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Adolescent Brain development : Current Research and the Impact on Secondary School Counseling Programs Gail K. Roaten and David J. Roaten Texas State University 2 Abstract Brain growth and change is a key factor in Adolescent development , influencing cognitions, emotions, and behavior. As technology has improved, so has the Research on the Adolescent Brain . School counselors working with adolescents need to be familiar with recent literature to be more effective in their work with middle and high school students. Understanding changes in teens brains and the impact it has on cognitive and personal/social development may assist school counselors in building a developmentally appropriate secondary school counseling program that better meets the needs of Adolescent student populations.
The brain is perhaps the body’s most complex organ. While 95 percent of brain development takes place before age 5 or 6, a second wave of development takes place during adolescence, typically from age 11 or 12 through approximately 24 (Spinks, 2000; Jensen, 2010; Yurgelun-Todd, Killgore, & Young, 2002). The human brain
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