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Supporting Youth as They Go Back to School

August 25, 2023

Digital Content Contributor Allyson Nesmith talks with Nancy Deutsch, PhD, Director of Youth-Nex at the University of Virginia, and Joyce Pae, Principal at the Chicago Academy K-8 School, about how parents, teachers, and other caring adults can help students navigate going back to school.

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What are the Rights of Adolescents?

June 26, 2023

Science journalist Lydia Denworth concluded our second annual Adolescent Brain Development Symposium by asking Julie Maslowsky, PhD, and Emily Buss, JD, about society’s responsibility towards adolescents and how that translates into rights.

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How should we think about adolescent agency and responsibility?

June 20, 2023

At our second annual Symposium on Adolescent Brain Development, science journalist Lydia Denworth spoke with BJ Casey, PhD, Professor at Barnard College and Columbia University, and Joanna Visser Adjoian, JD, Senior Program Officer at Spring Point Partners, about how we should think about adolescent agency and responsibility, particularly as it relates to juvenile justice.

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How can we support the unique developmental needs of adolescents?

June 12, 2023

Science journalist Lydia Denworth spoke with Dylan Gee, PhD, Associate Professor, Yale University and Shimica Gaskins, JD, President and CEO, GRACE/End Child Poverty CA to tackle the second question at our second annual Brain Development Symposium.

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What Lessons Have We Learned from Communicating the Science of Early Childhood?

June 2, 2023

At our second annual Brain Development Symposium, science journalist Lydia Denworth spoke with Judy Cameron, University of Pittsburgh, and Phil Fisher, Stanford University, about their work at the Harvard Center on the Developing Child, and the lessons they learned about communicating developmental science effectively to the public.

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Developing Youth Engagement Programs to Help Young People Thrive

March 29, 2023

In our new blog post, we recap our recent youth engagement webinar, where panelists shared tips for building youth engagement programs that help young people (and those who serve them) succeed.

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Caregiving Students Need More Support

February 20, 2023

In this blog post, developmental psychologist Emma Armstrong-Carter highlights a form of contributing that many adolescents provide for their families—caregiving—and offers research-informed suggestions for schools to support caregiving students.

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Supporting Parents in Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: Lessons Learned from Developmental Science on Parenting and Adolescence

February 10, 2023

Guest bloggers Estelle Berger, Camille Cioffi, and Leslie Leve offer research-based recommendations for supporting youth and their parents in treatment for opioid use disorder.

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Adolescence Across the Animal Kingdom

January 6, 2023

We talked with NSCA member and UC Berkeley neuroscientist Linda Wilbrecht about how insights from the animal kingdom can shift our perspective on the importance of our own human adolescent years.

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A Healthy Relationship with Technology

November 1, 2022

At the 2022 American Psychological Association (APA) Science Summit, NSCA member Dr. Candice Odgers joined a panel of experts to talk with moderator Soledad O’Brien about youth mental health and digital tech use.

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