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Thank you for attending ARCH's recent program, The Adolescent Brain: Hormones, Smartphones & Parental Groans, with speaker Jerry McMullen, Ph.D.
Many of you were kind enough to provide us with your feedback by responding to our Evaluation Form. [Some of you took copious notes on the backs of yours and didn't want to part with them - we understand!] We wanted to let you know that WE HEAR YOU! So, a few things:
- Power Point slides from Jerry's presentation will be available shortly on the ARCH website www.archcares.org.
- The Adolescent Brain: Hormones, Smartphones & Parental Groans, with speaker Jerry McMullen, Ph.D. will be showing on T/ETV throughout November on Tuesdays at 7:00pm and Wednesdays at 10:00am.
- ARCH's spring program topic will be the effect of drugs and alcohol use on the brain. Stay tuned!
Turnout: We underestimated you! Although we were delighted with the enthusiastic turnout, it exceeded our expectations. We don't ask for RSVP's to our programs so we just have to guess what the response will be. For those that had to stand or sit on the steps, we apologize. Plus, apparently, we are all hot stuff! So it did get a bit stuffy, which was not an optimum experience.
Expectations and Feedback: Clearly this topic resonated with you, as evidenced by the turnout, which is great news for ARCH. Overall you found the presentation informative and helpful. A few felt there was too much science; some, not enough. Most complimented Jerry's ability to help people see themselves and their everyday discussions with their kids and spouses in a humorous way that was instructive and beneficial. Although some of you told us the program was not what you were expecting, almost everyone found the presentation valuable. Some reported a desire for more "practical tools" for dealing with your family's adolescent/teenage brains" and "examples of how to handle situations and conflicts". Interest was expressed in perhaps a Part 2 to Jerry's Part 1. Two take away practical points that Jerry made is that only you, as parents, can decide your own family's values and rules and it is really important to both clearly convey those expectations to your children and to model the behavior that you desire from them.
ARCH's goal is to serve as a resource for informative programming on helpful parenting and family topics without sounding like we are telling you there is only one right way to parent. We will continue to develop relevant programs with the help of your feedback and to make you aware of helpful resources though our emails and our Facebook entries. Like us on Facebook!
For additional wonderful resources on understanding the teenage brain, consider:
- Why Do They Act That Way? A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen, by David Walsh, PH.D link
- Parenting With Love and Logic, by Foster Cline, M.D. & Jim Fay link
- Beautiful Teenage Brains, by David Dobbs; October, 2011 National Geographic link
ARCH also offers a continuously updated list of helpful parenting books on its website, www.archcares.org .
Welcome to ARCH and thank you for your support!
Roann Brown and Gwenn Mascioli
ARCH Co-Chairs
visit www.archcares.org
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