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Adolescent Risk and Vulnerability: Concepts and Measurement
Q&A and General Discussion
What do we know about vulnerability?
What factors predispose adolescents to risk?
What vulnerabilities do adolescents with special needs face?
What buffers exist to reduce risk?
What do recent studies tell us about trends that are associated with poor outcomes?
What role(s) does the environment play in vulnerability?
What opportunities exist for promoting adolescent well-being?
What are the consequences of failure to support adolescent well-being?
Can a new conceptual model help us to understand and moderate adolescent vulnerability?
10:15 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m.–11:45 a.m.
Modeling the Payoffs of Interventions to Reduce Adolescent Vulnerability
Martha R. Burt, Program Director and Principal Research Associate, Urban Institute (co-authors: Janine M. Zweig and John Roman)
Reactors/Discussants:
*Susan P. Curnan, Associate Professor and Chair, MM/MBA
Program in Child, Youth, and Family Studies and Director, Center for Youth and Communities, Heller Graduate School, Brandeis University
Peter Edelman, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Q&A and General Discussion
How can social cost be defined?
What models help us understand lifelong costs and benefits of risky behaviors in adolescence?
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Note: Ms. Curnan responded in writing as she was prevented from traveling by weather.