This informative and interactive presentation is designed to help middle school educators better understand students from an adolescent psychology perspective. Educators will be exposed to research related to the stages of adolescent development (physical development, cognitive development, and social-emotional development). Educators will also be coached through an exercise that requires them to consider how typical characteristics of middle school students manifest in the instructional setting. Attendees will then engage in collaborative brainstorming to explore possible interventions to better support students. Each attendee will leave with a plethora of strategies to meet the unique physical, cognitive, and social-emotional needs of middle school students.
