3 Hour

This training will focus on Child and Adolescent Development theories with applications for prevention programs.
Objectives are:
1) Understand the child and adolescents theorists
2) Understand the social ecological model: a framework for prevention
3) Understand the changes biologically and psychologically for both children and adolescents.
4) Apply the new knowledge to the participants current work and how to improve upon it

References:
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2015) The social ecological model: a framework for     prevention, http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/overview/social-ecologicalmodel.html
Learning Zone Express (2009) Child development theorists from Freud to Erikson to Spock and Beyond.
    https://youtu.be/rF7jKjZV7OA. 
Blakemore, S. (2012) The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain. Ted Talks;     http://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_jayne_blakemore_the_mysterious_workings_of_the_adolesce    nt_brain?language=en