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Adolescent Brains Are Wired to Want Status and Respect: That’s an Opportunity for Teachers and Parents
April 20, 2021Author Lydia Denworth talks to leading developmental researchers (including National Scientific Council on Adolescence members David Yeager, Linda Wilbrecht, Ron Dahl, Anthony Burrow, and Nick Allen as well as CDA Co-Executive Director Andrew Fuligni) about what science tells us about the intense social and emotional learning of the adolescent years.
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February 25, 2025: Announcing the UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent’s 2024 Annual Report
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
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What Back to School Might Look Like in the Age of COVID-19
July 30, 2020Center founding director Dr. Ron Dahl talks about the importance of engaging adolescents in safety solutions in this illustrated guide on how schools are planning to reopen in the midst of the pandemic.
We shouldn’t disregard the ideas that come from teens’ developing brains
February 28, 2018Center board member Dr. Nicholas Allen explains why we should listen to adolescents. “What adolescents bring to a situation is this capacity for innovation and new thinking and for experimentation,” he says. “That is absolutely critical to culture. If we don’t have that, then culture remains the same.”
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