Risky Business: Why Adolescents Love Risk-Taking and How We Can Help Manage It

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Recent research on the adolescent brain clearly demonstrates that adolescents perceive and process risk assessment in ways that are remarkably unlike adults. Changes in receptor site numbers and sensitivity, neurotransmitter action, and social-emotional responses all combine to influence how teens evaluate risk.

During this presentation, Michael Nerney offers ways to think about and talk about adolescent risk reduction, including access to structured risk taking, and the use of “gist” language. These concepts can be applied across the spectrum of adolescent risky behaviors, including drug and alcohol use, sexual activity, and others.

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Summary

  • Production Date: 03/28/2018
  • Catalog Number: none
  • Archive Number: mp315
  • Series: none
  • Length: *1:59:39
  • Town: Burlington
  • Geography: National
  • Event Type: General
  • Content Type: Other

Airtimes

1 Monday April 2, 2018 at 10:30 PM
2 Tuesday April 3, 2018 at 3:30 AM
3 Tuesday April 3, 2018 at 9:30 AM
4 Saturday April 7, 2018 at 4:00 PM
5 Thursday April 12, 2018 at 1:00 PM
6 Sunday April 22, 2018 at 4:00 PM
7 Sunday May 6, 2018 at 10:00 PM
8 Monday May 7, 2018 at 3:00 AM
9 Monday May 7, 2018 at 9:00 AM

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