Positive Youth Development

This report (PDF, 21 pages) summarizes the available evidence on the effects of Good Behavior Game on student and teacher outcomes. The Good Behavior Game is a classroom management strategy that aims to improve social skills, minimize disruptive behaviors, and create a positive learning environment. Learn more.  ...

This webinar recording features a panel discussion with students and experts on how youth-serving adults can best support students transitioning from non-traditional settings, such as alternative schools, to traditional school settings. Panelists discussed how teachers and school staff can create a more welcoming and positive learning environment and provided examples ...

This training is designed to help faith, spiritual, and religious leaders, staff members, volunteers, and community members understand their role in preventing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). The story-based module covers the following:   What ACEs are  How ACEs impact lifelong health and well-being  How to identify risk factors and promote protective factors   How faith, spiritual, ...

This factsheet is designed to help adoptive parents understand the needs and experiences of their teen and use practical strategies to foster healthy development. These strategies include approaches that acknowledge potential trauma and loss, support effective communication, promote independence, and address possible behavioral and mental health concerns. Learn more.   ...

Application Deadlines: Multiple and vary by opportunity  This webpage provides information on NASA’s paid internship programs. NASA offers internship opportunities for high school, college, graduate-level, and international students. This webpage features a search tool to find internship opportunities at NASA locations across the country. Learn more and apply.  ...

The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) 2021 dataset provides the most recent data on ongoing and emerging health behaviors and experiences among high school students enrolled in public and private schools across the United States. These data are the first YRBS data collected since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

This guide (PDF, 85 pages) highlights the innovative ways that communities around the country are doing purposeful prevention work to help children and families thrive. This guide highlights the theme, "Doing Things Differently: Moving from the Challenge to the Change.” The guide also contains Protective Factors Conversation Guides to help ...

This fact sheet (PDF, 1 page) summarizes the grant programs available from the OJJDP under the federal Second Chance Act. These programs fund comprehensive reentry planning, direct pre- and post-release services, and sustainable justice system improvements that promote positive youth and family outcomes, reduce recidivism, and increase public safety. Learn ...