2. Content
• Adolescence – definition
• Puberty – definition
• How to handle so many changes at once?
• New horizons
• Hazards
3. Adolescence
• Transition
from
childhood to
adulthood
• Starts with
puberty
4. Puberty
• The body changes:
– girls between 9 – 13
(estrogen)
– boys 10 - 14
(testosterone)
5. How to handle
so many changes at once?
physical changes
psychological changes
cognitive changes
6. New horizons
• autonomy
• responsibility
• abstract thinking
• expanded range of sensual awareness and
delight
• intimacy
• procreation
• social competence
• self-esteem
7. Hazards
• sexually transmitted
diseases
• early pregnancy and
childbearing
• high death rates from
accidents, homicide,
suicide
• eating disorders (bulimia /
anorexia)
8. Recommendations
• Learn
• Find help
• Know your boundaries
• Let them know
• Listen
• Think before you speak
• Do not dismiss warning signals
9. Sources of images
• Aodolescence:
http://www.ritualwell.org/lifecycles/adolescence/
• Puberty: http://teens.webmd.com/girls-puberty-
10/slideshow-girls-changing-body
• How to handle…
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-
1258971/Changes-brain-puberty-make-teenagers-thick.html
http://skininfo.org/skin-disease/acne-and-its-cause/
• New horizons:
http://homeschoolblogger.com/explorer/765735/
• Hazards: http://www.livestrong.com/article/90203-danger-
signs-adolescent-suicide/
• Recommendations:
http://www.thebull.com.au/articles_detail.php?id=3236
