland community! We will be wrapping up our yearlong celebration with our Dancing Through the Decades event at which we will reminisce about all the wonderful things that Candor has done over the last fifty years. This is a huge celebration and accomplishment for so...
As a student at Woodridge School in Woodridge, Illinois, I had my first exposure to the Robert Crown Center for Health Education. I vividly remember the carpeted stairs in the classrooms at the old center at 21 Salt Creek Lane in Hinsdale. I also remember participating in the sex education programs that followed the “Linda”...
When I joined the Robert Crown Center for Health Education as a consultant in 2011, I could never have anticipated the remarkable journey my career would take over the next 14 years. Progressing through various roles—from Special Events Coordinator to Development Associate, Director of Operations, Chief Operating Officer, Executive Director, and finally, CEO—I’ve worn many...
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