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2022 Adolescent Brain Development Symposium: Supporting Exploratory Learning During Adolescence
June 2, 2022 | Filed in: VideoOur first annual Symposium on Adolescent Brain Development in May 2022 brought together researchers, practitioners, and funders to discuss the following key question: How can we best support adolescents’ need to explore and learn about themselves and the world around them?
5 Facts About the Importance of Caring Adults During Our Adolescent Years
March 30, 2022 | Filed in: Fact SheetAs we mature during adolescence, exercising more responsibility and personal agency, we become less physically dependent on adult caregivers. Yet parents and other caring adults remain as important to our healthy development as when we were younger. Below are five fast facts about the important role parents and other caring adults continue to play throughout our adolescent years. Secure and…
Breaking Up: Love and Loss in Adolescence
February 17, 2022 | Filed in: VideoAdolescence is a time of intense social learning, and romantic relationships, and even breakups, can be powerful learning experiences during these years. But how can adults support this learning while young people are hurting? In a recent panel discussion, experts Dr. Nicole Green (UCLA), Dr. Ahna Suleiman (Sacramento State University), and Youth National Scientific Council members Makayla Dawkins…
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Supporting Youth in the Context of Family
November 19, 2021 | Filed in: VideoDr. Velma McBride Murry, a professor at Vanderbilt University, talks with Dr. Andrew Fuligni about her extensive research on African-American parents and youth, and how she has used this information to develop and implement the Pathways for African American Success Program (PAAS) to enhance families’ skills to help their pre-teens make good decisions as they prepare to enter high school.
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The Intersection of Adolescent Development and Anti-Black Racism
August 9, 2021 | Filed in: Council ReportThe Intersection of Adolescent Development and Anti-Black Racism, the first Council Report from the National Scientific Council on Adolescence (NSCA), summarizes research on how racism and related inequities impact key developmental milestones of adolescence and offers recommendations to support Black youth within key social contexts of the middle and high school years.
Supporting Positive Development for Youth Post-Pandemic
July 8, 2021 | Filed in: Fact SheetFollowing are six key developmental needs of the adolescent years, with suggestions to support theseneeds as we rethink the ways we work with young people to better support positive development:
A Conversation on Youth Mental Health
June 16, 2021 | Filed in: VideoAdolescent mental health was in the headlines long before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The effects of the virus and related restrictions have added new twists to the discussion, highlighting rising rates of anxiety and depression while also creating an opportunity to prioritize youth well-being as we move forward. The UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent partnered with Young Invincibles (YI) to…
Supporting Positive Development for LGBTQ Youth
June 2, 2021 | Filed in: Fact SheetAdolescence is a time of intense learning and adaptation when we forge our sense of who we are and who we want to be. Throughout this remarkable period of development, we begin to explore the world and create new relationships with our peers and communities.
How We Can Support Healthy Romantic and Sexual Development for Youth
January 27, 2021 | Filed in: VideoRomantic relationships during our adolescent years can be important aspects of healthy development and social learning. Given that most of this learning occurs in the context of peers, what kind of impact are social distancing and other COVID-related restrictions having on young peoples’ romantic and sexual relationships? And what can adults do to support healthy sexual and romantic development,…
How Developmental Science Can Help Address Anti-Black Racism During Adolescence
October 2, 2020 | Filed in: BriefAdolescence—beginning at the onset of puberty (around 10 years old) and ending in our mid-20s—is a key window of opportunity to shape life-long positive trajectories. But for many Black adolescents, racial bias within institutions, wealth and resource inequality, and daily experiences of racism and discrimination create barriers to realizing this opportunity. We believe that a science-based…