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Child and Adolescent Development

FrameWorks has the world’s largest body of framing research on children and adolescents. It is used around the world to create change.

This research provides an overarching framing strategy to effectively communicate about a wide range of issues that affect children and young people.

Certain assumptions about children, youth, and families come up again and again.

To communicate effectively, advocates need to be able to navigate these dominant beliefs.

The tested frames come from research on six continents and have pushed policy in progressive directions at local, state, national, and international levels. Join this global narrative shift effort by exploring these resources.

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Toolkit

Reframing Adolescence and Adolescent Development

This toolkit is a resource for communicators who want to change the narrative about adolescence and adolescent development.

From 10 to 25

What happens from ages 10 to 25? Find out as you take on the role of a young person, explore new parts of life, encounter challenges, and get the support you need.
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Talking About Racism in Child and Family Advocacy

As the field seeks to lead a more public conversation about the impacts of racism on children and families—and about how racism structures the systems that children and families interact...

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Early Child Development and Violence in Brazil: A Field Frame Analysis

This Field Frame Analysis maps the competing narratives used by influential organizations to frame the debate on early child development and violence.
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Taking Responsibility for Solutions: Using Values to Reframe Child Maltreatment in the United Kingdom

This report explores the extent to which values-based messages and narratives affect attitudes about child maltreatment and support for relevant policies.
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Talking Responsibility for Solutions: Using Values to Reframe Child Maltreatment in the United Kingdom)

Those advocating for the well-being of children need strategies to help the public recognise that effective action is possible and to raise support for evidence-based solutions.

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The Potency of Potential: Values to Bring Jacksonville Together to Support Children

In Jacksonville, FL, people think of children's issues as a private concern. Leading with human potential or civic potential helps drive a policy conversation.
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Finding the Southern Cross: A FrameWorks MessageMemo for the Centre for Community Child Health

This MessageMemo provides a communications map for improving the Australian public’s understanding of early child development and their support for solutions.
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Representations of Early Childhood and Urban Violence in Brazilian Media (Portuguese)

This report examines the messages embedded in the media’s presentation of issues related to early child development and urban violence in Brazilian newspapers.
Toolkit

Framing Child Development and Care in Australia

This toolkit is designed to help communicators in the field to translate the science of early childhood development and mental health in the Australian context, in order to increase support for...
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Representations of Early Childhood and Urban Violence in Brazilian Media (English)

This report examines the messages embedded in the media’s presentation of issues related to early child development and urban violence in Brazilian newspapers.
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Promoting Productive Conversations About Early Child Development and Care: An Introduction to Strategically Reframing Public Communications

This magazine-style article provides a basic introduction for communicators who are new to strategic framing and its primary concepts.
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Taking the First Step: Using Metaphor to Open Space for the Science of Child Development in the Field of International Development

A new metaphor - the "multiplier effect" - can help us better explain how early childhood development can advance the goals of international development and aid.
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Missing Matter: Holes in the Media Narrative about Informal and Formal STEM Learning

This report analyzes how media coverage frames STEM learning, informal STEM learning, and related issues.
Frame Testing Recommendations

Viewpoint: Q&A with FrameWorks CEO Nathaniel Kendall-Taylor, PhD

What challenges do advocates face when communicating about substance abuse prevention, and how can they overcome these challenges?