Using Adolescent Development to Inform Prevention Practice: Brain and Behavior

April 27, 2022 

Presented by: Dr. Jason Burrow-Sánchez

Participants will review major social and biological factors of adolescent development and implications for ways to approach substance use prevention/intervention.

Objectives Include:

• Describe prevalence rates for adolescent substance use in Region 8 including the most frequently used substances.
• Explain social and biological (brain development) factors of adolescent development in relation to substance use.
• Analyze the relation between developmental factors and prevention/intervention of substance use.

Webinar Recording & Resources:

• Recording

• Presentation Slides

• Effects of Substances on the Teen Brain (2 Minute Video Resource)