News: Contribution
Elections are an Opportunity for Young People and for the People Who Care About Them
November 5, 2024National Scientific Council on Adolescence member Stephen Russell tackles how to support young people during elections in a new article published by UT Austin. Russell offers a number of things that adults in young people’s lives can do to help them overcome strong emotions during these significant and sometimes uncertain events.
Press Releases
January 17, 2023: New Guides Help Organizations Build Effective Youth Engagement Programs
August 16, 2021: New Report Examines Intersection of Anti-Black Racism on Youth Development
November 30, 2020: Center for the Developing Adolescent Announces New Advisory Board Members
October 1, 2020: Center for the Developing Adolescent Announces New Leadership
Stay in the Know
The Contribution Project Returns to Cornell, Expands to Two SUNYs
February 7, 2024“It is our sense that for students, contributing in the ways they desire helps fuel their personal growth, well-being and purpose,” says Anthony Burrow, PhD, member of the National Scientific Council on Adolescence, about the return and expansion of The Contribution Project.
Adolescents Need Opportunities to Contribute
July 22, 2019Contributing to their families, social groups, and communities has huge benefits for adolescents and for those they are very capable of helping. Center Communications Director Meghan Lynch Forder writes for Greater Good Magazine about why contributing is essential to healthy adolescent development.
Adolescents Have a Fundamental Need to Contribute
March 1, 2019Center board member Dr. Andrew Fuligni, UCLA, writes for The Conversation about a missing piece in the discussion about adolescent well-being: their fundamental need to contribute to others.