Course Overview [pdf], [MS Word] and [html]

Course Outline [pdf], [MS Word] and [html]

Students will:

- define self concept and ways to foster feelings of positive self esteem

- recognize and practice skills needed for effective communication with all age levels

- examine the physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development of the adolescent

- examine the changing roles of males and females

- identify, analyze, and apply the functions of group dynamics

- define self empowerment and apply to personal needs and choices

- explain how the adolescent's relationships with parents, siblings, peers, and other persons change over time

- identify stressful and crisis situations for adolescents and how to manage them

- identify community agencies and hot line numbers and investigate the services they provide

- plan ways to use acquired skills in service to the community.