If you have a teenager at home, or will in the near future, you won’t want to miss Dr. Laurence Steinberg’s visit to SCS. Adolescence is a stage of heightened brain plasticity – which means it is a key time to intervene as parents and educators to promote positive development. Exposing the brain to challenge and novelty when it is plastic, and can therefore be shaped and molded, is so important to acquire and strengthen the skills that will set teens up for future experiences.
How can you best take advantage of these key years of brain development? Join one of the world’s leading experts on adolescence to find out about this “age of opportunity” and how you can purposely support and guide teens.
Wednesday, February 3 at 7:00 p.m.
Powell Hall
