The Teen Brain
NWI Parent talks to: Dr. Carl S. Hale is a clinical neuropsychologist in Merrillville who specializes in learning and achievement in youngsters with ADHD, learning disabilities and autism. He currently has a U.S. trademark pending for NeuroLearning techniques. Read more…
Study Says Drinking With Your Kids Doesn’t Prevent Abuse
Dutch teens who were allowed to drink alcohol at home drank more outside the home than their peers and — along with other teens who drank — were at increased risk of developing alcohol problems, according to researchers from Radboud University Nijmegen. Read more…
NIAAA’s Underage Drinking: a Major Public Health Challenge
By the time they reach the eighth grade, nearly 50 percent of adolescents have had at least one drink, and over 20 percent report having been “drunk” (1). Approximately 20 percent of 8th graders and almost 50 percent of 12th graders have consumed alcohol within the past 30 days (1). Among 12th graders, almost 30 percent report drinking on 3 or more occasions per month (2). Approximately 30 percent of 12th graders engage in heavy episodic drinking, now popularly termed “binge” drinking—that is, having at least five or more drinks on one occasion within the past 2 weeks—and it is estimated that 20 percent do so on more than one occasion (2). Read more…
