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If you think you know what positive psychology is, think again! This book offers a new integrative vision for making life better that takes in the body and the brain, culture and society, childhood and development… A must read for students.
Childhood and Development
Childhood and Development
If we are fortunate, we will age If we are truly fortunate, we will age well.
Learning Objectives – At the End of the Chapter You Will Be Able To…
- Understand the stages of positive development, from pregnancy to old age
- Articulate ideas relating to positive parenting
- Dissect the bidirectional effects of parents and children on wellbeing
- Consider how to promote positive youth development
- Understand that development is a lifelong process
- Outline components to successful aging
- Develop APP strategies for promoting positive development at all phases of the lifespan
List of Topics…
- Bronfenbrenner's chronosystem
- Positive parenting and parenting styles
- Pregnancy and the perinatal period
- Attachment theory and interventions
- The parenthood paradox
- Positive education
- The Penn Resilience Program
- Positive youth development
- Working with at-risk youth
- Structural developmental models
- Spiral dynamics
- Positive aging
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