Adolescent Risk -Taking Assignment

 

This assignment requires you to use the available (scholarly) information about the research on adolescence and risk taking to think about how you would develop and implement a prevention program in one “risk” area.

Begin with the following sources provided by your instructor:

•       Dr. Linda Mayes discusses the science on adolescent brain development and factors and risks that impact decisionCmaking (Yale School of Medicine 12 minute podcastCTeen Brains Wired to Take Risks)

•       Steinberg, L. (2007). Risk taking in adolescence: New perspectives from brain and behavioral science. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 16, 55C59.

STEPS TO COMPLETE THIS PAPER

1.  This project will require you to first process, synthesize, and then summarize the information from the assigned sources. (1 page minimum, 2 page maximum)

2.  After you have finished reading and summarizing the main points from the two sources, conduct further research related to prevention programs for one area of riskCtaking. (For example, research on the prevention of reckless driving, substance abuse, the effectiveness of pregnancy prevention through abstinence only interventions; HIV prevention; prevention of teen violence.) For this portion, you must locate at least 2 additional scholarly sources that are recent (e.g. it is 2012K please do not include source information older than 5K7 years old unless you have discussed it with your instructor). Here is one link that describes “scholarly” sources: