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August 7, 2023

Teenage Brain development

Children’s brains have a massive growth spurt when they’re very young. By the time they’re six, their brains are already about 90-95% of adult size. ...

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October 3, 2023

Teenage brain development – YouTube

Check out YouTube for videos around teenage brain development.

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January 18, 2024

Understanding Teenage Brain Development

There are two courses about teenagers’ brains. One for parents and one for teenagers. Both are fully funded, just use the access code TAMAR in ...

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August 7, 2023

Understanding behaviour

Teenagers’ behaviour can be baffling, stressful, hurtful and often worrying. But in most cases it does not mean there is anything more serious going on ...

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August 7, 2023

Behaviour advice and information from Parent Tak

Setting boundaries with your child, using rules and rewards, and coping with challenging behaviour.

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August 7, 2023

Advice and support on your teenagers development from Parent Talk

Support and advice on a range of issues such as talking about relationships, gender identity, dealing with emotions or body image.

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August 7, 2023

BBC Bitesize – Starting secondary school

Lots of advice and information on starting secondary school from support if you are worried about the size of the school and getting lost to ...

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August 7, 2023

Speech & Language UK

Language development at this stage is a gradual process.  Changes still take place but they are harder to see. Children need to learn to develop ...

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August 7, 2023

Paignton Library Code Club

A global network of free coding clubs for 9–13 year olds

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August 8, 2023

BBC Own It

Welcome to Own It! We are here to help kids boss their online lives. Whatever you need – help and advice, skills or inspiration – ...

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