ED388457 PS023952
Title: Great Transitions: Preparing Adolescents for a New Century.
Concluding Report.Author Affiliation: Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development, Washington, DC.(BBB26418)
Pages: 168
Publication Date: October 1995
Notes: Executive Summary appearing on pages 9-15 also published separately, see PS 023 953.
ISBN: 0-9623154-4-3
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC07 Plus Postage.
Availability: Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development, P.O. Box 753, Waldorf, MD 20604 ($10; quantity discounts).
Language: English
Document Type: Reports--Descriptive (141)
Geographic Source: U.S.; District of Columbia
Journal Announcement: RIEMAR1996
The Carnegie
Corporation's Council on Adolescent Development builds on the work
of many organizations and individuals to stimulate sustained public
attention to the risks and opportunities of adolescence, and generates
public and private support for measures that facilitate the critical
transition to adulthood. This document explores some of the risks
of adolescence--which encompasses ages 11 and 12 in early adolescence
and 17 and 18 in late adolescence. The report also gives recommendations
for meeting the essential requirements of healthy adolescent development
and adapting pivotal institutions to foster healthy adolescence.
Following an executive summary, the report presents the following
chapters. (1) "Early Adolescence: The Great Transition";
(2) "Growing Up in Early Adolescence: An Emerging View";
(3)
"Old Biology in New Circumstances: The Changing Adolescent
Experience"; (4) "Reducing Risks, Enhancing Opportunities:
Essential Requirements for Healthy Development"; (5) "Reengaging
Families with Their Adolescent Children"; (6) "Educating
Young Adolescents for a Changing World"; (7) "Promoting
the Health of Adolescents"; (8) "Strengthening Communities
with Adolescents"; and (9) "Redirecting the Pervasive
Power of Media." The report concludes with an epilogue on sustaining
the perspectives of the Council of Adolescent Development. Five
appendices include task force, working, group, and advisory board
members; meetings and workshops; and an index of programs cited
in the report. (HTH)
Descriptors: *Adolescent Development; *Adolescents; *Change Strategies;
Child Rearing; Childhood Needs; Community Change; Developmental
Stages; Elementary Secondary Education; Emotional Development; *Health
Promotion; Life Events; Mass Media Effects; Parent Child Relationship;
Physical Development; Social Services; Well Being
Identifiers: Adolescent Attitudes; Carnegie Council on Adolescent
Development
