Socialwork interventions with adolescent males Social work is an authentic professional service based on scientific skills and knowledge, which helps individuals, groups and communities to improve their quality of life and solve their problems. Social work profession always emphasis on evidence based practice and seeks to identify the remedies for current social issues. It promotes social change based on the principles of social justice. It has an inevitable role in all social institutions at various
According to the report of population division, department of economic and social affairs, United nation 2012, world had 721 million of adolescents aged 12-17 and is expected to increase 762 million in 2030. India is one among the world’s largest adolescent populations with 253 million (Indian census, 2011). Every fifth person in the country is an adolescent in the age group of 10-19 years (Prathiba, 2014). Adolescence is the crucial, transition period of development from childhood to adulthood
I. School, an organization that links society and individual through policies on and practices of education, is a major influence in every aspect of adolescents' development as they usually spend more time here than any other places whether they like it or not. II. The following components of schooling play an important role in the academic, intellectual, and social-emotional development of an individual during the period of adolescence: A. Level 1: Classroom 1. Teachers a. Their professional qualifications
Introduction Adolescence is the developmental period when youth are most vulnerable to peer opinion (Long & Pellegrini, 2003). According to Lansford (2014), there are positive peer affiliations that was supported by Bernat and Resnick (2009), wherein it was stated that there was a perceived connectedness to peers, family, neighborhood, and school are thought to mitigate some negative outcomes such as deliquency and risk behaviors. Adolescence is a developmental phase which presents with increased
effects of parenting styles on adolescents. Parenting style is a dominant factor on determining adolescents’ future; it may have a huge effect on adolescents’ comportment and performance at some point. Psychologist Baumrind (1966) declared that freedom and control is often a paradox, parents have to grasp their demands, repressions and supports on adolescents proficiently. Some studies denote that authoritative parenting is an excellent way of educating the adolescents, but some supposed that authoritarian
sexual and reproductive health and the potential consequences of that sexual activity. In this stage, adolescents experience not only physical growth and change but also emotional, psychological, and social change. An adolescent represents a window of opportunity to prepare for a healthy adult life. World Health Organisation (WHO) defines adolescents as the period of life between 10 to 19 years and they
Heather Corriveau Annotated Bibliography: How ADHD Affects Adolescents at School Barkley, R. (2010). Why emotional impulsiveness should be a central feature of ADHD. The ADHD Report 18 (4), 1-5. The author gives a detailed explanation of how adolescents in various schools display emotions more quickly even though they do not feel emotions with intensity. According to the author, the emotions of adolescents with ADHD form part of their gestures, behaviors, and verbal
signs of developmental delay or impaired ambulation. From my observations, I classified the patient to be an adolescent and considered her chronological age to match her developmental status upon observation through her social
Adolescents in Nigeria The period of adolescence has been seen as a defining period for many adolescents because a lot of them experience major life defining events such as first sexual intercourse and possibly, parenthood. The commencement of sexual activity at an early age has several implications for adolescents. Early sexual debut increases the risk of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), including HIV/AIDS, unintended pregnancy and unsafe abortion. By age 18, more than 60% of African adolescents
In order to fully understand an adolescent, one first needs to understand their brain. During adolescence, the brain is essentially under construction. This growth occurs in the pre-frontal cortex, which is in charge of planning, impulse control, understanding the consequence and appropriate behaviors. Coupled with the gradual maturation of the pre-frontal cortex, the reward center of the brain is highly sensitive to social stimuli and rewards. The lack of development in cognitive abilities, such