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National nonprofit organization First Tee turns to researchers at Youth-Nex to evaluate the program’s model and youth development outcomes during out-of-school time.

Alleghany Highlands Public School Principal Cynthia Morgan is a member of the SCOPE 19 Cohort (pictured above).

A successful program piloted by UVA and the Thomas Jefferson EMS Council sparked a new law and a grant to train emergency personnel.

Leaders at Youth-Nex are fulfilling the commitment they made to create more youth-led opportunities, including a youth summit which will take place in late April.

The toolkit provides practical guidance for training, implementing and evaluating school threat assessment teams.

Programs that allow teaching assistants and other paraprofessionals to earn a degree and licensure while continuing to work are helping address the teacher shortage and diversify the teaching workforce.

UVA students studying to become school counselors are learning how to translate research into practitioner-focused briefs, building their own skills and benefiting counselors already in schools.

Designed as a guiding light for those supporting adolescents, Portrait of a Thriving Youth is a dynamic picture of what youth need to flourish.

Youth mental health needs have skyrocketed. The Youth Mental Health Leadership emphasis in UVA’s Counselor Education program is graduating counselors who are prepared to lead the response.

A UVA-based team is testing a robot used to increase young learners’ exposure to computer science skills in areas from southwest Virginia to rural Colombia.