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.

Report

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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Moving Early Childhood Up the Agenda: A Core Story of Early Childhood Development in Australia

In this brief, we outline a new Core Story of Early Childhood Development built around the concepts of “Health and Fairness.” It is based on an in-depth exploration of a series of frames...

Report

The Core Story of Early Childhood Development in Australia: Supplement on Research Methods and Evidence

This document is a research supplement for Moving Early Childhood Up the Agenda, which lays out a Core Story of Early Childhood Development in Australia, and for three additional briefs on...

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Reframing Developmental Relationships

Developmental relationships -- interactions with friends, family, teachers, coaches, and more—allow young people to learn new skills and forge their identities. In partnership with the Search...

Toolkit

Reframing Developmental Relationships

This toolkit is a resource for bringing strategic goals to life in your messaging and communications about developmental relationships.

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Each and Every Child: How to Talk About Care Experience in Scotland

In February 2020, the Independent Care Review called for foundational reform of care experience in Scotland and an end to the stigma faced by people with care experience. To build public support...

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Each and Every Child: How to Talk About Care Experience in Scotland

To tackle stigma, we need to help people think differently about how the care system can and should work for children – and explain how and why people stigmatise in the first place.

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Reframing Children’s Care in Scotland Research Supplement: Methods and Findings

This Research Supplement describes in detail the research methods and findings that underpin the recommendations in the accompanying Strategic Brief, Each and Every Child: How to Talk About Care...

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From Risk to Opportunity: Framing Adolescent Development

This strategic brief outlines seven key framing shifts necessary to advance public understanding of and shift attitudes about adolescent development. Recommendations are illustrated with examples...

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Caught between Osmosis and Environments: Mapping the Gap between the Expert and the Public Understandings of the Role of Executive Function

This report maps the gaps between how Americans think and experts talk about the skills and abilities that comprise the concept of executive function.

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From Risk to Opportunity: Framing Adolescent Development

FrameWorks research shows that adolescence is misunderstood in America. Members of the public are frequently exposed to negative messages about young people that dampen support for evidence-based...

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Making Room For More: Building Support For Young Dual Language Learners In The US

This strategic resource outlines seven key framing shifts necessary to advance public understanding and political will regarding dual language learning policy.

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Reframing Family, School, and Community Engagement

In partnership with the National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement (NAFSCE), FrameWorks researchers examined public thinking about family engagement and developed...