June 5 2020, Live online
Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy, University of Virginia
provide an opportunity to learn about the National Academies' new report,
Realizing Opportunity for All Youth
that finds ample evidence that changes in brain structure and connectivity that happen in adolescence present young people with unique opportunities for positive, life-shaping development, and for recovery from past adversity.
Key chapters of the report include discussion of
The Adolescent Brain, The Interplay between Biology and Environment, Inequity and Adolescence, The Education System, The Health System, The Child Welfare System, and The Justice System. Key findings from these chapters will be covered by the expert guest faculty during the symposium.
Faculty for the day will be
Richard Bonnie, Professor with the UVA School of Law, and ILPPP Director, who was chair of the committee producing the report.
Other presenters from the report committee include
Joanna Williams PhD, UVA Curry School of Education, and
Susan Mangold, Esq. Juvenile Law Center, Philadelphia.
Discussants will include
Andrew Block JD, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the State and Local Government Clinic with the UVA School of Law,
Julia Taylor MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics with the UVA School of Medicine,
and leadership of the Virginia Department of Development Health and Behavioral Services and the Virginia Department of Social Services.
Link to the program webpage for info and to register
Link to read the 'highlights' of the NASEM report
Link to find online free copy of the NASEM report
Questions?: to els2e@virginia.edu
Thank you.
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