UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent on LinkedIn: #nationaladolescenthealthmonth #youth #adolescence (2024)

We’re excited to announce that our National Scientific Council on Adolescence (NSCA) has released a new council report! 🎉This report describes the process of developing or cultivating purpose and explains why purpose is one of the key aspects of healthy development in #adolescence. Read the report here: https://lnkd.in/gFkbW9M2

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NSCA member Candice Odgers writes about what the research says about social media and #youth mental health. "Two things can be true: first, that the online spaces where young people spend so much time require massive reform, and second, that social media is not rewiring our children's brains or causing an epidemic of mental illness.”Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/e96pPBrZ

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Did you know that May is #NationalAdolescentHealthMonth? We’re sharing resources dedicated to promoting healthy development for #youth from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Population Affairs.Week 2 is about supporting, translating, and disseminating research and data on adolescent health and well-being. Our friends at Frameworks, in collaboration with the Office of Population Affairs, created a resource that offers recommendations for communicating scientific findings about adolescence.Check out the resource here: https://lnkd.in/evVB_K-7

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Yesterday, our Co-Executive Director Adriana Galván presented at the Creative Abundance Collaborative's Virtual Town Hall: Nurturing Wholistic Well-Being through Creative Youth Development, about adolescent brain development.Thank you to everyone who attended!

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We’re hiring! Check out the job description for a Policy Associate at UCLA CDA: https://lnkd.in/eGNirZKu

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As conversations swirl around digital tech use and #adolescence, we’re sharing insights from our NSCA Council Report, “Engaging, Safe and Evidence-Based: What Science Tells Us About How to Promote Positive Development and Decrease Risk in Only Spaces for Early Adolescents.” This report explains why early #adolescence is a critical window for the impacts of digital tech, and how research-informed standards could amplify the benefits and reduce the risks of these impacts on #youth. Check it out on our website: https://lnkd.in/d_pj2-_E

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In a new article for the Daily Bruin, we share details on our STEPS for Youth tool coming soon. 🎉This new, online tool will help explain the science of #adolescence in an accessible manner for policymakers and practitioners. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eQuf4tUW

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It’s National Adolescent Health Month! Throughout the month, we’ll be sharing resources dedicated to promoting healthy development for #youth from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Population Affairs.Week 1 is about ensuring youth have access to health care, human services, and safe and supportive environments. We know that during adolescence, our environments--homes, schools, neighborhoods, community groups, peer groups, and family—have an enormous impact on health and well-being.For resources, and to learn more about the campaign, check out the Office of Population Affairs’ website: https://lnkd.in/gNMbbQy5

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Research shows that digital tech is not all good or all bad, but during early #adolescence (about ages 10 to 13) its impacts are amplified.To help inform conversations around digital tech use and adolescence, we’re sharing insights from our NSCA Council Report that recommends standards and regulations for digital tech that can help #youth learn and thrive online. To learn more, check out the report on our website: https://lnkd.in/d_pj2-_E

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