Analyze adjustments necessary to achieving independence.

Analysis should include the adjustments needed to establish individual values, goals, education, and income, including

• identifying physical, emotional, intellectual, and social changes of adolescence
• identifying the importance of gaining independence
• analyzing ways to develop independence across the life span
• identifying strategies that will enhance personal development
• distinguishing between behaviors that are self-forming and those that are self-destructive.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

• What are the characteristics of the different levels of adolescent development?
• How do current research, trends, and practices improve our growth and development across the life cycle?
• What factors will affect growth and development across the life cycle?
• What personal and social forces might limit growth and development across the life cycle?

Communication

• What can you assume about the level or nature of adolescent communication based on theories of adolescent development?
• What types of communication might enhance the family environment? Social environment? Work environment?

Leadership

• What skills might help promote growth and independence?
• What personal goals might promote independence?
• What actions might promote growth and independence?

Management

• What resources affect growth and independence?
• What actions can individuals, family, and society take to promote growth and independence?