DASHFeb 5, 20182 minWARNING SIGNS – SUBSTANCE ABUSEDASH’s early warning signs are meant to guide you in determining whether your relationship is healthy. In this series of articles, we wil...
DASHJan 30, 20181 minSUMMER FLING?We at DASH had a great idea to write an article on how to handle a summer romance. Well, great minds think alike and our friends at lovei...
DASHJan 30, 20181 minOVER ONE THIRD ARE VICTIMS OF DATING ABUSEIn a survey presented at a meeting by the American Psychological Association on July, 31, 2013, over one third of responding teens said t...
DASHJul 6, 20173 minWARNING SIGNS – ISOLATION DASH’s early warning signs are meant to guide you in determining whether your relationship is healthy. In this series of articles, we wil...
DASHFeb 6, 20172 minWARNING SIGNS – THREATENS YOUDASH’s early warning signs are meant to guide you in determining whether your relationship is healthy. In this series of articles, we wil...
DASHJan 29, 20171 minACTUALLY, ARE YOU BEING ABUSIVE?????Here are some top behaviors that can be considered abusive Do you constantly check up on your partner and accuse her or him of cheating o...
DASHFeb 6, 20162 minSTRANGULATION NOW A FELONY IN VIRGINIAStrangulation is one of the lethal warning signs in teen dating abuse and in domestic violence. As of July 1, 2012, in the State of Virgi...
DASHFeb 6, 20161 minSURVEY: 25% WERE THREATENED OR HARASSED USING TECHNOLOGYA survey of 5, 647 middle school students in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania by the Journal of Youth and Adolescence shows that mor...
DASHJan 30, 20163 minSHE REGAINED HER CONFIDENCE AFTER AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP On the eve of Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention month, we salute Brittaney Shane, who realized that her ex-boyfriend had been...
DASHJan 29, 20161 minWHY DOES SHE STAY?She stays because she loves him. She stays because she believes he needs help, and she can help him. She stays because she believes thing...
DASHFeb 6, 20153 minWARNING SIGNS – CONTROLDASH’s early warning signs are meant to guide you in determining whether your relationship is healthy. In this series of articles, we wil...
DASHJan 30, 20141 minWITNESS REACTIONS TO ABUSEWatch the different reactions of passersby when they witness a woman being abused by a man as opposed to a man being abused by a woman. A...
DASHDec 30, 20131 minNEW STUDY – 9% ADMIT SEXUAL VIOLENCEA new survey of young people ages 14-21 by the Center for Innovative Public Health Research in San Clemente, Calif., and the University o...
DASHJan 24, 20122 minLESSONS LEARNED: HIGHLIGHTS OF A BREAK THE CYCLE PRESENTATIONOn a rainy evening in October, adults, teens, and parents from a wide spectrum of the Fairfax community gathered to commemorate Domestic ...