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ECE 1052 – Early Adolescent Development
Course Description Introduces the student to the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development of the early adolescent (12 – 15 years of age). Provides learning experiences related to the principles of human growth, development, and maturation, and theories of learning and behavior. Topics include developmental characteristics, guidance techniques, and developmentally appropriate practice.
Competency Areas	Hours
Development Characteristics	Class	5
Guidance Techniques	D. Lab	0
Developmentally Appropriate Practice	P. Lab/O.B.I.	0
	Credit	5

Prerequisite:	Program admission
Corequisite:

Course Guide

Competency	After completing this section, the student will be able to:	Hours
		Class	D. Lab	P. Lab/ O.B.I.
Developmental Characteristics		20	0	0
Physical Development	Identify physical developmental characteristics of 12 – 15 year olds.
Social Development	Identify social developmental characteristics of 12 – 15 year olds.
Emotional Developmental	Identify emotional developmental characteristics of 12 – 15 year olds.
Intellectual Development	Identify intellectual developmental characteristics of 12 – 15 year olds.
Guidance Techniques		20	0	0
Developmentally appropriate guidance techniques	Demonstrates knowledge of behavioral expectations by age level.
Verbal and non-verbal techniques	Demonstrates verbal and non-verbal techniques.
Direct and indirect techniques	Demonstrates direct and indirect techniques guiding 12 – 15 year olds.
Environmental and genetic influences on behavior	Maintain up-to-date information on factors which influences behavior.
Observation Techniques	Identify the elements of appropriate techniques of observation.
	Demonstrate appropriate techniques for observation.
Developmentally Appropriate Practice		10	0	0
Programming	Identify developmentally appropriate practices for programs servicing early adolescents.

Suggested Resources

Text	Caisssy, G. (2002). Early Adolescence: Understanding the 12 -15 year old. New York: Insight Publishing.
	Crosair, S. (1996) Learning about early adolescence: training for adults and teens who work with 9 -14 year olds. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Media Service Resource Center.
	Pruitt, D. (2000). Your adolescent: Emotional, behavioral, and cognitive development from early adolescence through the teen years. Harper Resources.
	Balk, D. (1995). Adolescence Development: Early through late adolescence. Brooks/Cole Publishing.
	Lerner, R. (1993). Early Adolescence; Perspectives on research, policy, and intervention (Penn State Series on Child and Adolescent Development).Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
	Gianetti, C. & M. Sagarese. (1997). The Roller coaster years. Broadway.
	Perlstein, L. (2003). Not much, just chillin': The Hidden lives of middle schoolers. Farrar, Straus, and Giraux The Journal of Early Adolescence. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
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Posted: 01/06/09