Positive Youth Development

This guide (PDF, 41 pages) helps education professionals reimagine and redefine school safety such that safety is not the absence of a negative but rather the existence of positive elements like interconnection, belonging, voice, and agency. The guide centers the lived experiences of students and families—especially those who have been ...

Registration for National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week (NDAFW) is now open. Organizations must complete this registration form for their event to be considered an official NDAFW event. Registering your event provides the following added benefits:  Your event is listed on NIDA’s online events map.  Ability to connect with NIDA staff who ...

This brief (PDF, 8 pages) summarizes the key provisions related to the transportation of children and youth experiencing homelessness included in the McKinney-Vento Act. It suggests transportation implementation strategies at the state and local levels and recommends resources for funding transportation costs. Learn more (PDF, 8 pages).  ...

This tip sheet (PDF, 1 page) provides information about engaging youth who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, or other diverse identity in both virtual and in-person settings. Learn more. 

This tip sheet (PDF, 1 page) provides information about working virtually with families of youth who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, or other diverse identity, including ideas for initial engagement and rapport building. Learn more.  

This fact sheet (PDF, 2 pages) provides an overview of AFFIRM Caregiver, an intervention designed to enhance affirmative parenting practices that promote the safety and well-being of LGBTQ+ youth. Learn more. 

This fact sheet (PDF, 1 page) highlights the Youth Acceptance Project (YAP), a clinical model that works with families of LGBTQ+ youth to address their fears and worries related to their LGBTQ+ child and help the family learn new and supportive behaviors to improve their youth’s well-being. Learn more.  ...

This report (PDF, 18 pages) examines the characteristics and college readiness of high school students who earned different types of biliteracy seals, the number of students who met some requirements for a seal but did not earn one, and the effect of earning a seal on college outcomes. Findings and ...

The online training courses will help professionals assess, respond to, and treat youth with sexual behavior problems. These courses were created from evidence-based best practices and focus on youth between the ages of 9 and 14.  Each course is ongoing and offers free continuing education credits. The four courses are:   Clinical Assessment of ...

This series of fact sheets aims to advance organizational knowledge about the importance of normalcy for young people in foster care. It also explores the importance of facilitating regular discussions about its implementation among all stakeholders, including young people themselves. The page contains the following three fact sheets:   Having the Normalcy ...