Summary: <a class="alignleft" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143129791/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0143129791&linkCode=as2&tag=mrdacom-20&linkId=a7394ffb5708c952c0d665422b8197b7" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Jess Shatkin, author of Born to Be Wild.<br> Topic: Why teens take risks and how we can help keep them safe.<br> Issues: What adolescents think about risk; what you need to know about the adolescent brain; why adolescence is crucial to evolution; the truth about peer pressure; what parents, schools, and society can do about risk taking.<br> <br> <a class="alignleft" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0984053158/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0984053158&linkCode=as2&tag=mrdacom-20&linkId=22581c82845718a55375cbae90ec33d7" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Ira Chasnoff, author of The Mystery of Risk.<br> Topic: Drugs, alcohol, pregnancy, and the vulnerable child.<br> Issues: An overview of biological and environmental risks to newborns; risks to children exposed to marijuana, alcohol, and harder drugs in utero; behavior, memory, and other problems in drug-/alcohol-exposed children; diagnosing and treating drug-/alcohol-exposed children.<br> <br>
