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DESIGNED FOR THE ADULTS WHO HOLD THEM.
Teens ages 10–18
Neurodivergent learners
LGBTQ+ youth
Young people navigating emotional suppression
Youth who struggle to name or express their feelings
School counselors and social workers
Therapists and mental health clinicians
Nonprofits and after-school programs
Community-based youth organizations
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GROUNDED IN THE BASE FRAMEWORK
Every prompt and tool in Feelings Unplugged is derived from peer-reviewed research on Black adolescent emotional suppression and the BASE Framework — the pedagogical spine of the US-Squared Research Institute.
Tartt, E. L., Nylund-Gibson, K., et al. (in press). Latent Transition Analysis of adolescent racial discrimination and mental health outcomes. Psychological Methods.
Tartt, E. L. (2023). Unraveling Hopelessness: A latent class analysis of mental health profiles among Black adolescents. University of California, Santa Barbara.
A justice-centered developmental framework derived from dissertation research and community practice — the counter-architecture to every system that told a young person their brilliance was a problem.
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