Fast Facts About Supporting Adolescents Five Years After COVID

This “Fast Facts” Publication from UCLA’s Center for the Developing Adolescent provides insight on how to support young people five years after the COVID-19 pandemic.

From the publication:

“In 2020, COVID disrupted nearly every aspect of education, work, and social connections. Students who were in the earliest years of their education when schools first closed due to the pandemic are now in middle school—they are in early adolescence, at a pivotal stage in development for shaping mental health and positive outcomes, even after earlier adversity.

Many members of this new cohort of middle school students faced significant challenges during the pandemic, which often reflected existing inequities across groups and communities . . . Yet research tells us that these middle school years offer a critical opportunity to shape positive outcomes for young people after the adversities posed by the pandemic.”