Prompt: You’ve been asked to speak at a parent group meeting at your local elementary school. The organizer of the event has given you the option to select one of the following topics:
Physical activity and childhood obesity
Education, disability and federal laws
Friendships and bullying
Five family tasks and recommendations for each of the five tasks.
Learning Objectives: Lifespan Perspective
•Explain the lifespan perspective and its assumptions about development.
•Differentiate periods of human development.
•Explain the issues underlying lifespan development
•Identify the historical and contemporary theories impacting lifespan development
Explain the lifespan perspective and its assumptions about development
