At the conclusion of this continuing education activity, the participant will be able to:

1. Examine the extensive remodeling in adolescent brain development
2. Critically and objectively assess the way information is processed in an adolescent brain
3. Recognize and evaluate the chemical junctions at which messages are passed on
4. Define and describe neurotransmitters and how changes within the systems effect the adolescent brain
5. Analyze the difference of brain volume between male and female adolescents
6. Critically and objectively assess the interaction between adolescents and their environment
7. Describe, in detail, how the changes in neurotransmission allow for increase in intellectual capacity and in abstract reasoning skills
8. Analyze the increased sensitivity adolescents face when choosing friends over family
9. Examine experimenting and exploring during the adolescent years and how those actions can negatively affect their emotions
10. Recognize the symptoms of decreased self-care and how to project a proper disease management

  Level 2. Basic Application of Skills and Concepts

AchieveCE is designated as an Approved PACE Program Provider by the Academy of General Dentistry. The formal continuing education programs of this program provider are accepted by the AGD for Fellowship/Mastership and membership maintenance credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by a state or provincial board of dentistry or AGD endorsement. The current term of approval extends from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. 

AchieveCE is an approved provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Georgia Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. GNA Approved Provider Number is 4003268. AchieveCE is an approved provider from July 14, 2022 to July 14, 2025.

This activity was developed by AchieveCE free of any commercial support.