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Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH)

Resource: LGBTQ Inclusivity Tool

This tool teaches school professionals how to make their school more inclusive and create a safe and supportive environment for LGBTQ students. Learn more. 

Brief: What Works in Schools: Evidence-Based Strategies for Your School

This brief (PDF, 3 pages) provides an overview of an evidence-based approach schools can implement to help prevent HIV, STDs, and unintended pregnancy among adolescents. It includes delivering sexual health education, increasing access to sexual health services, and promoting safe and supportive environments. Learn more.   ...

Resource: Behavior Management

This webpage provides a set of four basic, complementary behavior management strategies for classes, with examples of application in both in-person and virtual (distance learning) situations. The site includes a collection of tools and templates. Learn more (PDF, 4 pages).

Research: The CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health Approach to School-Based Sexual Health Education: 3 Decades in Review

This paper describes how and why CDC/DASH's approach to effective health and sexual health education in schools has changed dramatically over the past 30 years and outlines directions to expand the evidence base for implementation science and dissemination in the future.

Children’s Mental Health Awareness Month: May 2021

This May, find out how connectedness, school climate, and family engagement can protect adolescent mental health.

Resource: Adolescent Health: What Works In Schools

This evidence-based approach to school-based HIV and STD prevention includes quality sexual health education, connecting students to sexual health services, and establishing safe and supportive school environments.

Report: YRBS Data Summary & Trends

The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Data Summary & Trends Report uses YRBS data from 2009 to 2019 to focus on four priority focus areas associated with STDs, including HIV and unintended teen pregnancy. Learn more.

Resource: 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey Results

The 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System results present a promising picture for some behaviors and experiences among high school students; however, other areas reveal that teens are still engaging in behaviors that put them at risk.

Resource: Parent Engagement

This webpage provides an overview of parent engagement in schools, a promising protective factor that has been linked to better student behavior, higher academic achievement, and enhanced social skills.

Resource: Parent Engagement

This webpage provides an overview of parent engagement in schools, a promising protective factor that has been linked to better student behavior, higher academic achievement, and enhanced social skills.
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