Complex, Creative, Complicated
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Understanding what is happening in your child's brain can help us direct them
and build skills more effectively.
The Adolescent Mind
​The brain develops from the back to front.
When a child enters adolescence, the brain is only about 80% developed with the frontal region being the least developed.
The frontal lobe is responsible for:
1.) Attention
2.) Complex planning
3.) Decision making
4.) Impulse control
5.) Organized thinking
6.) Personality development
7.) Risk management
8.) Short-term memory
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​Simply understanding this area is still developing helps explain some of the
behaviors that both surprise and confound adolescents and their parents.
