Youth programs as powerful settings for social and emotional learning | Reed Larson
Channel: Extension Center for Youth Development Training and Events
Date: 17/07/2015

Youth development programs are uniquely positioned to support social and emotional learning; young people engage in real-world projects, work in teams, take on meaningful roles, face challenges, and experience the accompanying emotional ups and downs. This symposium , featuring Reed Larson, Lisa Bouillion Diaz and Natalie Rusk focused on promoting social and emotional learning in youth program settings, and strategies experienced leaders use to facilitate development of skills such as strategic thinking and emotional management.

Reed Larson is a professor in the departments of human and community development, psychology, and educational psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on the daily developmental experience of adolescents, particularly in the context of youth development programs and families. He has served as the president of the Society for Research on Adolescence and editor¬in¬chief of New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development (with Lene Jensen).