reproductive health services for adolescents - Pathfinder International

Module 16/Introduction
Specific Objective #2: Identify biological and psychosocial changes
that occur during adolescence
CONTENT
Knowledge/Attitudes/Skills
STAGES OF ADOLESCENT
DEVELOPMENT
Early Adolescence (10-13)
• Onset of puberty and rapid growth
• Impulsive, experimental behavior
• Beginning to think abstractly
• Adolescent’s sphere of influence
extends beyond her/his own family
• Increasing concern with image and
acceptance by peers
Middle Adolescence (14-16)
• Continues physical growth and
development
• Starts to challenge rules and test
limits
• Develops more analytical skills;
greater awareness of behavioral
consequences
• Strongly influenced by peers,
especially on image and social
behavior
• Increasing interest in sex; special
relationships begin with opposite sex
• Greater willingness to assess own
beliefs and consider others
Late Adolescence (17-19)
• Reaches physical and sexual
maturity
Training/Learning Methods
(Time Required)
TRAINER PRESENTATION (15 MIN.)
The trainer should:
• Use Transparency 1.1: Stages of
Adolescent Development to briefly
explain the stages of adolescence
(early, middle, late), stressing that
timing varies according to culture and
individual development.
1.1
Ask Px, how can culture and
opportunities affect timing and
attainment of adolescent
characteristics
GROUP WORK (30 MIN.)
The trainer should:
• Divide Px into 2 groups:
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Group 1: physical and sexual
changes during adolescence.
Group 2: psychological and
emotional changes during
adolescence.
• Ask both groups to discuss changes
assigned to them and to list major
changes on a flipchart.
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Adolescent Curriculum