| Year Level: 1 | ||
This course will examine the biological, psychosocial, and contextual development and behaviours that characterize normal adolescent development. The course content will include:
a) the developmental characteristics of adolescent physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development;
b) the contextual influences (e.g., family, peers, teachers, community) on adolescent development;
c) the epidemiology and etiology of adolescent problem behaviours across a variety of domains;
d) the ways in which these behaviours relate to normal adolescent development in specific contexts;
e) the specific ways parents and teachers can employ to prevent and, to a lesser extent, treat problem behaviours.