1. Your teen and alcohol For Aldeas HS by L. Gonzalez (ASFM Psychology Department)

2. Teen Brain Development & Alcohol

3.  The portions of the brain that deal with emotion, memory, learning, motivation and judgment are the last to develop and, as such, are the most deeply affected by alcohol (or drug abuse ) during ages 12 through 20, often through age 25.  If a teen abuses alcohol, the neural connections associated with memories and experiences related to alcohol abuse are the ones that are strengthened and thus embedded.  Neural connections damaged by or not used because of alcohol abuse (those related to learning or judgment, for example) are pruned or not strengthened. Frederiksen, Lisa. BreakingTheCycles.com. Retrieved from http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2009/02/14/teen-brain- development-and-alcohol on March 4, 2014.BreakingTheCycles.com http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2009/02/14/teen-brain- development-and-alcohol

4. Teen Brain Development & Alcohol

5. Should parents introduce young people to alcohol?

7. guidelines  Delay your teenager’s introduction to alcohol – don’t offer them alcohol before they are 18.  Model responsible drinking and attitudes towards alcohol, including demonstrating to your children that alcohol is not essential to having a good time.  Monitor your teenager when you are not around by staying in touch with their friends’ parents, and prepare them to deal with the influence of peers.  Establish family rules and consequences for breaching them.

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10. Reasons to Not Drink

11. Brainstorm Reasons to Not Drink  I will live longer –between five and ten years  I will sleep better  I will save a lot of money  My relationships with friends will improve  I will look younger longer  I will achieve more in my life

12. Reasons to Not Drink  There will be a greater chance that I will survive to a healthy old age without premature damage to my brain  I will be better in school or at my job  I will be less likely to feel depressed and six times less likely to commit suicide  I will be less likely to die of heart disease or cancer  I will be three times less likely to die in a car accident  There will be less chance that I will have an unplanned pregnancy

13. References  Frederiksen, Lisa. Retrived from: http://www.breakingthecycles.com. http://www.breakingthecycles.com  MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING(MAAD). Talking with Teens About Alcohol. March 2014  Parenting Guidelines for Adolescent Alcohol Use. Retrieved from: http://www.parentstrategies.net. March 2014http://www.parentstrategies.net  Health Promotion Agency (HPA). Alcohol & your kids. WHAT CAN YOU DO?. Retrieved from:www.alcohol and your teens. March 2014.