Reaches cognitive level of adult motor skills

Reaches cognitive level of adult
 Motor Skills Development
o Gross Motor
 Endurance develops
o Fine Motor
 Typing
 Improved handwriting
 Communication Development
o Improved communication skills
o Use of slang increases
o Late adolescence
 Language skills comparable to adult
 Emotional and Social Development
o Body image
 Influenced by media
o Relationships with parents
 Teens seeking increased independence
 Creates stress with parents
o Relationships with peers
 Sexuality and dating
o Communication with healthcare providers
 Active listening
 Open-ended questions
 Remain nonjudgmental
 Confidential information
 Promoting Healthy Growth and Development
o Sports and physical fitness
 Positive impact on teenagers
 Daily exercise needed
o School
 Transition from junior high to high school can be stressful
 Can engage in high-risk behaviors
o Promote safety
 Motor vehicles
 Seat belts
 No texting
 No talking on the phone
 Firearms
 Suicide
 Talk about firearm safety
 Lock up firearms
 Water
 Drowning
o Promote nutrition

 Eating habits
 Increased hunger and need for food
 Provide variety of foods and healthy options
 Anorexia
 Concern about body image
 Beauty
 Bulimia
 Concern about body image
 Beauty
 Type 2 diabetes (overweight)
 Not getting enough physical activity
 Too much fast food
o Promote personal care
 Hygiene
 Body odor
 Encourage bathing, showering, use of deodorant
 Acne
 Piercings, tattoos, tanning
 Professional, reputable place with sterile equipment
 Tanned skin is damaged skin
 Pale is healthy
 Common Developmental Concerns
o Violence
 Homicide
 Males killed by firearms
 Suicide
 Third leading cause of death in teens
 Males more likely to die in a suicide attempt due to more lethal methods
 Dating violence
 Date rape
 Sexual assault
 Gangs
 27,000 gangs nationally
o Substance use
o Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
 Teach about safe sex practices
 Condoms
 One partner
 STI testing and treatment
 Infertility