Understanding
Adolescence.

What changes when we really listen?

Adolescence is often talked about through the things adults find difficult: behaviour, risk, social media, mental health, motivation and the changing teenage brain.

But what changes when we start by really understanding adolescence — and listening to young people themselves?

This special webinar explores what current research can tell us about growing up in today’s world, and what that understanding means for the adults, relationships and environments around young people.

Explore the experiences shaping adolescence, from identity and relationships to physical development and the teenage brain.

Dr John Coleman OBE

One of the UK’s leading experts on adolescence.

John’s book, All About Adolescence: Understanding Development in Today’s World, brings together contemporary research and the real voices of young people.

It explores identity, relationships, social media, mental health, physical development and the teenage brain, while recognising adolescence as a rich and transformative stage of life.

He founded and directed the Trust for the Study of Adolescence and spent almost a decade as a Senior Research Fellow at Oxford University’s Department of Education. Throughout his career, he has helped make research accessible to parents and professionals.