Section outline

    1. How quality of attachment is connected to the capacities for affect regulation, mastery motivation and learning
    2. Complex Trauma:  Trauma in the context of primary caregiving relationships
    3. How excessive stress disrupts the architecture of the developing brain
    4. Brain basics and development in adolescence
    5. Core concepts: critical/sensitive periods, plasticity, risk, and protective factors

    Homework: Write a 1-2 page paper on the following: Why is it important for practitioners to understand adolescent brain functioning?  Submit on Moodle by Saturday, June 1 by 11:59 PM EST (10 points)