STEPS For Youth Sicience to Enhance Policy Success
Browse through the library below for more content on the core needs of adolescent development, deeper dives into some of the specific issues that affect young people, and additional resources including reports from the National Scientific Council on Adolescence (NSCA).

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Fact Sheets

Secure Relationships with Supportive Adults Continue to Matter for Adolescents

This fact sheet offers insights from research about the critical role of adult support in our healthy development during adolescence and how policies and programs can ensure all young people have a caring adult in their corner.

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  • Adversity, Bias, & Discrimination
  • Brain Science
  • Community & Civic Engagement
  • Gender Identity & Sexuality
  • Mental & Physical Health
  • Racial & Ethnic Identity
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Providing Positive Pathways for Adolescents to Gain Respect

This fact sheet provides insights from developmental science about our need to feel respected in adolescence, and how programs and interventions that meet this need can help support positive development.

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  • Adversity, Bias, & Discrimination
  • Brain Science
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When Adolescents Contribute to Others it Supports their Well-Being and Their Communities

This fact sheet explains how opportunities to contribute to others can build our autonomy, agency, and identity and can support our sense of purpose during adolescence.

  • Community & Civic Engagement
  • Out-of-School Time
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Real-World Practice Helps Adolescents Learn to Make Reasoned Decisions and Manage Emotions

This fact sheet highlights what research tells us about how youth build good decision-making skills and navigate challenging emotions, and highlights how adults can help in this process.

  • Benefits Access
  • Foster Care
  • Juvenile Justice
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The Connecting Adolescent Brain

This fact sheet gives an overview of adolescent brain development and explains how access to resources, opportunities, and meaningful relationships during adolescence can build connections within our brains and with the world around us that support us into adulthood.

  • Adversity, Bias, & Discrimination
  • Benefits Access
  • Brain Science
  • Community & Civic Engagement
  • Digital Technology
  • Education
  • Foster Care
  • Gender Identity & Sexuality
  • Immigration
  • Juvenile Justice
  • Mental & Physical Health
  • Out-of-School Time
  • Racial & Ethnic Identity
  • Workforce Development & Economic Mobility