Brain Development

April 22, 2010
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Jeannie Von Stultz, PhD, psychologist and Director of Mental Health Services for Bexar County Juvenile Probation, explains how and why adolescents think differently. For this 3-part series, Dr. Von Stultz discusses the following:

Emotional recognition
Development of physiological, emotional and cognitive brain centers
Brain growth spurts
White vs. grey matter
Executive functioning
How brain development affects behavior and decision-making
Challenges to development (e.g., trauma, mental health, substance use)
Building resiliency

This recording is from a community presentation Clarity Child Guidance Center hosted on April 22, 2010.

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