Additional Supplemental Resources

Websites

• The Teen Brain: 7 Things to Know

  • As you learn about brain development during adolescence, consider these six facts from the National Institute of Mental Health.
• National Sleep Foundation 
  • As research reveals the importance of sleep for teenagers, many people advocate for later high school start times. Read about some of the research at the National Sleep Foundation on school start times.
• National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) 
  • Visit the National Eating Disorders Association to learn more about eating disorders.
• Sexual Risk Behaviors Can Lead to HIV, STDs, & Teen Pregnancy 
  • Visit the CDC website to learn more about sexual behavior in adolescence.
• Center for Parent and Teen Communication
  • Parenting has the largest impact on adolescent moral development. Read more here in this article, “Building Character: Moral Development in Adolescence”

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 

  • The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We’re committed to improving crisis services and advancing suicide prevention by empowering individuals, advancing professional best practices, and building awareness. 1-800-273-8255

Videos

• Why Schools Should Start Later for Teens- TEDx 
  • Teens don’t get enough sleep, and it’s not because of Snapchat, social lives, or hormones — it’s because of public policy, says Wendy Troxel. Drawing from her experience as a sleep researcher, clinician, and mother of a teenager, Troxel discusses how early school start times deprive adolescents of sleep during the time of their lives when they need it most.

• Formal operational stage

  • This video summarizes Piaget’s stage of Formal Operations.
• Crash Course Video #20 – Adolescence
  • This video on adolescence includes information on topics such as Erikson’s stages and fluid and crystallized intelligence. Closed captioning available.

• Let’s Talk About Sex: Crash Course Psychology #27 

  • Sex is complicated for different reasons in different cultures. But, it’s the entire purpose of life, so there’s no reason to blush. In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank talks about Kinsey, Masters and Johnson, Sexuality, Gender Identity, Hormones, and even looks into the idea of why we have sex. There’s a lot to go through here.
• James Marcia’s Ego Identity Statuses Explained 
  • Marcia’s identity statuses: Diffusion, foreclosure, moratorium, and achievement
• The Mysterious Workings of the Adolescent Brain: TED talk
  • Why do teenagers seem so much more impulsive, so much less self-aware than grown-ups? Cognitive neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore compares the prefrontal cortex in adolescents to that of adults, to show us how typically “teenage” behavior is caused by the growing and developing brain.

• Piaget – Stage 4 – Formal – Deductive Reasoning 

  • Which child is still in the concrete operational stage and which has moved to the formal operations stage?