Social Factor
Adolescence
Development
Ph ysical
Adol escen ce m ar k th e star t of
pu ber ty in both gir l s an d boys.
Gir l s wil l star t to gr ow br east
an d wel l begin to star t th eir
per iod. In boys, you wil l star t to
n otice facial h air an d voice
ch an ge.
Lan gu age
Begin to speak in adu l t m an n er
an d is gain in g l an gu age
m atu r ity th r ou gh ou t th eir tim e
in h igh sch ool .
Cogn itive
Devel op a str on ger sen se of
r igh t an d wr on g. (CDC 2016)
Th ey ar e al so better at tal k in g
abou t th eir em otion s or feel s.
Social -Em otion al
Star t to sh ow m or e in ter est in
cl oth in g, h ow th ey l ook an d body
im age.
Expr ess l ess affection towar d
par en ts; som etim es m igh t seem
r u de or sh or t-tem per ed. (CDC,
2016)
Su icide r ate ju m p h igh l y in th is
age gr ou p. Th e n u m ber of boys
wh o k il l th em sel ves exceeds
th e n u m ber of gir l s by a r atio of
3 or 4 to 1. (Ber k , 2016)
Cu l tu r al Factor
Th ey becom e m or e in ter est in
th eir h er itage. Th ey al so
becom e m or e " eth n ic val u es
an d cu stom s in th eir iden tity
(Ber k , 2013)
Atypical devel opm en t
an d Str ategies
Atypical development that you will
start to see at this age is you child
beginning to act out more. A
strategy that you could work on is
respecting your child?s likes and
dislikes and another strategy is
working with your child to create
routines to form strong
relationships between children and
families.