Understanding The Changing Adolescent Brain To Improve Engagement In Education A Worcester Virtual Schools Closed Group

This online workshop is for educational professionals and explores changes to the teenage brain, what is happening inside the brain structure during adolescence, and how this presents.

The aim is to deepen educators’ understanding leading to improved pupil engagement and participation in learning.

Learning Objectives:

●Overview of the teenage brain – what’s happening inside?
●What does that look like on the outside?
●Impact – emotions, behaviours and daily life
●Key social, cultural and hormonal factors
●The teenage brain and trauma
●Impacts of developmental trauma in adolescence
●Attachment and relationships
●How this impacts access to education
●What can supporting adults do?
●Resources for teenagers and parents

This is a Worcester Virtual Schools Closed Group