ABCHY News
Read the 2011 CAFY-ABCHY Parent Survey Results
ABCHY & CAFY collaborated last spring to conduct a survey of Acton-Boxborough parents of teens. The survey focused on what parents are doing to promote the health and wellness of their teens and to reduce risky teen behavior. It also focused on the major concerns that parents have related to this topic and what they believe that parents, the schools, ABCHY and CAFY, and the community-at-large should do to help ensure the health and wellness of our teens. Three-hundred-and-thirty-eight parents of 6th-12th grade students completed the survey.
Upcoming ABCHY Meetings
The ABCHY board of directors meets monthly. Community participation is welcome.
Thursday, November 17 at 2:30pm at ABRHS.
Recaps
Wednesday, February 9, 2011.
The Acton-Boxborough Coalition for Healthy Youth (ABCHY),
the Community Alliance for Youth (CAFY), and the
Middlesex Partnerships for Youth, Inc.
sponsored a Program about Bullying and Cyberbulling at the R.J. Grey Jr. High Library.
January 24, 2011. Coalition Targets Teen Safety, Wellness. The Acton-Boxborough Coalition for Healthy Youth (ABCHY) will offer a variety of upcoming programs and forums that emphasize
improving health and safety for some of Acton-Boxborough's most vulnerable citizens–its adolescents. Read the Patch article.
Thank You to Dr. Michael J. Bradley, Ed.D, the award-winning author of the popular title, Yes, Your Teen Is
Crazy!. He offered a funny and empowering program on helping grow your 21st century teen into a strong, confident and productive adult in his presentation called Loving Your Teen Without Losing Your Mind. In case you missed his talk on October 13 at R.J. Grey Jr. High, read DR. MIKE BRADLEY'S TEN COMMANDMENTS OF PARENTING or visit his website at www.docmikebradley.com or watch the video right here.
Dr. Bradley offers Parent Forums on his website.
The Acton-Boxborough Regional School Department ABRSD and ABCHY were proud to co-host a Breakfast Symposium for School and Mental Health Professionals and Community Advocates on October 20. The program was entitled Bullying Prevention and Intervention: What we know. What we can do. Read some of the Symposium documents including Reducing Bulling & Cyberbullying and Bullying Prevention & Intervention.
ABCHY in the Press
Wicked Local Acton with News from the Beacon
Letters to the editor, Oct. 22 edition
Tue Oct 27, 2009, 08:11 AM EDT
Acton, Mass. - ABCHY thanks event supporters
On behalf of Acton-Boxborough Coalition for Healthy Youth (ABCHY) we thank the school, community, and business people who took time to participate in our breakfast symposium earlier this month. Many terrific ideas were shared during the roundtable discussions. Shortly, we will be posting these ideas on our web site.
We want to continue this positive momentum so we will be sponsoring another town-wide discussion later this fall. Please watch our web site abchy.org for more details.
ABCHY serves as facilitators of dialogue and purveyors of community resources available to youth and families in the communities of Acton and Boxborough. CAFY is one of the nine founding organizations that established ABCHY to help coordinate resources and promote positive youth development. We are funded through a generous grant from the Acton-Boxborough United Way.
Thank you for your support. — Jan Stewart, Outreach Coordinator (ABCHY)
