Impact of Substance Abuse
– 10 slide power point -The physical Impact Substance abuse has on adolescents (ages 13-17) -The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate your ability to apply and intervene in a developmental issue upon a developmental period with the knowledge of concepts/lifespan development gained across the semester. (we can use any developmental theory outside of Erick Erickson). Ex: Sigmund Fraud, Jean Piaget and any other theory that matches this age group and topic.) Students are expected to define and clarify the developmental issue and its impact on developmental processes (e.g physical) Provide a brief description of current counseling techniques or strategies recommended to assist persons going through this developmental issue. Include references from a minimum of 5 professional journal articles beyond our class materials, some can be be from the American Counseling Association journals. -Include a fact sheet with important data. – Include YouTube videos or Ted talks as well, any kind of video that relates to this topic and the theory used.
