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Natinal Scientific Council on Adolescence (NSCA) Co-Directors Dr. Joanna Williams and Dr. Jennifer Pfeifer spoke with Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Think Out Loud about the the most recent council report on how anti-Black racism affects adolescents and how to support Black adolescents.
At a Philadelphia Learning Collaborative forum entitled “Making (Brain) Waves,” Co-Executive Director Andrew Fuligni spoke to teachers and administrators about adolescent brain development in an effort to design more effective school programs.
Founding Director of CDA Ron Dahl is quoted in the new Science article about adolescence in the animal kingdom. According to Dahl, the common findings about adolescence that researchers have discovered across species could “have clinical and policy implications” for supporting human adolescents.
