Youth Today
Opinion
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2.8KBiggie through Bronfenbrenner’s eyes
Biggie’s lyrics painted a vivid picture of life's complexity. Bronfenbrenner created a framework to understand youth development within this complexity.
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3.3KWeissberg and Durlak’s 18-year-old S.A.F.E model is a sure bet for our current workforce challenges
The SAFE programs had significant effects in almost every outcome area.
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1.7KBeyond the bars: A physician’s call to action for holistic health in youth justice systems
We must confront an urgent reality: the juvenile justice system is not designed to heal.
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8.0KReimagining youth sport: Putting positive youth development first
Youth sport can grounded in principles of positive youth development with a little support.
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2.1KShared advocacy and sustainable financing: Making a “big picture” case for community supports
Communities are intertwined and organic, blending funding into a web of community supports.
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2.7KDetained and in the dark: Girls in juvenile detention need menstrual health education now
Young women/girls in juvenile detention lack fundamental knowledge needed for choices about their bodies.
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2.9KSeize the foster care insurance “crisis” as an opportunity — to curb foster care
Get the children who shouldn't be in foster care back into their own homes.
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2.0KThe path blazed by Karl Dennis — “Father of Wraparound”
Karl Dennis was a foundational thinker, key architect and persuasive advocate for wraparound services.
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8.4KWhy are we so afraid to let young people lead?
We say we want youth to lead, but we rarely let them.
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1.6KWe don’t have to choose which adolescent challenge to tackle. They are all linked to the same five non-negotiables for optimizing development.
Direct interactions with youth need all five elements to optimize impact.
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3.8KYouth mental health is personal. Our solutions need to be systemic.
Training existing school and program staff in adolescent development, trauma response and therapeutic principles could democratize access to mental health.
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3.6KEducation and youth development are under attack: Now is the time to talk differently and act together
We have to build forward with a grounding in the evidence of what works.
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4.4KCollege affordability is undermining student mental health. We can’t address one without the other.
College affordability isn’t separate from mental health; it’s at the center of it.
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2.1KWhat is the next step?
We should build options for students to gain skills needed for alternative career pathways.
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1.8KUniting in defense of the ecosystem
The Trump Administration abruptly announced that it's withholding ~$7 billion in federal education funding.
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2.1KInvesting in the OST workforce: Dreaming big and starting small
How do we support youth workers to ensure they stay in the OST workforce?
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2.8KQ&A: Advocacy group leader talks about the challenges of transitional kindergarten
Children learn at different rates. We need to individualize early childhood education.
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2.3KCan you legislate a collaborative, youth-centered vision of education? Iceland did.
Iceland passed the Wellbeing Act mandating that all youth-field professionals collaborate across sectors.
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3.5KWe surveyed 1,500 Florida kids about cellphones and their mental health: What did we learn?
What we learned suggests school phone bans may have important -- but limited -- effects.
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3.7KUsing digital devices to lift up and support adolescents
We must identify and bring awareness to how digital technology can support development.
