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Casework with adolescents

Casework with adolescents Before giving consideration to the kind of help which the Social Worker may be able to give adolescents, we will examine some of the typical features of this stage of growth. Adolescence has been described as a "no man's land", an in-between age, when the girl or boy is neither child nor adult. It is a period of rapid physical development and emotional development and emotional problems are closely related to the glandular changes of puberty. Parallel with bodily and organic changes are the changes in the psychological structure. The most obvious manifestations are the awakening of sexual interest and an increasing inner pressure to achieve adult status. The physiological and emotional strains of growing up reawaken earlier conflicts and anxieties and the intensity of the feel- ings which accompany the reawakening give rise to a need for more adequate and satisfactory emotional outlets. On the whole the social customs of to-day give children more opportunities for casual relationships with children of the opposite sex, and they are also given a greater amount of sex information, than were the children of an earlier day - it is easier for the adolescent to modify his feelings towards the person with http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Social Work Taylor & Francis

Casework with adolescents

Dawe, Kathleen
Australian Journal of Social Work , Volume 6 (4): 9 – Sep 1, 1952
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Casework with adolescents

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Before giving consideration to the kind of help which the Social Worker may be able to give adolescents, we will examine some of the typical features of this stage of growth. Adolescence has been described as a "no man's land", an in-between age, when the girl or boy is neither child nor adult. It is a period of rapid physical development and emotional development and emotional problems are closely related to the glandular changes of puberty. Parallel with bodily and organic...
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Abstract

Before giving consideration to the kind of help which the Social Worker may be able to give adolescents, we will examine some of the typical features of this stage of growth. Adolescence has been described as a "no man's land", an in-between age, when the girl or boy is neither child nor adult. It is a period of rapid physical development and emotional development and emotional problems are closely related to the glandular changes of puberty. Parallel with bodily and organic changes are the changes in the psychological structure. The most obvious manifestations are the awakening of sexual interest and an increasing inner pressure to achieve adult status. The physiological and emotional strains of growing up reawaken earlier conflicts and anxieties and the intensity of the feel- ings which accompany the reawakening give rise to a need for more adequate and satisfactory emotional outlets. On the whole the social customs of to-day give children more opportunities for casual relationships with children of the opposite sex, and they are also given a greater amount of sex information, than were the children of an earlier day - it is easier for the adolescent to modify his feelings towards the person with

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Australian Journal of Social Work – Taylor & Francis

Published: Sep 1, 1952

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