I gave a talk at the Summit which laid out ten reasons,
based on adolescent development, for why a revolution is necessary to bring a greater and more sophisticated investment in teens themselves, and in the environments they move in.
Not exact matches
Such results have led to pessimism among some experts, reflected in sentiments like the following one from a leading expert
on adolescent development: «Classroom -
based health education is an uphill battle against evolution and endocrinology, and it is not a fight we are likely to win» (ref.
A variety of studies suggest that fathers» engagement positively impacts their children's social competence, 27 children's later IQ28 and other learning outcomes.29 The effects of fathers
on children can include later - life educational, social and family outcomes.1, 2,26 Children may develop working models of appropriate paternal behaviour
based on early childhood cues such as father presence, 30,31 in turn shaping their own later partnering and parenting dynamics, such as more risky
adolescent sexual behaviour32 and earlier marriage.33 Paternal engagement decreases boys» negative social behaviour (e.g., delinquency) and girls» psychological problems in early adulthood.34 Fathers» financial support, apart from engagement, can also influence children's cognitive
development.35
In the Prevention Science and Practice (PSP) Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, you will explore the many risk and protective influences
on child and
adolescent development, and learn how to design strengths -
based interventions that promote well - being across academic, social - emotional, and health domains.
Based on this, educational
development would be threatened and
adolescent pregnancy would find space to deepen the already important gaps between more and less educated sectors.
Based on decades of research in child and
adolescent development, neuroscience, education, and psychology, we know that relationships with teachers, parents, and other supportive adults determine how school - age children acquire their personal guidance systems, full of interconnected abilities and pathways to success.
Teachers learn through self - directed professional
development focused
on the best practices for student - centered learning; including quality performance assessments, authentic project
based learning, and
adolescent social and emotional learning.
Lexia's signature program, Lexia Reading Core5, focuses
on foundational skill
development, the new Lexia PowerUp Literacy supports literacy skills for non-proficient
adolescent students, and the Lexia RAPID Assessment (a partnership with Florida Center for Reading Research) provides an adaptive, computer
based 3x / yr.
Our school staff understands and makes curricular, instructional, and school improvement decisions
based on child and
adolescent development and student performance information.
First would be to establish standards for teachers,
based on the best practice for each specific academic discipline and stage of child and
adolescent development.
http://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X (12) 00192 - 9 / pdf Likewise, notice how often a private or charter school has language in its mission statement about its purpose «to educate students to be knowledgeable, responsible, socially skilled, healthy, caring, and contributing citizens» https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12971193 or hyping their «strengths -
based approaches to child and
adolescent development... and emphasis on students» resilience in the school and community» (quoting the National Association of School Psychologists), or Promoting Youth Develop
development... and emphasis
on students» resilience in the school and community» (quoting the National Association of School Psychologists), or Promoting Youth
DevelopmentDevelopment (PYD).
The standards are not
based on the cognitive, social, and psychological
development of children and
adolescents and do not address how children and
adolescents learn.
Our teachers and staff develop and implement academic and behavioral interventions
based on an understanding of child and
adolescent development and learning theories.
In sum, high - quality comprehensive sexuality education needs to be recognized as essential for the healthy
development of
adolescents and their transition to adulthood, and needs to become institutionalized within national systems of education if it is to be delivered at scale
on a sustained
basis.
We report
on the
development of the evidence
base by examining the ACE survey scores in relationship to the established clinical measures of clinical severity, global function, and problem severity collected routinely for children and
adolescents referred and accepted for treatment.29, 30 Systemwide implementation of the ACE survey, as a first step, positions CAAMHPP to become an evidence -
based, trauma - informed service organization, because ACE survey scores necessarily must relate to clinical outcomes in order to evaluate the effect of trauma - focused interventions in clinical practice.
Based on National Child Traumatic Stress Network's (NCTSN) White Paper (2003), Complex Trauma in Children and
Adolescents, the table below identifies each domain of
development and possible signs of disruption or impairment.
You will link research and leadership
on urgent issues in education, economic security, mental health, youth &
adolescent development, and gender -
based violence.
Our school staff understands and makes curricular, instructional, and school improvement decisions
based on child and
adolescent development and student performance information.
Her career is focused
on improving outcomes for the highest risk youth through effective implementation of evidence -
based youth
development programs, social emotional learning, violence prevention, and intervention within a frame of well - being and normal childhood and
adolescent development.
Future studies could test hypotheses
based on this model to improve our understanding of the
development of
adolescents» depressive symptoms in both boys and girls.
In the 26 years since then, research
on adolescent development, social - emotional learning, and school -
based interventions has grown immensely.
The vast majority of studies
on parenting and
adolescent development is
based on research from the global north.
A variety of studies suggest that fathers» engagement positively impacts their children's social competence, 27 children's later IQ28 and other learning outcomes.29 The effects of fathers
on children can include later - life educational, social and family outcomes.1, 2,26 Children may develop working models of appropriate paternal behaviour
based on early childhood cues such as father presence, 30,31 in turn shaping their own later partnering and parenting dynamics, such as more risky
adolescent sexual behaviour32 and earlier marriage.33 Paternal engagement decreases boys» negative social behaviour (e.g., delinquency) and girls» psychological problems in early adulthood.34 Fathers» financial support, apart from engagement, can also influence children's cognitive
development.35
The agency's home visitation intervention used the Parent Aides Nurturing and Developing With
Adolescents curriculum.25 The curriculum was
based on theories of human ecology, attachment, and social support, which emphasize that positive child
development is promoted by nurturing, empathetic parenting and is influenced by the characteristics of families and social networks.25 (pp1 - 9), 26 The home visitor was to use the curriculum in weekly home visits with the teenager to teach and model nurturing parenting behaviors, encourage the teenager to continue with her education, make general assessments of health and social problems, and initiate referral for early intervention when necessary.
Dr. Rourke is a generalist by training and skilled in several therapeutic approaches, but her particular areas of interests include working from a relationship
based approach
on issues of
adolescent development, anxiety, trauma, and parent - child communication.
Trial register name: The utility of standardized pre-clinical assessment
based on the
development and well - being assessment (DAWBA) in a child and
adolescent mental health service, registration identification number: ISRCTN19935149, register - url: http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN19935149/DAWBA
Major interests include
development of family -
based interventions for
adolescent drug use and delinquency, adherence and process research
on family intervention models.
Phase 1 consisted of initial item
development based on previous research supplemented by semi-structured in - depth interviews, with piloting of the items in a sample of
adolescents with type 1 diabetes from two endocrinology practices in one geographic area.