NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE / COMPONENT 02 OF 05
Developmental Evidence Base
Six interconnected, non-hierarchical domains bring established developmental thinking into a shared explanation of adolescence, while preserving the distinct contributions of different fields.
01 / PURPOSE
The question this component asks
What helps us understand adolescence across different disciplines?
Six domains, one connected developmental landscape.
ⓘ No single discipline, theory or professional viewpoint fully explains the lived experience of adolescence..
02 / INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPLORER
Explore the six evidence domains.
The domains work together. Select each to discover the particular questions it helps connect.
How do young people come to understand who they are?
Development and identity are shaped through the interaction of internal change, relationships, lived experience and the environments surrounding young people.
The formation of identity, agency, motivation, belonging and self-understanding throughout adolescence.
It helps explain why young people's responses cannot be understood through behaviour alone. Their sense of self develops in relationship with the people, institutions and opportunities around them.
Six domains. One shared developmental understanding. The domains are interdependent, not separate explanations of adolescence. Different disciplines contribute to understanding the same lived developmental landscape.
03 / INTERDEPENDENCE
Different perspectives, one lived experience.
Select an illustrative situation to reveal why no one domain is sufficient.
School exclusion & reintegration
A young person returns to learning after exclusion, but their engagement remains uncertain.
Select a situation to explore different dimensions of the same experience.
These examples illustrate possible dimensions of understanding, not conclusions about any individual young person. All six evidence domains remain relevant to the wider developmental picture.
LAST / BACK TO THE ARCHITECTURE
How this fits within the whole.
NAYD is built from connected contributions, not siloed tools. The other components remain relevant whichever page you explore.