Category: troubled youth

• Case Study on Washington State Department of Children, Youth and Families Youth Transitions Project

  This is a summary of Adam Fletcher’s consulting with the Washington State Department of Children, Youth and Families.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  October 16, 2019

  Adam Fletcher’s Projects, disengagement, Past projects, Research, systems change, troubled youth, Washington

• Leelah’s Murder Is OUR Fault

  Leelah Alcorn’s death was practically a murder. It shows how America’s legal system, which enshrines parental rights above children’s rights, has killed another young person. More importantly though, we need to see that Leelah’s murder is our fault. We have not done enough, taught enough, said enough, or worked hard enough to stop this horror from happening. […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  January 9, 2015

  Adam Fletcher, adult allies, adultism, advocacy, bullying, children’s rights, ephebiphobia, government, law, pedophobia, perceptions, policy, troubled youth, youth empowerment, youth policy, Youth Rights

  adultism, adults, children, social change, youth, youth discrimination

• Six Reasons Youth Disengage

  After almost 15 years of consulting nonprofits, K-12 schools, and government agencies across the United States and Canada, last year I took a position coordinating a dropout prevention program in the Pacific Northwest. Hungry to examine a different support system for youth I wasn’t familiar with, I chose this program because it supports young people […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  June 24, 2014

  disengagement, troubled youth, youth, youth engagement, Youth Voice

  youth