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Good for Adolescents

 

Book

        Blame My Brain - The Amazing Teenage Brain Revealed, Nicola Morgan

        https://www.copperfieldsbooks.com/search/site

Websites

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpfnDijz2d8      

        https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/center/htbw-main-page.html?WT.ac=k-nav-htbw-main-page#catbody-basics

        https://www.ducksters.com/science/brain.php

        http://www.brainfacts.org

        https://knowingneurons.com

Video

     Brain Games - Teenage Brain, Risky Behavior, and Amygdala

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaAuZbZSCu4

Other

     Self-Compassion & Mindfulness for Teens Card Deck: 54 Exercises and Conversation Starters Cards,  Lee-Anne Gray 


 

Good for Adults and Some Adolescents

 

Books

     The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents, Francis E. Jensen, MD with Amy Ellis Nutt

      

     Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain, Daniel J. Siegel

     The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind, Daniel J. Siegel

     Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain, Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne

     Why Do They Act That Way? A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen, Walsh Ph.D., Dr. David

     The New Childhood: Raising Kids to Thrive in a Connected World, Shapiro, Jordan

      Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World, Devorah Heitner

     Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams, Matthew Walker PhD

     Never Enough, A Neuroscientist Explores The Biology Of Addiction, Judith Grisel 

Videos

 

     Dr. Jensen: The Power of the Adolescent Brain: Segment 1

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6dTKM6ljas

 

     Dr. Jensen: The Power of the Adolescent Brain: Segment 2

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PJ_g_Ca4EM

 

     Dr. Jensen: The Power of the Adolescent Brain: Segment 3

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVr8rB-NyME&t=386s

 

     Dr. Jensen: The Power of the Adolescent Brain: Segment 4

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bLvGHYXxFE

 

     Dr. Jensen: The Power of the Adolescent Brain: Segment 5

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj1n_lQG66o

 

     Dr. Jensen: The Power of the Adolescent Brain: Segment 6

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txwmsPLDccE

     Brainstorm Talk by Dr. Dan Siegel

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhCB-XZOYnY

     Dr. Jay Giedd The Amazing Teen Brain

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADfVBEMcyaY&t=836s


     Frontline Documentary - Inside the Teenage Brain - 53 minutes

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMlQ3VDSn7Q

 

     Frontline Documentary - Inside the Teenage Brain - 26 minutes

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nBqadr1Euc

Articles

     Why the Best Parental Control Is You - Instead of flipping a switch, be the voice in their headCommon Sense Media

          https://tinyurl.com/yctp26rs

     Does 'Smartphone Addiction' Show Up in Teens' Brains?: US News and World Report - Health

          https://health.usnews.com/health-care/articles/2017-11-30/does-smartphone-addiction-show-up-in-teens-brains

 

     Understanding the Brain: The Birth of a Learning Science

          http://ed-neuro.ceit.metu.edu.tr/system/files/Files/Giris-2/understanding-the-brain-oecd_report.pdf    

 

     Teenagers have a hard time reading one another's tones of voiceby Katherine Gombay, Ms., McGill University

         https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-08-teenagers-hard-tones-voice.html

 

Podcasts

 

Fresh Air Interview with neuroscientist Dr. Jensen, author of” The Teenage Brain - A Neuroscientist's 

Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults”

 

     https://www.npr.org/2016/04/15/474348291/why-teens-are-impulsive-addiction-prone-and-should-protect-their-brains

 

Fresh Air Interview with neuroscientist Penelope Lewis“Of Neurons And Memories: Inside The 'Secret       World Of Sleep'

     https://www.npr.org/2013/08/15/212276021/of-neurons-and-memories-inside-the-secret-world-of-sleep

Websites

          http://www.brainfacts.org

   

          http://www.brainfacts.org/3D-Brain#intro=false

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