The Adolescent Brain
The prefrontal cortex
What is one of the last areas of the brain to fully develop?
characteristics at the biological, psychological, family, community or cultural level that precede and are associated with a higher likelihood of negative outcomes
Risk factors
This may result in increased heart rate, mood changes, anxiety, sleeplessness, and risky behavior.
Energy drink consumption
This targets youth
What is the commercialization of cannabis?
Ensure each student has a trusted, positive adult role model
What is things school staff can do to help safeguard youth?
Handles judgment, complex and abstract thoughts, impulse control and self-monitoring.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
Characteristics associated with a lower likelihood of negative outcomes or that reduce a risk factor’s impact. Protective factors can be seen as positive countering events.
What are Protective Factors?
Vapes actually create
What is an aerosol?
1-3%
2-7%
10-15%
23-28%
What is the Timeline of Cannabis Potency?
YOU
What is can alter the projection of a young person's life through direct words and actions?
The ages that the thinking part of the brain goes under construction and rewiring and the emotional brain is mostly in charge.
What is between 11 and 18?
These can reduce the impact that substance use disorders have on individuals, families and communities.
What are Prevention and Early Intervention Strategies
According to Truth Initiative, "The best way to help people stop using tobacco on school grounds is too...
What is HELP them stop?
Not the cannabis of the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s or 80’s.
Changes in academics, appearance, attitude, behavior
What are signs and symptoms of a possible substance use challenge?
Another reason teens are most vulnerable to substances.
What is their natural reward pathways are being formed?
It is impacted by genetic factors, environmental factors and exposure to trauma.
What is the development of a substance use challenge
A mixture of Sprite, cough medicine, and Jolly Ranchers.
What is purple drank?
Powdered chemicals that are usually mixed with solvents and sprayed onto herbs and sold commercially.
What is synthetic cannabis?
School staff can be alert to the signs and symptoms of trouble in young people by
What is learning, listening and connecting students to a trusted adults who can help.
These hijack the brain's natural reward pathways
What are drugs?
Youth prevention is about....
delay the onset of drug and alcohol use until a adolescent’s brain is fully developed.
Sugar, budder, crumble and sauce
What are cannabis concentrates?
Who said, people who use illegal substances must assume that every drug has been adulterated at some level with fentanyl.
Whio is Dr. Sullivan?
These people can pay attention to significant changes in the way youth typically learn, behave and/or handle emotions
What are school staff?