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Supporting Adolescent Health and Development: What Decision Makers Need to Know

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Improve Adolescent Health and Development

Research has fundamentally changed our understanding of how adolescents—young people ages 10 to 25—develop, grow, and learn. Join us on Monday, May 11th at 12 PM ET to learn about the actions decision makers at all levels can take to realize the promise of adolescence.
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Changes in the brain occur throughout adolescence, affording young people a remarkable capacity to learn and create, adapt to changes, form relationships with peers and adults, and explore their own environments. Investments in programs and interventions that capitalize on the brain’s capacity to change during adolescence can promote beneficial shifts in young people’s life trajectories, helping them achieve their full potential in adulthood.

Two recent reports from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine examine healthy adolescent development and recommend actions for promoting it: The Promise of Adolescence: Realizing Opportunity for All Youth (2019), and Promoting Positive Adolescent Health Behaviors and Outcomes: Thriving in the 21st Century (2020). This webinar, based on these reports, will highlight opportunities for policymakers to promote positive adolescent development, optimize adolescent outcomes, and address the needs of this increasingly diverse population.