Announcing our 2024 Annual Report! ✨ .This report highlights our impact, research, news, and projects over the past year of working to improve #adolescent health, education, and well-being through developmental science.🧠 . Read the full report here:

One week away from the 'The Science of Contribution' webinar featuring CDA's co-executive director, Andrew Fuligni!🧠.Join @TheSpringPoint on July 14, from 10 – 11:00 am PT, to learn how contribution is important for adolescent development. Register now:

This month, in honor of Pride, we spoke with NSCA member Stephen Russell about research-based ways to support the health and well-being of LGBTQ+ youth. Learn how we can use these scientific insights to create environments for LGBTQ+ youth to thrive:

We know from the research how to support our transgender youth, and we need to use this knowledge to inform the policies that affect them. This guidance offers ways to effectively communicate about transgender youth in a way that prioritizes their needs:

Interested in a monthly topical newsletter about supporting healthy development during #adolescence?💡 Sign up today for emails from the CDA highlighting new research, resources, podcasts, and blog posts about adolescent development: 

RT @Youth_Nex: A #YouthCouncil may be the missing puzzle piece 🧩 your #youth-serving #organization needs! Quinn, a #teen who served on yout….

Did you know that the Center for the Developing Adolescent is on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Bluesky? Follow us today @develadolescent! 🖇️📸🦋. 🔷LinkedIn: 🔷Instagram: 🔷Bluesky:

All young people deserve a safe environment to grow up in where they feel a sense of belonging. Research suggests this is especially true for youth who identify as LGBTQ+.🏳️‍🌈.This #PrideMonth, we are sharing resources about how to support LGBTQ+ youth:

Would you eat a ghost pepper or swim in honey?🌶️🍯 Research suggests that adolescents are more likely than adults to try new things and take risks, which are ways they learn about and explore the world!.Watch the new @TED_ED video made in partnership with CDA & @BezosFoundation.

RT @thespringpoint: Next month, join SPP & Dr. Fuligni, director at Hive partner @develadolescent, to explore how prosocial behaviors like….

A new episode of our youth-led #Adaptivity podcast miniseries explores how AI is likely to shape education for young people, and why it can be something we embrace instead of fear. Listen now:

Today on our youth-led #Adaptivity podcast miniseries, YSCA members talk with UCLA professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences, @LM__Hernandez, about “nature v. nurture,” or how genetics & environment interact to affect our development!.Listen now:

A new @UCLABlueprint article highlights the importance of purpose in #adolescence and features the NSCA report, Cultivating Purpose in Adolescence. The article also interviews NSCA members and our co-executive director, Andrew Fuligni. Read more:

In a new episode of our youth-led #Adaptivity podcast miniseries, Youth Scientific Council on #Adolescence members talk to UCLA professor Ted Robles about the "mind-body connection"!.Listen now on Spotify, iTunes, or Libsyn:

Research shows that adolescents are exceptional innovators and are more willing than adults to explore situations with uncertain outcomes. Hear from researchers and young people as they discuss the importance of #entrepreneurship during #adolescence:

Without support, transitioning from #adolescence to adulthood can be difficult. Hear from researchers, policymakers, and youth advocates as they discuss how we could use financial assistance to help young people navigate the transition to adulthood:

We are #hiring a Policy & Practice Associate‼️.Join our team as we work to improve adolescent health, education & well-being through developmental science. Experience with processes + procedures for influencing policy and practice is required. Apply now:

How do we create career preparation programs that effectively support young people?.Hear from researchers, practitioners, and apprentices about the key factors they think make a program successful, including social supports and mentor training:.

What strategies do gambling industries use to encourage addictive behavior, especially among young people who make up the fastest-growing demographic of gamblers?🎲.Find out more in the new @TED_ED video, made in partnership with CDA and @BezosFoundation:

Earlier this month, we hosted our fourth annual Adolescent Brain Development Symposium focused on Building Economic Opportunity during #Adolescence!.Session topics ranged from career preparation to supporting entrepreneurship. Watch the full sessions now:

Congrats to NSCA member Candice Odgers on being named a Chancellor’s Professor at @UCIrvine!.The title recognizes scholars who have demonstrated "unusual academic merit" and whose "scholarly achievement makes them of exceptional value.".Read more: