Session 1: The Teen Brain

Covers recent findings on brain development specific to changes occurring in adolescence – explains teen behavior from a neuroscience viewpoint.

Session 2: Transitions in Adolescence

The profound cognitive, physical, social and moral changes occurring in adolescence are discussed and used to explain adolescent (mis)behavior.

Session 3: Positive Discipline

Rather than taking a punishment perspective, parents can set rules and consequences, communicate, and create experiences for learning.

Session 4: Talking with Teens about Dating, Sex, Drugs and Alcohol

Now that parents understand teens’ motivations for misbehavior, they can use the communication and consequence setting skills to address teen risk behaviors. This session defines teen risk behaviors and their prevalence in the U.S. and Florida

Session 5: Understanding Teen Anger and Managing Yours

Parents can get in touch with their anger triggers, what they were taught growing up about anger, how to define helpful from unhelpful anger, and to understand the purpose of anger in their own lives.

Session 6: Empowering Teens to Build Assets

The more assets a teen has, the better off he or she is developmentally. Parents will learn how to account for and build their teen’s assets as well as empower teens’ positive development.