Transition Into Adulthood

As a youth, I engaged in many forms of dance expression. I studied tap, jazz, and ballet for fifteen years. During these formative years, I choose to forgo many youth experiences so that I could participate in advance dance programs. The hard work paid off when I received a college scholarship to a performing arts

In short, Lifespan Development examines how psychology studies the stages of individuals life. The class begins with infancy to childhood, adolescence, and ends with old age. I will admit that some of the lessons are common sense, but the majority of them are stimulating.

Whenever an individual is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), the individual and the family members often wonder what the future holds for them, and the diagnosed individual. Although there is no statistical evidence on the life expectancy for the community of people with ASD, most premature deaths that do occur are related to the lack of care in an institution, infection, and/or poor medical supervision (Van Hecke, 2010). Premature deaths can also be linked to suicide by individuals in the ASD community, often those with a less severe version of the disorder. Suicide can most commonly occur when the individual develops a mental illnesses, often as the cause of a disconnect from society. Common mental illnesses associated with ASD

A final thing that I can take from this article and apply to my own life is acknowledgment of the burden the journey to adulthood places on the family of the individual. I currently live at home with my mother who I am dependent on like a lot of other young adults. Additionally, what makes my situation unique is that I also have multiple disabilities which are the reason I currently live at home. Although I realize that the practice of co-residency places a burden on the parents, I have also come to understand that this does not occur by choice, but rather by necessity. I can apply my new understanding of how our government does not truly understand the difficulties of my generation and the challenges we face to my personal life. Additionally,

I am the director of the Transition to Adult Living (TAL) program of the Presbyterian Home for Children in Talladega, Alabama. The TAL program provides services for females, ages 19-24 years of age and offers services for the young ladies in the following areas:

Aging is a normal process that everyone will journey through in a life time. A journey that produces change and experience that will cause a person to go through transitions. Transitioning can be a difficult process to adapt to if lacking support and resources. Retirement is a transition that many people will experience. Retirement does not affect everyone the same way. Some people are happy to retire and some people are unhappy about retirement. The retirement age for Americans is 65 years old. This age group is part of the late adulthood and is known as seniors or older adults. In late adulthood, people can transition through three different stages. According to Ashford & LeCroy (2012), “The sub-period for late adulthood are young-old, middle-old,

My transition from childhood to adulthood took place when I got my first job, as a lifeguard, the summer of my Freshmen year of High School. During this summer I learned important skills and life lessons and by the end of the summer I had a new perspective on what it means to be an adult and the challenges that came with this transition. These skills include teamwork, communication and a new sense of responsibility.

Becoming an adult for me has meant gaining a better understanding of who I am and what is important to me and discovering the type of person I would like to become. This process has allowed me to celebrate my strengths, accept my weaknesses, and commit myself to making a difference in the world. The challenges I have faced include overcoming my working memory issues and discovering what I am good at and what I most enjoy.

The transition into adulthood is often associated with individuals leaving home, getting married, and most importantly becoming parents (Arnett, 2007). As discussed earlier, one of the purposes of attachment is to provide an internal model for what to expect in future relationships. Therefore, early attachment relationships are extremely important because they provide the basic model for which individuals use for future relationships. In other words, early attachment history tells an individual what to expect in future relationships. As individuals transition into adulthood, romantic adult relationships are developed. Adult romantic relationships are comprised of romantic love which includes attachment, care giving, and sex (Fraley

Throughout my early years of dance, I began to learn several styles and techniques in my classes at my studio. Not only was my knowledge of dance increasing, but my love for it was as well.

People mark the point of reaching adulthood in many different ways, such as the eighteenth birthday, puberty, or getting their drivers license. I consider the major transition point into adulthood as being when I got my first job. I was hired about a month after my sixteenth birthday. I had been applying for jobs so I would have something to do and a way of making money. I applied to numerous different places and many different kinds of places, including fast food restaurants and clothing stores. The day after I sent in all my applications, I got a call from Sonic Drive-In. I was so excited to have my first job. I have worked there for nearly six months and loved every minute of it.

Not everyone enjoys being a playground to children. I, on the other hand, bask in it. This past summer I was given the opportunity to experience the transition into adulthood by acquiring my first job. This was a crucial step in my life and I am proud to share it with others. Alas, this maturity also created the realization that my childhood was approaching its end.

People say that in life you will have some sort of epiphany and this will be your transition into adulthood. Some people have this coming of age early, while some don’t have it until they’re twenty or thirty years old. Some people never have a transition into adulthood, which is what you don’t want. For some people this happens subtly, and for others it’s like a slap to the face. For me, this coming of age happened the summer of my seventeenth birthday, and it happened faster than lightning.

Some children are forced to have various responsibilities from a young age or even work full time. What kind of affect could this have on their transition to adulthood?

Emotional Transitions to Adulthood During the early part of adulthood major emotional transition takes place. At the beginning of the adulthood lifestage you begin to seprate from your parents and family and no longer rely upon your peers to support you in a pratical way- such as doing your washing and also in a emotional way, you begin to find that your parents aren't such a big fixture in your life. During our early adulthood we spend alot of our time finding a partner and once we do we become emotionally attached and begin to rely upon our spouse for support as we once did our parents.