Training Description:
This 4-hour course will provide attendees with information on Child-Development and the Adolescent Brain including the basics of children’s brain architecture, how to support brain development, adolescent thinking and behavior, impacts of trauma, and how to use brain science when interacting with young people.
Training Objectives:
After participating in this training participants will be able to:
- List the basics of children’s brain architecture and how to support their brain development.
- List typical developmental milestones in children and adolescents.
- Describe how adolescent brain development influences adolescent thinking and behavior.
- Describe how trauma affects brain development and impacts learning.
- Apply brain science when interacting with young people by creating authentic partnerships.
Credit Designation Statement:
The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School-OCME designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.