This document discusses how adolescents develop physically, emotionally, socially, mentally, and spiritually during late adolescence as they transition to adulthood. It also provides tips on how to encourage adolescent development through positive encouragement rather than discouragement. Key aspects of development include completing puberty, seeking independence while developing relationships, exploring identities and interests, gaining intellectual maturity, and strengthening spiritual faith. Encouragement should avoid focusing on mistakes, comparisons, and negativity, and instead emphasize believing in others' abilities.

2. HOW TO DEAL WITH ADULTING

3. Challenges of
Late Adolescence

4. Ways to Become a
Responsible
Adolescent Prepared
for Adult Life

6. Understanding the
Facets of
Development in
Adolescence

8. Physical Development
• Most girls have completed the physical
changes related to puberty by age 15.
• Boys are still maturing and gaining strength,
muscle mass, and height and are completing
the development of sexual traits.

9. Emotional Development
• May stress over school and test scores.
• Is self- involved (may have high expectations and low self-
concept).
• Seek privacy and time alone.
• Is concerned about physical and sexual attractiveness.
• May complain of parents preventing him/her from
doing things independently.
• Starts to want both physical and emotional intimacy in
relationships.
• Try the experience of intimate partnerships.

10. Social Development
• Shifts in relationship with parents from dependency
and subordination to one that reflects the adolescent’s
increasing maturity and responsibilities in the family
and community,
• Is more and more aware of social behaviors of friends.
• Seek friends that share the same beliefs, values and
interests.
• Friends become more important.
• Starts to have more intellectual interest.
• Explores romantic and sexual behaviors with others.
• May be influenced by peers to try risky behaviors
(alcohol, tobacco, sex).

11. Mental Development
• Becomes better able to set goals and think in terms
of the future.
• Has a better understanding of complex problems
and issues.
• Start to develop moral ideals and to select role
models.

12. Spiritual Development
• spiritual awakening happens and they become
aware of the existence of the divine
• they join clubs and campus religious ministries
where they express themselves and find meaning
for certain aspects of their adolescent life
• lively discussions and activities inspire them to
explore more about faith.
• strong parental leadership helps teens find and
keep a strong spiritual faith.

13. Encouragement 101:Timothy D. Evans
• Encouragement is the key ingredient for
improving your relationships with others.
• Encouragement is the antonym of
discouragement
• But most of us are skilled discourager

14. Discouragement in 5 ways
• We set standards that are too high for others to
meet because we are overly ambitious.
• We focus on mistakes as a way to motivate change
or improved behavior.
• We make constant comparisons (self to other,
siblings to one another).
• We automatically give a negative spin to the actions
of others.
• We dominate others by being overly helpful,
implying that they are unable to do it as well.

15. The Power of
Personal
Declarations