Completed
The Promise of Adolescence: Realizing Opportunity for All Youth, a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, finds ample evidence that changes in brain structure and connectivity that happen in adolescence present young people with unique opportunities for positive, life-shaping development, and for recovery from past adversity. The report provides multiple recommendations for policy and practice that capitalize on these developmental opportunities and address inequities–such as in health care and education–that undermine the well-being of many adolescents and leave them less able to take advantage of the promise offered by this stage of life.
Featured publication
The Promise of Adolescence: Realizing Opportunity for All Youth
Consensus
·2019
Adolescence—beginning with the onset of puberty and ending in the mid-20s—is a critical period of development during which key areas of the brain mature and develop. These changes in brain structure, function, and connectivity mark adolescence as a period of opportunity to discover new vistas, to fo...
View details
Background Material
El sistema de protección infantil (Español) - The Promise of Adolescence Video Series
Background Material
El sistema judicial (Español) - The Promise of Adolescence Video Series
Background Material
El sistema educativo (Español) - The Promise of Adolescence Video Series
Background Material
Child Welfare System - The Promise of Adolescence Video Series
Background Material
Justice System - The Promise of Adolescence Video Series
Background Material
Education System - The Promise of Adolescence Video Series
Background Material
Recommendations
talking-points-adolescence.pdf
Recommendations