Prevention Nation

Ava and Matt discuss their favorite things about working with audio. As Business Professionals of America they talk prevention and how having interests and hobbies are protective factors for youth.

Prevention Nation launches our first ever youth-led podcast spin off, Brain Juice. Join in with host Ava and cohost Matt while they talk relationships and plan future podcast ideas.

Roy and Shelby discuss the pressure in society to compare yourself to others and their success.

Shelby and Roy discuss the potential stressors of the holiday season and the importance of help-seeking behavior along with resiliency.

Shelby and Roy sit down with Warren County students Ava and Matt to discuss the upcoming youth segment of Prevention Nation.

Shelby and Roy discuss two different TikTok videos related to toxic masculinity, bullying, and men expressing their emotions.

Shelby and Roy discuss the question: does your family's opinion of your dating partner matter?

Roy and Shelby address the questions: how long to date before engagement/marriage? Is it a red flag if one partner falls a lot faster than the other?

Season 4: Shelby and Roy open up the season with a discussion on the long term implications of forcing children to share and draw some conclusions how forced sharing may intersect with some concepts around consent.

Shelby and Roy discuss some summer prevention work and close out an early season 3. Stay tuned for Season 4 as we go back to school.

Roy and Shelby explore reasons why some people stay in unhealthy or even unsafe relationships. They discuss leaving abusive relationships from an adult and teen perspective. https://www.loveisrespect.org/

Shelby and Roy discuss the Tik Tok trend about spying and stalking dating partners through hidden cameras and why this isn't a good thing.

Shelby and Roy blind react to 2 topics: what age would you let your kids date & back to school safety

Roy and Shelby discuss the grey area between red flags and green flags in relationships: yellow flags.

TW: Sex trafficking discussed. Amy shares her story as a survivor of human trafficking and how she got out. Sidewalk soldiers website: https://sidewalksoldiers.net/ National human trafficking hotline: 1(888)373-7888 SMS: 233733 (Text "HELP" or "INFO")

Amy Cornelius from Sidewalk Soldiers discusses the organization and their mission to provide hope, help and healing to survivors at the intersection of human trafficking and substance abuse. Sidewalk soldiers website: https://sidewalksoldiers.net/ National human trafficking hotline: 1(888)373-7888 SMS: 233733 (Text "HELP" or "INFO")

TW: suicide is discussed. In this episode, Shelby and Roy have a mental health check-in and discuss suicide awareness and prevention, and the importance of being kind and reaching out. For the suicide hotline: call 988, for the crisis text line: text HOME to 741741.

Jolynn Hurwitz, the Southwest Ohio Regional Prevention Project Director, comes to Prevention Nation to discuss local initiatives and programs that impact children and families in our community. Here is the Ohio Children's Trust Fund website: octf.ohio.gov

Roy and Shelby discuss how fatherhood initiatives and the domestic violence prevention field interact and are in some ways interdependent. 'Courageous Conversations with Ohio Men' event sign up link: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ej678cv05f755940&llr=yx4m4m8ab

Roy and Shelby share some positive mental health stories and check in on your "weather."

Roy and Shelby share their thoughts on the sensationalized case of Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard from the perspective of preventionists in the field of domestic violence.

We discuss the Warren County Foundation's partnership with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library and the positive impact it has had in our community. This reading initiative aims to increase literacy of children by delivering new books to them every month for free. More information and enrollment can be found at www.warrencountyfoundation.org/imagination-library.html

We sat down and spoke with guests President & CEO, Rosa and Vice President of Operations, Shandra of Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence to discuss Sexual Assault Awareness Month. For help, support, and information go to oaesv.org

Roy and Shelby discuss the Oscars, the slap heard around the world, and the culture of violence.

Meet new cohost Shelby and learn a little about her and why she joined Team Prevention.