PSY 211 Hudson County Community College Working with Pregnant Adolescents Discussion – Description
1st part: Imagine yourself working with pregnant adolescents or adolescents using drugs in your community.
Research available resources (minimum of 3) in your community for one of these situations.
Collect the contact information and give a detailed description of how the resource would help the teenager. Create and submit an informational resource sheet.
Be sure that the resources provided cater to the under 18 population and are not just for adults.
Also, write a summary on the following:
Are these resources appropriate?
Are there enough resources available in the community?
Does the community need to establish different types of resources based on the lack of resources that are available?
What would you recommend?——————————————————2nd part: Adolescence
150 words
Caregivers often express that their developing adolescents are like strangers due to unrecognizable behaviours, attitudes, physical growth etc. Adolescents seem to hyper focus on things like FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) and YOLO (You Only Live Once), which are very impactful and important terms to adolescents Given your understanding of development (cognitive, physical (brain) and socio-emotional) of a teenager, speak on what may be the explanations for the adolescent’s behavior. Identify the behaviors and speak on the challenges of adolescents growing up in the 21st century and what caregivers can do to support their developing teen into adulthood. ————————————————
3rd part: 150 words Interview and observation discussion
Discuss with the class your experience with the Interview and Observation assignment that you conducted. Provide the age groups you used as subjects and highlight your findings. You may have identified some things that were consistent with the research you have read this semester and some things that were not. Discuss your observations. Also, review the experiences of your peers and share your thoughts.
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