Adolescent Activity

Goals:
- Inform teens about careers in neuroscience and related careers
- Provide information about requirements for each career
Format:
- Screen excerpts from THE SECRET LIFE OF THE BRAIN with focus on careers represented
- Invite people in careers related to neuroscience, such as a neuroscientist or neurologist, neurology nurse, imaging technician, physical therapist, speech therapist.
- Career professionals tell teens about day
- to
- day work in their field, educational and training requirements, rewards and challenges
- Explore career resources on the internet through links at www.pbs.org/brain
- Allow teens to ask questions of the professionals.
- Some professionals may invite teens to tour their workplace
Participants:
Potential Partners:
- Colleges and technical schools
- Professional organizations
- Hospitals, health, rehabilitation centers
- Imaging centers
Materials:
- Excerpt tape from THE SECRET LIFE OF THE BRAIN. Focus on the different careers represented
- The Brain: A User's Guide for Teens
- Informational handouts from professionals
- Internet access to www.pbs.org/brain
Venues:
- After
- school and other informal teen programs
- High school classes, assemblies, and extracurricular activity clubs
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Adult Activity

Goals:
- Inform adults about the normal effects of aging on mental functioning vs. the symptoms of diseases such as of Alzheimer's.
- Explore techniques for optimizing brain functioning throughout life.
Format:
- Screen excerpts from Program 5 -- The Aging Brain: Through Many Lives.
- Invite a gerontologist or expert in Alzheimer's disease to discuss the difference between normal aging and symptoms of disease.
- Invite participants to ask questions of the expert.
- Discuss strategies and activities for optimizing brain functioning.
- Provide printed materials outlining "brain fitness" techniques and warning signs of disorders.
- Provide information on resources available via organizations and the internet.
Participants:
Potential Partners:
- Geontology departments of hospitals
- Community eldercare organizations
- Resource organizations for brain
- related issues or disorders
- Local senior citizens groups
Materials:
- Excerpt tape from THE SECRET LIFE OF THE BRAIN and necessary audio/visual equipment
- The Brain: A User's Guide for Adults
- Informational handouts provided by expert
Venues:
- Community centers
- Senior citizen and eldercare organizations
- Community healthcare centers
- Faith
- based organizations
- Hospital community health programs
- Workplace "brown bag" sessions
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