June 24, 2010

Eugene, OR - Youth Today, the Newspaper on Youth Work has given a positive review to Money Medical: Healthy Money Management. The Northwest Media, Inc. production is available online on VStreet.com and on CD-ROM through SocialLearning.com.

In Money Medical, youth learn lessons on budgeting, banking, credit and loans, credit counseling and smart spending. They are guided step-by-step through the process of building a budget and are given the tools to stick to their budgets.

The course moves beyond dollars and cents when it delves into the emotions and attitudes that affect how people handle their money, and sheds light on the process of changing unhealthy money feelings and attitudes.

Youth Today reviewer Cathi Dunn MacRae writes, "The snappy pace never flags, and humor livens even the dullest topics."

The course was developed by Lee White, President of Northwest Media, Inc., with the advice and assistance of Brad Klontz, Psy.D, co-author of "Wired for Wealth: Change the Money Mindsets That Keep You Trapped and Unleash Your Wealth Potential," "The Financial Wisdom of Ebenezer Scrooge: 5 Principles to Transforming Your Relationship With Money," and "Facilitating Financial Health: Tools for Financial Planners, Coaches and Therapists."

Vstreet.com is an online, comprehensive center for learning independent living skills. It contains dynamic, animated, full-length interactive curricula on key topics, like managing money, getting and keeping a job, shopping for a used car, finding an apartment, and sexual health. Vstreet is used by schools, social service agencies, and juvenile justice facilities through the USA and Canada. Increasingly, foster parents who shelter teens are using Vstreet.com to help their teens prepare for aging out of the system. To assist them and other mentors, there are mentor manuals for all full-length curricula.

Annual subscriptions are $24 each; group rates available. Visit Vstreet.com for a tour and more information. Vstreet.com complies with Job Corps Career Soft Skills Standards & Competencies and Ansell-Casey Life Skills Assessment Domains.

VStreet.com is a division of Northwest Media, Inc. of Eugene, OR, producer of FosterParentCollege.com® and SocialLearning.com.

For information about Youth Today, visit www.youthtoday.org or call 800-599-2455.