Week four

Exam Content

As a group leader at a community center, you are putting on presentations on the adolescent experience. One presentation is for adolescents to help them handle the process of becoming adults and another is for their parents.

Complete 1 of the 2 options below.

Note: You will create only 1 presentation.

Option 1:

Create a 10- to 15-slide presentation with detailed speaker notes to an audience of newly emerging adolescents in a positive and encouraging tone. Complete the following in your presentation:

Explain the developmental milestones related to adolescence, including:

Physical milestones

Cognitive milestones

Social milestones

Neurological milestones

Discuss behavioral issues common in adolescence, including identity crises, challenges related to fitting in, and teen suicide.

Discuss advice to newly emerging adolescents.

Option 2:

Create a 10- to 15-slide presentation with detailed speaker notes to an audience of parents of adolescents to help them relate to the changes your children will be going through. Complete the following in your presentation:

Explain the changes their children will go through related to adolescence, including:

Physical changes

Cognitive changes

Social changes

Neurological changes

Explain changes in behavior they will likely see in their children, including:

Risky behavior

Inconsistent judgment

Increased desire for independence and how it relates to brain functioning

Discuss behavioral issues common in adolescence, including:

Identity crises

Challenges related to fitting in

Teen suicide

Discuss parenting advice for parents of adolescents.

Cite at least 2 resources using APA format