Children's and teens’ responses differ from those of adults because of basic neurobiological factors and related developmental stages of maturing.
Analysis So why aren’t we equipping all police with best practices for working with youth? Police recruit academy curriculums nation-wide should include information about what makes teens push limits, defy authority, and misjudge when to turn left into oncoming traffic. Why isn’t this available for in-service trainings? Training First Responders to Work with Youth Lisa Thurau founded Strategies for Youth to address this very issue. By educating our youth and adolescents it gives them the opportunity to use their minds in ways such as becoming doctors, lawyers, astronauts and even judges. By using their brain, it will allow them to function as more beneficial adults to our ever-changing society and world. With more education it can open doors for the youth