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Spring 2024 Research Roundup

March 20, 2024 | Filed in: Guide | Research Roundup | STEPS for Youth | Education | Community Engagement | Mental Health | Out-of-School Time | Adversity, Bias, & Discrimination

This issue provides an overview of research showcasing the protective role of positive lifestyle factors for mental health, the benefits of continuing contribution, an effective intervention to support positive racial-ethnic identity exploration, synchronized brain activity between parents and youth, and the importance of timing in parental support.

Youth Engagement in Research and Evaluation

January 16, 2023 | Filed in: Guide | STEPS for Youth | Community Engagement | Out-of-School Time

Two guides, for practitioners and for funders, help organizations build and support effective, research-informed youth engagement programs that benefit young people and the groups they work with.

FOR PARENTS & ADOLESCENTS: COVID-19: Resources for Parents and Teens

June 24, 2020 | Filed in: Guide

​The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) has put together this fantastic resource page for adolescents and their parents. They offer guides for protecting physical and mental health during the pandemic, strategies for parents, and links to online learning—which is important now that so many summer camps and classes are closed.

Autonomy and Connection

August 29, 2019 | Filed in: Guide

Close relationships with trusted adults during adolescence provide the stability we need to be autonomous and connected to others. Increasing agency over our own lives is an important part of growing up. During adolescence, we learn to regulate our emotions, form and express our own opinions, and manage our own health, finances, and careers. But this increasing autonomy doesn’t mean going it…