| July 26 Webinar 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. EST THE NEUROWHEREABOUTS GUIDE: BRAIN-BASED PARENTING & PREVENTION with Crystal Collier, PHD, LPC-S – Therapist, Researcher, Educator The NeuroWhereAbouts Guide: Brain-based Parenting & Prevention describes healthy brain development and elucidates how substances and other risky behavior affect healthy neurodevelopment, the role of genetics in addiction, the effect of environment, and implications for prevention and treatment. Dr. Crystal Collier, the author of The NeuroWhereAbouts Guide, teaches parents, school staff, and clinicians how to teach the neuroscience of risky behavior to students, families, and clinicians, and utilize the information in daily parenting practices. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: How high-risk behavior such as alcohol, drugs, and vaping, and risky behavior such as technology overuse, gambling, and pornography affect youth brain development. How the arrest of neurodevelopmental processes and executive function skills affect youth as they age. Brain-based prevention and treatment techniques based on prevention science and stage of change theory to address youth high-risk behavior. How to apply prevention science techniques consistently within families and schools to achieve long-lasting protective effects. |
Operation: PARENT Webinar – July 26, 2022
