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Read research about how the transition between childhood and adolescence affects teens, what adults and parents can do during to help children during this important time, and what support resources are available to teenagers and their families.

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  • Adolescent Growth and Development

    Virginia Tech Assistant Professor Angela Huebner describes adolescence as a time of many transitions both for teens and their families. To ensure that teens and adults navigate these transitions successfully, it is important for both to understand what is happening to the teen; how these transitions affect teens; what adults can do; and what support resources are available.

  • Adolescent Health - Research on Teens

    The Centre for Adolescent Health strives to promote the health and well-being of young people through integrated research, program development, advocacy, education and training and clinical services.

  • At Risk Youth

    At Risk Youth strives to provide troubled adolescents and their parents with valuable information pertaining to issues that face todays youth. This site includes information about adolescents and the issues that they may be struggling with, including substance abuse, defiance, violence, weight management, learning disabilities, eating disorders, and other behavioral and emotional issues. At Risk Youth strives to provide parents with advice about effective treatment options.

  • European Association for Research on Adolescence

    The association comprises researchers (psychologists, psychiatrists, and sociologists) who are studying adolescent development. Our aim is to give researchers a way to connect with each other to keep up with what others are doing, to keep up with opportunities and activities of interest, and to develop joint ventures.

  • Research on Childhood and Adolescence

    The Research and Policy Center for Childhood and Adolescence at the University of California, San Francisco is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of children and adolescents. Using interdisciplinary approaches, we aim to: provide exemplary clinical care; advance knowledge through leading-edge research; translate, synthesize and disseminate state-of-the-art knowledge in clinical practice, research, and health care policy to the broader community; and train the next generation of leaders in child and adolescent health.

  • Society for Research on Adolescence

    Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) is a dynamic, multidisciplinary, international organization dedicated to understanding adolescence through research and dissemination.

  • Understanding Adolescence

    Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Laura Sessions Stepp research shows that young adolescents have three major significant needs that must be met for them to grow up healthy and strong.