Assignment:
Life Stages: Adolescence and Mddle Adulthood
Please help me describe a hypothetical person in two stages of life development. View the person as a hypothetical client if you are studying Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA). The goal of this is for you to present a developmental profile of a person in two concurrent stages of life (e.g., early and middle childhood) explaining their individual growth using biological, social, psychosocial, cognitive, and environmental theories. Select the scenario that corresponds to your concentration track, and then, choose two successive developmental stages. Create an outline of the client's different developmental features during each of the developmental periods. Write a response that follows the sample case study format (see below the scenarios). You must use at least five primary source references that are from peer-reviewed journals and the class text.
Applied Behavioral Analysis -Example
Client: Jackson
Age range: You decide- example early adulthood (20-40 yrs.) to middle adulthood (40-60 yrs.).
Jackson has developed phobias over the last few years, specifically to spiders, heights, and germs. He (or his parents if you make him a child) is uncertain as to when they began or how. However, the fear is debilitating and prevents him from being able to function in his life.
Questions to use to guide your response:
1. What are the main features of Jackson's cognitive, social, biological, and psychosocial development during two developmental periods? Explain the ones that are relevant to your proposed therapy interventions.
2. Which therapeutic interventions would you suggest for helping him to reduce the fear? (Hint: Again, consider his developmental period in order to create appropriate interventions.)
3. Predict some developmental issues that might contribute to the phobias or prevent treatment from working.