From my desk at NIOST, I'm starting the school year by working at the national, state, and local levels to support educators and administrators in their efforts to
promote positive youth outcomes, especially in the expanding field of SEL.
In addition to other resources available to you through the OJJDP National Mentoring Resource Center, these modules will support you in learning the skills and infrastructure necessary to support
positive youth outcomes through mentoring.
The Assessment of Program Practices Tool (APT), part of NIOST's Afterschool Program Assessment System, is designed to help programs evaluate and strengthen practices that research suggests are linked
with positive youth outcomes.
Although research has shown that this polymorphism produces adverse outcomes under stressful contexts (i.e., a diathesis hypothesis), the same gene may also act more generally to enhance environmental sensitivity; thereby
producing positive youth outcomes in positive contexts (i.e., genetic plasticity)(Simons and Lei 2013; Wickrama and O'Neal 2015).
In fact, the local school system in my rural, seaside community is convening a team of educators to consider how SEL can inform and improve what teachers are already doing to
promote positive youth outcomes.
Year - round learning consists of intentional, community - based efforts to connect school, afterschool, and summer learning to
support positive youth outcomes, develop continuous learning pathways, and provide equitable opportunities for both students and families.
The focus of the leading indicator system is on quality implementation that has potential to lead to
positive youth outcomes, rather than just focusing on assessing the achievement of youth outcomes after the program year is completed.
The positive youth outcomes from high - quality, evidence - based SEL programs include improvements in behavior, attitudes, and academic outcomes.
The NMRC Research Board also helps develop a repository of mentoring program resources (e.g., training guides, handbooks and curricula) that are intended to promote
positive youth outcomes, particularly those relating to the prevention of delinquent behavior, victimization and juvenile justice system involvement.