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Adolescent Mind Course Components:
This is an instructor-led class for groups up to 20 students....
1. The History of Adolescence--How other people, throughout
time, have coped (usually successfully) with adolescents. Discussion will
include rites of passage and initiation roles, stages of growth, and a comparison
between Western youth and adolescents in other times and places. Includes:
The State of the Adolescent Nation--A review of the statistics related
to American youth: how many are doing how much of what.
2. Adolescent Development--What’s normal, or at least what’s
be expected. Topics include identity issues, abstracting abilities, developmental
stages, and a look at risk taking behavior.
3. Family Roles--A look at functional and dysfunctional roles common
to at-risk and foster youth. Family guilt, birth order characteristics, loyalty
issues and generational behavior patterns will be explored.
4. Communication--What teens are trying to say and how we can and should
respond to them. We’ll also look at the myriad of techniques they use
to get what they want, including emotional blackmail, manipulation and threats.
5. Behavior Management--What works, what doesn’t, and why. Tools
and techniques to affect behavior change, improve supervision and control
abilities, and improve personal boundaries.
6. Anger Management--We’ll learn to recognize escalating behavior
and what to do to reduce youth “going off.” Appropriate venting,
journaling anger patterns and learning how to avoid having your buttons pushed
will be discussed.
The following two components may be added for a longer class:
•Gangs--A look at the roles they fill for young
people and why they remain successful. We’ll look in depth at the
multitude of ways kids directly and indirectly associate with gangs,
how they show gang loyalty, disrespect for rival gangs through written
and spoken language, and ethical shifts among gang members. We'll also
look at how the gang mentality is being perpetuated through the media
and sports logo apparel.
•Drugs & Alcohol--We’ll look at why youth are so
anxious to escape or avoid daily life, how drugs affect developmental
growth and why many drug treatments are not working.
On-Line Class Components
•12
Hours of Training Over Six Weeks
•Instructor Led
•Self-Grading Quizzes
•Sophisticated Forums for Student & Instructor Conversation
and Interaction
Utilizes ETUDES Learning Management System Software
•Weekly Quizzes
•Classes May Be Modified if Necessary
•Certificates of Completion Included
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Last Updated August 4, 2004