The National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Research Center engages in and promotes scholarly and collaborative research with community partners to assist young people in overcoming conditions that may threaten their safety, health, emotional needs, or intellectual development.
The Center is based on a dynamic complex systems view of five interacting areas (known as the “5H Model”) that impact the academic, social, and emotional well-being of youth:
- “Head” for intellectual achievement and school leadership
- “Heart” for social and emotional skills
- “Hands” for safety and protection
- “Health” for physical and mental health
- “Home” for family and community support
This model will guide our decision making in order to foster the intellectual, social, emotional, and physical well-being of youth by providing educators, social workers, law enforcement, community leaders, and other adults impacting youth with professional development, research support, and resource assistance across the 5H areas.
NYAR Conference
For over 32 years, the National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference has continued to provide quality, relevant training for all people interested in the well-being of youth, including but not limited to: Teachers at all levels, Principals and Assistant Principals, School Counselors and Psychologists, Health and Human Service Counselors and Personnel, Criminal Justice Professionals, Business and Community Leaders, Volunteer Service Providers, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Social Workers.
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Center Mission, Vision & Values
Mission
The mission of the National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Research Center is to provide university professors, educators, community partners, and other adults impacting youth with professional development, research support, and resource assistance to overcome conditions that impact the safety, health, emotional needs, or intellectual development. The Center supports university professors, educators, community partners, and other adults impacting youth through convergence research and development of evidence-based practices to have a real-world impact. The Center supports the mission of the University by valuing collaboration, discovery and innovation, and openness and inclusion.
Vision
The vision of the National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Research Center is to be the premier Center for holistic youth advocacy through the support of professional development, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research, and community partnerships within schools, families, and communities in Georgia and across the nation.
Values
- Individual and Collective Growth
- A “Whole Person” Systems Approach
- Interconnectivity of Academic Disciplines and Community Partners
- Regional Impact
- Interdisciplinary/Transdisciplinary Research
- Convergence Research
- Public Impact Research
- Inclusive Excellence and Diversity
- Operational Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Sustainability