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Youth Thrive: Research Briefs & Action Sheets

This packet includes the research brief about each protective factor as well as an “action sheet” for service providers about their role in supporting families to build each protective factor using the Youth Thrive curriculum. 

(10 pp)

Webinar

Advancing and Measuring Well-being for Youth and Young Adults: the Youth Thrive™ Survey

November 2018

The Youth Thrive™ Survey is an innovative instrument designed to be used by organizations serving youth and young adults ages 12-26 to measure and improve their well-being. This webinar provides an overview of how to access and administer the Youth Thrive™ Survey.

Report

ACYF Child Abuse and Neglect Cross-Walk

This report provides a review on Protective Factors for in-risk youth connected to Strengthening Families and Youth Thrive. It notes findings from several sources.
(51 pp)

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Youth Thrive: A Framework to Help Adolescents Overcome Trauma and Thrive

2015

This brief describes Youth Thrive's protective and promotive factors framework and examines how a focus on thriving is necessary to complement the field’s growing move to become trauma-informed.
(20 pp)

Report

Youth Thrive: Advancing Healthy Adolescent Development and Well-Being

September 2014

This report provides a synthesis of the ideas and research from the neurobiological, behavioral, and social sciences that inform the Youth Thrive Protective and Promotive Factors Framework.
(52 pp)

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Youth Thrive: Promoting Youth Resilience

2017

This brief is an additional module to the Youth Thrive curriculum. The Trainer’s Guide for this module provides youth workers with tools and easy-to-implement activities that can be used in their programs and professional practice to support young people in developing resilience skills.

(61 pp)

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Youth Thrive: Protective & Promotive Factors Core Meanings

This brief gives an overview of Youth Thrive’s five Protective and Promotive Factors and lists their constructs and core meanings.
(2 pp)

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Youth Thrive: Youth Resilience

This brief discusses the importance of resilience and being able to call forth their inner strength to positively meet challenges, manage adversities, heal the effects of trauma, and thrive.
(2 pp)

Brief

Youth Thrive: Social Connections

This brief discusses how social connections—people and institutions—help youth increase their knowledge and develop their skills. This helps find a sense of belonging and meaning in their lives.
(2 pp)

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Youth Thrive: Knowledge of Adolescent Development

This brief discusses the importance of having accurate knowledge of adolescent development, which is critically important because beliefs about youth influence perceptions and treatment of young people.
(2 pp)