Youth Development/Resilience WestEd has a long history of studying the variables that allow some young people to succeed despite difficult life conditions and experiences. We continue to add to that research as well as put it to work in a variety of projects designed to promote positive life choices for young people. Which programs are involved with Youth Development/Resilience? Health & Human Development Program Which projects are involved with Youth Development/Resilience? California Healthy Kids Survey California Student Survey Elementary School Counseling Demonstration Program (Jurupa Unified School District) IRIS Project I IRIS Project II: Prevention Interventions for Children of Substance Abusing Parents Survey of Adolescent Substance Use Among Asians and Other Ethnic Groups in California Youth Connect Which resources feature Youth Development/Resilience? Alternative Education Options: A Descriptive Study of California Continuation High Schools Closing the Achievement Gap: A Vision for Changing Beliefs and Practices, 2nd Edition Fostering Resiliency in Kids Healthy Kids Resilience Module (HKRM) Healthy Kids Survey (HKS) Ensuring That No Child Is Left Behind: How Are Student Health Risks & Resilience Related to the Academic Progress of Schools? Measuring Resilience and Youth Development: The Psychometric Properties of the Healthy Kids Survey Piloting a Searchable Database of Dropout Prevention Programs in Nine Low-Income Urban School Districts in the Northeast and Islands Region Prevention is Primary: Strategies for Community Well-Being R&D Alert® Vol. 5, No. 2 R&D Alert® Spring 2000 R&D Alert® Vol. 9, No. 2 REL West Research Digest Vol. 1, No. 1 Resiliency: What We Have Learned School and District Improvement Solutions: 2008 Products and Service Catalog Social and Emotional Well-Being: The Foundation for School Readiness Using School-Community Partnerships to Bolster Student Learning