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Six Insights to Support Adolescents’ Fundamental Need to Contribute to Others
This spotlight provides research-based insights into how opportunities to contribute and to have those contributions recognized can build autonomy, agency, and a healthy sense of purpose during adolescence.
The Story We’re Telling About Youth Mental Health is Hurting Our Kids
In an opinion for Newsweek , UCLA CDA Co-Executive Director Andrew Fuligni and FrameWorks Institute CEO Nat Kendall-Taylor explain why the persistent narrative that young people are in crisis may actually impede action that could support youth.
How Teenagers’ Lack of Sleep is Taking a Toll on Their Mental Health
UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent Co-Executive Directors, Adriana Galván and Andrew Fuligni, spoke with the PBS NewsHour’s William Brangham about why sleep is so important to youth mental health.
Addressing Chronic Absenteeism by Aligning School Settings with the Developmental Needs of Adolescents
This spotlight highlights adolescent development research aimed to help school leaders and policymakers more equitably meet the needs of adolescent learners and enhance their attachment to school.
A Developmental Path to Policy and Programs
This spotlight offers examples of policies and programs that take a research-informed, developmental approach to supporting adolescents.
