Class 7: Overview of Adolescence

Class 7: Overview of Adolescence

					Annoucements

					Everything graded, including appeals

					People seemed to find the play therapy videos VERY useful although dense. I want to show two more brief videos this week. With your help, we can pause the videos and review key points.

					Cumulative quiz

					Do you want ten questions of 1 point each or 20 questions of 0.5 points? Must be class decision not individual decision. I don’t think time will be a problem. We’ll review for about an hour, break, discuss essay, and THEN I will administer essay and quiz. So you will have about 2 hours for quiz and essay. Let me know.

					Review of Adolescence

					Attachment

					Cognitive Development

					Moral Development

					Physical Development

					BREAK

					Personality and Identity

					New approach social cognition

					Quiz 6

					More on play therapy

					Good but very dense and rapid for note-taking. We’ll pause and review. Child-focused more than adolescent-focused. Will focus more on adolescents NEXT class.

					Try to:

					Identify most symptoms of abuse (anything surprising?)

					Does Gil believe that children are really resilient?

					When does Gil recommend directive and non-directive play therapy

					Intepreting Art Therapy

					Look for overemphasis on sex

					And look for underemphasis on sex

					IS THIS VALID?

					Interpreting Sand Tray

					Are conflicts always a problem?

					Interpreting Puppets

					How can therapist interact with the puppeteers?

					Intepreting Doll house

					What is an example of how doll house may reveal a “family problem”?