adolescent brain reading list
ACT For Youth Upstate Center of Excellence. Adolescent brain development. May, 2002.
www.actforyouth.net/documents/may02factsheetadolbraindev.pdf
Associated Press. Expert: Teen brain key to understanding criminal behavior. CNN.com.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/12/28/teen.brain.ap/index.html
Bower B. Teen brains on trial. The science of neural development tangles with the
juvenile death penalty. Science News 2004;165(19):299.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040508/bob9.asp
Breyer J, Winters KC. Adolescent brain development: Implications for drug use
prevention. http://www.mentorfoundation.org/pdfs/prevention_perspectives/19.pdf
Coalition for Juvenile Justice Applying Research to Practice. What are the Implications
of Adolescent Brain Development for Juvenile Justice?
http://juvjustice.org/media/resources/resource_138.pdf
Crenson M. Brain changes, not hormones, explain many adolescent behaviors.
SouthCoast Today Newspaper http://archive.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-00/12-3100/e05li127.htm
Dahl R. Puberty, brain maturation, and the development of decision making capacities
in adolesence: A conceptual framework focusing on brain/behavior/social-context
interactions. The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.
http://www.teenpregnancy.org/resources/research/researchconf/dahl_abstract.pdf
Farrell JM. Inside their heads: Rebellious teen behavior could stem from biology. Miami
Herald, May 29, 2007. http://www.mclean.harvard.edu/pdf/news/mitn/mh070529.pdf
Herman JW. The teen brain as a work in progress: Implications for pediatric nurses.
Pediatr Nurs 2005;31(2):144-148.
Hotz RL. Teenage brains seem set for recklessness, Yet tend to avoid risk. Wall Street
Journal, Science Journal, 11/30/07.
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB119634880248807990.html
Jayson S. Teens driven to distraction: Nature or nurture? USA Today.
http://usatoday.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=Teensdriventodistraction
JJDPA Fact Book. Adolescent brain development and juvenile justice fact sheet.
http://www.act4jj.org/media/factsheets/factsheet_12.pdf
Glynis Shea
konopka institute for best practices in adolescent health
healthy youth development • prevention research center
adolescent brain reading list
Kotulak R. Driven to distraction. Star Tribune Reporter. 3/24/06.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/chi-0603240140mar24,0,3603121.story
Landau M. Deciphering the adolescent brain. The Harvard University Gazette.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb353/is_200303/ai_n5555540
Males M. Statistical Bigotry. Youth Today, April, 2005.
http://www.youthtoday.org
Pertler J. Adolescent brain development. Education.com web site
http://www.education.com/print/Middle_School_Brain_Development/
Ramowski SK, Nystrom RJ. The changing adolescent brain. Northwest Public Health
2007. http://nwpublichealth.org/archives/s2007/adolescent-brain/?searchterm=sarah
Spinks S. Adolescent brains are works in progress. Here’s Why. PBS web site
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/work/adolescent.html
Strauch B. The Primal Teen. What the New Discoveries about the Teenage Brain tell us
About our Kids. Anchor Books, New York. 2003.
Underwood N. The Teenage Brain. The Walrus Magazine.
http://www.walrusmagazine.com/print/2006.11-science-the-teenage-brain
Wallis C. What makes teens tick? Time Magazine.
http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,631970,00.html
Walsh D. The adolescent brain and out-of-school time programming. Minnesota
Commission on Out-of-School Time. http://www.mncost.org/Brain.pdf February, 2005.
Walsh D. Why Do They Act That Way? A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for
You and Your Teen. Free Press, New York. 2004.
Weinberger DR, Elvevag B, Giedd JN. The Adolescent Brain: A Work in Progress. The
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.
http://www.teenpregnancy.org/resources/reading/pdf/brain.pdf
Winters KC. Adolescent brain development and drug abuse. TI Science Addiction.
http://www.tresearch.org/resources/specials/2004Nov_AdolescentBrain.pdf
Glynis Shea
konopka institute for best practices in adolescent health
healthy youth development • prevention research center