Becoming an Adult with a Life Plan

When did you figure out what you wanted to be when you got older? Are you still asking yourself that question? Not only is it hard for people to figure out what they want in life, but to ask what you want to be? That is one of the hardest questions you have been asked. I figured out what my passion was at the age of thirteen. Biomedical engineer isn’t in many thirteen year olds’ vocabularies, so how did it end up in mine?

In my first developmental assessment, Nicole (client) was 17 years old and identified as female, Caucasian and bisexual. She was seeking treatment to address issues related to anger, fear of abandonment, and impulsive and destructive behaviors (i.e. physical aggression, cutting, purging, sexual reactivity, and suicidal ideation). During adolescence, she received ADHD and bipolar diagnoses and showed borderline personality traits. She had been hospitalized on numerous occasions and at the time of the initial assessment, Nicole resided in an adolescent treatment center. This paper will identify normative developmental milestones from young adulthood to late, late adulthood and will analyze Nicole’s life according to these milestones. Therapeutic interventions for Nicole during young adulthood, middle adulthood, late adulthood, and late, late adulthood will also be discussed.

In a narrative format I will provide a comprehensive summary of the concepts and presuppositional assumptions of the life course perspective including an overview of its main principles, strengths and weaknesses. I will give definition and all points need to be made of the life life course perspective.

In 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Miller v. Alabama that mandatory life sentences for juvenile offenders constitute cruel and unusual punishment, and are therefore, unconstitutional. There are several factors regarding adolescent development that led the supreme court to its decision. Factors such as, physical, socioemotional and cognitive development.

Of the many theorists that have had the opportunity to make immense contributions to the human race regarding behavioral sciences, theorist Erick Erickson and Abraham Maslow are the two that I believe set the framework of understanding my adult stages of life. According to Feldman (2014), Erik Erickson’s intimacy vs. isolation stage commences from age 18 through forty. During this stage of development, individuals actively are seeking to be intimately involved with others. Adults are attempting to explore and develop relationships that have the potential to be life-long. When a person is successful at this stage of development, he or she has developed happy relationships, and a sense of security and commitment essentially has acquired love

The Life-Course Theory or the Life-Course Perspective is the study of people’s lives, social changes, and structural contexts (Mitchell, 2003). This concept directs the focus on the power connection between individuals and the factors around them. It is defined as "a sequence of socially defined events and roles that the individual enacts over time" (Mitchell, 2003). This concept defines family as a "collection of individuals with shared history who interact within ever-changing social contexts across ever increasing time and space" (Mitchell, 2003). Various concepts are included in the fundamental principles from this theory: socio-historical and geographical location; timing of lives; heterogeneity or variability; linked lives and social ties to other

God has given us the ability to look back at our life, and to also see how our future would be. My mission statement is that I have overcome some things in life that have changed the person who I was then into the woman that I have become now. I know that I am at my best when I feel as though everyone and everything around me has been taken care of in not a harmful way. I will enjoy my work by finding employment where I can I do love what I do at work; I just do not like the people that I work with. I find enjoyment in my personal life when I get to spend time with my family and children. I feel as though if I set my mind to do something then I can do anything. My life's journey

Predicting life during late adulthood and living middle adulthood. When predicting how life would be for me within late adulthood, I must consider my ancestors and how well they aged. Not only that, the average aged my family members lived to be on both side of my family. What are the common causes of death, if any? Was death sudden or did illness progress with time? With that said, predicting physical characteristics, I will age well. On both sides of my family, the elderly did not look their age until their time of death. My father died at the age of 78; it was not until he suddenly became sick that he begin looking his age. Truth be told he looked 30 years younger than his age before becoming sick. My mother died at the age of 70. Even through her long battle with kidney disease she looked 40 years younger than her original age. I am age 46 and look like I am in my 20’s. If determined by genetics I will live to see my late 80’s and early 90’s or longer. More interesting I would not

We all are currently aging. We live in an again paradox. But, it is what we choose to do with our time while we have it that counts the most. As a young adult, and before this class I was very unaware of the importance of planning your retirement as early as possible. There are many things that go into planning for a successful retirement. Such as, but not limited to: Where will I choose to live? What will I do to stay mentally active? Or even, when will I choose to retire. In this paper, I will go over a plethora of aspects for my personal plan for aging.

Being a young adult requires a lot of independence, however individuals that fit into this category still have many needs. Some of those needs are friends, family and employment. Friends are an important part of being a young adult because they help deal with every day stress and difficulties (Buote,2007, p. 666) and having a social life is important for creating a healthy balance between work and other everyday tasks so one does not become overwhelmed (Buote,2007, 665). I personally view my friends as one of the best forms of emotional support because I know that whenever I am upset or have something on my mind, I can talk to them and I almost always feel more content afterwards which allows me to move past my troubles. It is important

I had given three interviews from people in different stages of their adulthood which include: early adulthood, middle adulthood, and late adulthood. For early adulthood, I asked someone who was in one of my classes because I wanted to have the perspective of someone who was going through college and wanted to know how they viewed their goals. For middle adulthood, I asked my mother because since we have a close relationship, I would be able to elaborate more on her answers. For late adulthood, I had asked one of the residents from where I work at in assisted living. She was someone I had grown close to and had many conversations with, but I was curious to how some of her answers would be.

The life course is the process of aging along with personal development and changes from infancy to old age. Social scientists prefer to use the term life course, versus life cycle, because the word course indicates that individuals may not follow the same developmental path. The life course involves all parts of life and the changes that occur between them. It examines relationships, chronological age, transitions, life events, ect. Life transitions occur when and individual's role or status changes and they begin to fulfill their new expectations. Life events are significant experiences that cause change in one's life. These things include marriages, pregnancies, and deathes of loved ones.

Human development is a continuous process that is both unendingly diverse and complex. It is different for every person and every situation. With so many factors guiding growth and development, applying structure to something that seems so freeform has long been a challenge in the field of developmental studies. However, the multiplicity of human development has, over time, yielded a number of theories that offer varied explanations and insights. Of the contemporary theories, the Life Course Theory (LCT) is a particularly useful framework when considering the intersections of cultural context and development. LCT is a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the cognitive, physical, and social health of individuals. LCT incorporates aspects of both lifespan and life stage concepts in order to estimate an individual’s or a group’s health trajectory. The theory is multifaceted and considers the implications of historical time and place, the timing in life, how lives are linked and interdependent, human agency, and how each factor changes over the course of one’s life. Similarly, it has been demonstrated that LCT can provide an exceptionally useful lens when applied to research on health disparities experienced by refugee or immigrant populations (Lesser & Koniak-Griffin, 2013). As such, the Life Course Theory is a valuable tool that can be employed when unpacking the novel The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, which features cultural barriers in

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Soon you will be one of many boys and girls who each year go out in search of jobs. Start preparing for your lifework now while you are at school. Study purposefully. You will save yourself many future headaches. True, a few find their lifework accidentally, but there are hundreds who never find their right vocations at all. About 20 per