Youth-Nex
Youth-Nex | The UVA Center to Promote Effective Youth Development
Youth-Nex is a trans-disciplinary center focusing on three core domains: a) Out-of-School Time; b) Educational Systems: Middle School; and c) Community Engagement: Civic and Political (learn more in our about page). Central to its work is a translational approach to scholarship and innovation which aims to expand and apply the science of Positive Youth Development to enhance the strengths of youth and to prevent developmental risk such as violence; physical and mental health issues; substance abuse and school failure. View the Youth-Nex brochure.
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What's New at Youth-Nex
Youth-Nex Blog: Addressing SEL Loss from COVID-19
Zach Bell, a PE teacher, explores how to address SEL learning loss from COVID-19 with 4 factors for youth moral development.
Read MoreYouth-Nex Job Market Candidates
Learn more about the Youth-Nex candidates on the job market this year!
Learn MoreYouth-Nex Blog: For Youth, COVID-19 Changed Everything
Read 16-year old reflect on how the National Response Movement gave her new purpose during the pandemic.
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The Latest Youth-Nex Articles
- 4 Things Your Teen (or Pre-Teen) Needs
- Youth-Nex Faculty Profile: 5 Questions with Prof. Smith
- Doctoral Students Win Award for Creating Writing Group for Black Scholars at UVA
- Clinical-School Psychology Grad Student Lands Equity Fellowship
- MEDIA ALERT: UVA Launches Cville Education Equity Website with Resources and Tools to Get and Give Help
- Back to School, with Equity in Mind
- Youth-Nex Researchers Awarded Mentoring Grant from WTG Foundation
- Is Your Adolescent Getting Enough Sleep? 3 Things Every Parent Should Know
- EP-ADS Graduate Student Lands NCAA Research Grant to Study Black Women Student-Athletes
- For This Aspiring Psychologist, Life Experience Became an Academic Passion