Positive Youth Deveopment

ARCCADE focuses on promoting Positive Youth Development through preventive interventions, applied research, training, and consultation. We provide services and consultation to corporations, communities, schools, and families.

ARCCADE was founded by Psychologists Dr Brendan J Gomez & Dr Patricia Ang as the Asian Research Center for Child & Adolescent Development in 2006. It was set-up as an applied prevention research center. 

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Mission

ARCCADE was set-up to:

• Develop and adapt intervention programs for children in need.
• Recruit and nurture positive people to work on youth programs.
• Foster availability of positive places and opportunities for youth.
• Assess risk and protective factor.
• Monitor youth psychological health.

Applied Research

Through research efforts, ARCCADE intends to provide:

• Up-to-date reliable information on local youth development.
• Latest scientific methods for decision making on programming.
• Knowledge on developing and evaluating youth program effectiveness.
• Technical assistance in ensuring fidelity and sustainability of related efforts.

Our Concern

Almost 46% of Malaysia’s 22 million population are below the age of 22.

Mental Health Problems
28% of Malaysian Children.
13% of young people between ages 5-15.

Smoking
400,000 adolescents (or 16.7%) aged 18 and below in Malaysia are regular users.

Bullying
80% of primary school students have been bullied and the majority occur in classroom.

Sex, HIV & Drugs
1%-54% of youth between 10-24 are sexually active.
2% of 300,000 secondary school students surveyed have had sex, 9.4% was with prostitutes.
40% of 40,409 people in Malaysia confirmed to be infected with HIV are 13-25 years old.