GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT - (click to jump to specific module section)
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Physiologic Development
Learning Objectives:
- Describe SMR staging and develop skills in properly staging adolescents
- Recognize the stages and progress of normal puberty
Readings and Videos:
- Readings:
- Blondell RD, Foster MB, Dave KC. Disorders of puberty. Am Fam Physician 1999;60(1):209-18, 223-4.
- Bordini B, Rosenfield RL. Normal pubertal development: Part I: The endocrine basis of puberty. Pediatr Rev 2011;32(6):223-9.
- Bordini B, Rosenfield RL. Normal pubertal development: part II: clinical aspects of puberty. Pediatr Rev 2011;32(7):281-92.
Materials to develop educational sessions:
- Pedicases
- Delayed puberty: Different from my friends.
- Understanding Growth: Normal vs Abnormal patterns.
Clinical and Community Settings:
- Outpatient (adolescent clinic, primary care clinic, endocrinology)
- Inpatient (wards, PICU)
- Emergency department
Social and Cognitive Development
Learning Objectives:
- Characterize the developmental continuum of adolescence including impact on health and risk-taking
- Assess data on adolescent brain maturation, development of executive function and its influence on adolescent risk taking behavior
Readings and Videos:
Interactive learning opportunities:
- Office of Adolescent Health E-Learning Module - Adolescent Development.
Clinical and Community Settings:
- Outpatient (adolescent clinic, primary care clinic, subspecialty clinics dealing with adolescents with chronic illness)
- Inpatient (wards, PICU)
- Emergency department
Development of Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation
Learning Objectives:
- Explain the difference between gender identity and sexual orientation
- Apply a developmental framework when discussing the development of gender identity with patients and families
- Apply a developmental framework when discussing the development of sexual orientation with patients and families
Readings and Videos:
Materials to develop educational sessions:
- ARSHEP PowerPoint modules
- ARSHEP videos and discussion guides
Clinical and Community Settings:
- Outpatient (adolescent clinic, primary care clinic, trans/gender clinic - if available)
- Community organizations focusing on providing social services, support groups to LGBTQ youth
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