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Module 16/Transparencies<br />

Transparency 1.1: Stages of Adolescent Development<br />

• Early Adolescence (10-13)<br />

• Onset of puberty and rapid growth<br />

• Impulsive, experimental behavior<br />

• Beginning to think abstractly<br />

• Orientation moving outside of family<br />

• Increasing concern with image and acceptance by peers<br />

• Middle Adolescence (14-16)<br />

• Continues physical growth and development<br />

• Starts to challenge rules and test limits<br />

• Develops more analytical skills; greater awareness of behavioral<br />

consequences<br />

• Strong influences of peers, especially on image, social behavior<br />

• Increasing interest in sex; special relationships begin with opposite<br />

sex<br />

• Greater willingness to assess own beliefs and consider others<br />

• Late Adolescence (17-19)<br />

• Reaches physical and sexual maturity<br />

• Improved problem-solving abilities<br />

• Developing greater self-identification<br />

• Peer influence lessens<br />

• Reintegration into family<br />

• Intimate relationships more important than group relationships<br />

• Increased ability to make adult choices and assume adult<br />

responsibilities<br />

• Movement into vocational<br />

phase of life<br />

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Adolescent Curriculum

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