Brain Development

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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  • Clarity Child Guidance Center is the only nonprofit mental health treatment center for kids ages 3 to 17 in South Texas. Our staff of children’s mental health professionals is the largest in the region. When a child is in crisis, we work with families to get much needed treatment regardless of their ability to pay.

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