The Promise of Adolescence: Realizing Opportunity for All Youth

by Board on Children Youth and Families, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, et al.

Adolescence?beginning with the onset of puberty and ending in the mid-20s?is a critical period of development during which key areas of the brain mature and develop. These changes in brain structure, function, and connectivity mark adolescence as a period of opportunity to discover new vistas, to form relationships with peers and adults, and to explore one's developing identity. It is also a period of resilience that can ameliorate childhood setbacks...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309490081
• ISBN13: 9780309490085
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 492 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.9"