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The Adolescent Brain: Reaching for Autonomy |
Excellent advice on dealing with young people. I wish Id had this book when my own children were adolescents! Patricia Wolfe, International Educational Consultant, Mind Matters, Inc. Written in a reader-friendly manner, the book thoughtfully examines the transition period from childhood to adulthood and combines scholarship from psychology, education, and neuroscience. Loved the graphics! Sheryl Feinstein, Associate Professor, Augustana College Readers will leave this book with a sense of calmness about living or working with adolescents. Bob Patterson, Training Manager, Discovery Education How the teenage brain thinks, feels, learns, and changes on its journey to adulthood. Author, educator, and university professor Robert Sylwester explains in this enlightening new volume that adolescence is a prolonged odyssey toward maturation and autonomy affecting teachers, parents, family, and the community.This marvelous rite of passage often frustrates adults because adolescents reaching for autonomy don't appreciate the level of adult direction they accepted as children. Sylwester suggests that educators, parents, and other adults can shift their perspective from child management to adolescent mentoring, and explains how to do this in ways that enhance the relationship. The key lies in understanding what's occurring in an adolescent's brain during this important developmental period.Sylwester's reader-friendly text discusses topics such as sexuality and bonding, productivity and vocation, morality and ethics, risk and security, technology and drugs, the arts and humanities, and collaboration and autonomy. Using nontechnical language and familiar examples that lend themselvesto everyday discussions in classrooms and families, this engaging new tour through the adolescent brain can be read, enjoyed, and understood by all.
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26.06 USD
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