All posts tagged "Youth Development"

Re-centering youth work across systems

We must radically reimagine how we use our resources to benefit youth.

OST, youth summer learning grants: happy children raising hands outside

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Out-of-school programs play an outsized role in child development

New research shows that OST programs are more important than policymakers and parents realize.

Camp Fire outdoor program interview: 4 children, playing on rope obstacle course. One child swinging on rope.

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From the Field

Q&A: Nature and well-being: When the natural world is your teaching partner

Why is time spent outdoors so effective in supporting young people's well-being?

Nature of Outdoors_stronger youth development through exploration report, youth in nature: Boys and girls running in the forest together holding hands on a trail during school nature camping trip

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The nature of the outdoors: Stronger youth development through exploration

A study highlights how outdoor youth programs uniquely amplify youth development and promote thriving.

Shifting mindsets in education: : Older female teacher and teen female Black student stand next to each other & work togeher on project on a work tableon project

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Shifting mindsets: Acting differently requires us to think, talk and see differently first

What's the simplest, most consistent way to spark voluntary action to try something different?

school discipline and student behavior: Black woman with tattoo on right forearm wearing white blouse and key lanyard ID gesturing with hands stands facing white teen boy wearing red plaid shirt

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Connection and co-regulation precede self-management: A common sense approach to learning, development and discipline

Self-control is not built through discipline/punishment; but cultivated through relationships, trust, and co-regulation.

OST, afterschool, positive youth development: group of young students working together on project

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In learning ECOsystems OST must be a champion of positive youth development

OST and youth development are not interchangeable. One is about place, one about approach.

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The future of youth development: Building systems and strengthening programs

A report examines the effectiveness of OST programs, identifies improvements, and outlines future research.

New effort fights distracted driving from the passenger seat, passenger empowerment: group of young people in a car

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New effort fights distracted driving from the passenger seat

Safety advocates are working to broaden awareness of passenger empowerment, particularly among teenagers.

Climate change and adolescents: Large group young adult and teens with hand-painted cardboard sign "There is no planet B"

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The opportunities and effects of climate action on adolescents

Overall, 85% of young people are worried about climate change. 58% are extremely worried.

Youth leader development, changemaking, young community leader: female team leader leans over table talking to team while pointing at things on table

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Trust-based changemaking may change the world, but can it change institutions?

Imagine if learning ecosystems across the country and around the world adopted trust-based changemaking.

Vitamin D deficiency in children: Mixed ethnic group of 5 young children in swimsuits hold hands and run in clear turquoise water along beach

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Vitamin D builds your bones and keeps your gut sealed, among many other essential functions − but many children are deficient

This study found that 68% of children tested had suboptimal vitamin D levels.

youth fields workforce, mentoring: 3 women, one wearing a hijab, look at computer screen together

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Power of us: The youth fields workforce — findings from the National Power of Us Workforce Survey

A report details key findings from a national survey of the youth fields workforce.

Cell phone alternative activities: Several elementary-age students and two elder women sit around a large table knitting.

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Knitting, cheerleading, fishing: This is what a cellphone ban looks like in one school district

Pairing expansion of extracurriculars with a cellphone ban, one school district sees success.

Nonprofit funding goals, changemaking: Young woman with long dark hait stands at whiteboard talking to several people seated in half -circle in front of her

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The revolutionary speed of trust-based changemaking

When you trust young people, they don’t just rise — they soar.

In adolescence every experience matters: group of happy youths smiling

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In adolescence, every experience matters. Let’s make the ones we design count

To reduce the impact of harmful products/content on adolescents, reduce their influence.

Podcasy juvenile justice: illustration of 2 dozen or more ethnically-mixed young people's faces packed together behind prison cell bars

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► Podcasts

Podcasts explain latest trends in youth justice

What are effective ways to respond when youth make mistakes and break the law?

r=Mister Rodgers principles: Several mixed-ethnicity teens stand close together smiling into camera

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It’s a beautiful day in the ecosystem

Mister Rogers showed young children how to wonder. His principles work with all ages.

AmeriCorps cuts: two young volunteers in blue shirts move new light wood park bench into place

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Don’t lose a triple ROI: AmeriCorps cuts will hurt young people, communities and workforce pipelines

It’s important to understand the impact AmeriCorps cuts would have on youth and communities.

Well-being and well-becoming through the arts_A picture of mattering for youth of color: young black woman singing on stage passionately

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