New discoveries on the youngster’s brain

Many people believe that youngsters behave the way they do because their brains aren’t fully grown yet. And that puberty is the phase in which the brain matures, causing – among other things – strong emotions and sometimes less-than-rational behaviour.

But recent neuro-biological discoveries shed a completely new light on this idea, as they offer a whole new explanation for the many things that happen to us during our youth. Leading the way to different, and potentially far more effective approaches in upbringing, education and guidance of young people.

With an in-company presentation, the topics of this presentation can be composed to suit your wishes and needs. This way most of the attention will be spent on those subjects that really matter to you or your organization.

Some examples of the topics that can be addressed in this workshop or presentation are:

Intelligence and intellectual disability

Did you know that the average IQ among youngsters used to increase every 5 years, but that it has started decreasing all of a sudden since the start of the new millennium? And the reason for this might be completely different than you would expect.

How behaviour develops in the young brain

We all know that our surroundings influence the development of behavioural patterns during our youth. But how exactly does this happen, how persistent is the behaviour from our earlier years in adulthood, and which factors are decisive in adjusting unwanted behaviour?

The new youngster

Are you aware of the fact that fMRI-scans show many children and youngsters to have physically different brains than those of earlier generations? Which means that we are literally dealing with a new kind of youngster that we have never experienced before, and on whom our classic approaches may be ineffective.

The root of unwanted behaviour

New causes have been discovered for why young people are more prone to – for example – criminal behaviour or addiction than grown-ups. As these discoveries also show why it can sometimes be so hard to change this behaviour in youngsters, they open the door to completely different approaches of problem behaviour.

Inner diversity

Even small differences between youngsters’ brains can have a huge impact on their lives – and many more of these subtle differences exist  than most people are aware of. In this part of the presentation / workshop we will show you how different young people can really be on the inside, and what this means for their personalities, education, and even their future careers.

Manipulative behaviour

Everyone working with youngsters will sometimes find themselves being subtly manipulated – and just as often in ways that are not really all that subtle. But why are even the youngest children already prone to this kind of behaviour, and what is the best way to guide this in a more positive direction? The practical examples given in this part of the presentation may happen to be very recognizable.

Societal factors

Because of cell phones and social media, young people are more in touch with each other than ever before. Which means that you are hardly ever just dealing with a young person anymore; instead, you are confronted with a social system or network, of which large parts are invisible to you. But which has an intense effect on the behaviour of a youngster; often far stronger than either parents, teachers, therapists or even siblings. What this means for the young mind and brain, and what kind of problems and possibilities this creates, will be discussed in this part of the presentation.

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