UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent
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We work to improve adolescent health, education, and well-being through developmental science.
Los Angeles, CA
Joined January 2016
Introducing STEPS for Youth, a new online tool that allows policymakers and youth-serving organizations to access insights from the developmental science of #adolescence to better serve young people! Explore STEPS for Youth now: #AdolescentDevelopment
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We're #hiring a Policy & Practice Associate! Join our team as we work to improve adolescent health, education, and wellbeing through developmental science. Experience with processes and procedures for influencing policy and practice is required. Apply now:
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Philadelphia school leaders, funders & policymakers: Join @PHLCollab, @SearchInstitute, and our co-executive director Dr. Andrew Fuligni on February 19 for an interactive forum designed to improve outcomes for young people in your city! 🏙️ Learn more and register below.
In connection with the UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent and the Search Institute, the Philadelphia Learning Collaborative will host a multi-strand convening to operationalize scientific understandings of the adolescent brain in the Philadelphia education sector.
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TOMORROW, February 6, at 10:00 am PT we are hosting our annual #Love in #Adolescence webinar! 💝 This year's topic is "The Importance of Friendships and Platonic Love." Panelists include experts, authors, and young people. Don't miss out! Register now:
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As part of our February theme of 'Peer Relationships' we are hosting a Love in #Adolescence webinar THIS Thursday, February 6 at 10:00 am PT with the title "The Importance of Friendships and Platonic Love." Register now:
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This report offers research-based suggestions on how we can support positive development among Black adolescents, including how peer relationships can be critical to helping Black youth find a space for belonging, mutual support, understanding, and respect.
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Celebrate Galentine’s Day this year by learning why friendships are so important! 💕 Join researchers & young people NEXT Thursday, Feb. 6 at 10:00 am PT for the webinar, “Love in Adolescence: The Importance of Friendships and Platonic Love.” Register now:
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Congratulations to Stephen Russell, NSCA member and Director of the School of Human Ecology at @TexasScience, for being elected into the National Academy of Education! Read more: #DellMed @NAEduc
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The effect of social media on teens has been a topic of debate in recent years. But, what do young people think about the harms and benefits of social media? Hear Dallas Tanner, a former member of the YSCA, share her thoughts on the Adaptivity podcast:
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We're #hiring! Join our team as a Policy & Practice Associate. This position will implement and oversee a comprehensive, strategic, and transdisciplinary policy network of key stakeholders with an investment in adolescent development. Apply now:
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Join the UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent, researchers, practitioners, and young people on February 6 at 10:00 am PT for our annual Love in #Adolescence webinar!🩷 This year's topic is "The Importance of Friendships & Platonic Love." Register now:
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In part 2 of our new Adaptivity podcast episode "Social Media and Adolescents," scientist Nick Allen offers three fundamental principles for evaluating digital media along with what research suggests could improve the online world for #youth. Listen now:
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For younger generations, digital technology can offer opportunities for exploration and discovery; but how can we boost the benefits and decrease the risks? @JacquelineNesi has some ideas in part 2 of our latest Adaptivity podcast episode:
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Part two of our new Adaptivity podcast episode, "Social Media and Adolescents," is out now‼️ Host Ron Dahl talks with researchers Nick Allen and @JacquelineNesi about how developmental science can help us make digital technology better and safer for youth:
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Hear young people’s perspectives on how #socialmedia can be better regulated to encourage positive development and wellbeing in the new Adaptivity podcast episode: Social Media and Adolescents. Listen now:
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Congratulations to NSCA member @Ally_Mackey on being awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists & Engineers (PECASE)!🎈 The PECASE award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding early-career scientists. Read more:
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In a new two-part Adaptivity episode, host Ron Dahl dives into the complex topic of social media use during #adolescence. Listen to part 1 as Dr. Dahl speaks to young people about their perspectives on the potential benefits & harms of using social media:
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We are excited to share the new #WHYouthSummit report, a summary of how to center youth in policymaking. This report is based on the 2024 Summit which convened policymakers, young people, and researchers, including our Co-Executive Director Adriana Galván:
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