Description:
OPD Points: 5
Learning Objectives:Explain how and why what is normal during ages 18-29 has changed over the past half century.Identify the primary historical trends that contributed to the rise of emerging adulthood. Identify the primary mental health challenges of emerging adulthood and how normative developmental features may contribute to them. Summarize the major issues that arise between parents and emerging adults, and the best way for parents to know how much to involve themselves in their children’s lives during these years.
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Presenter / Provider:
Jeffrey Arnett
Presenter Qualifications:
Jeffrey Jensen Arnett is the foremost authority in the world on the age period from 18 to 29 that he named emerging adulthood. He is the author of the book Emerging Adulthood: The Winding Road from the Late Teens Through the Twenties, now in its 2nd edition, published in 2015 by Oxford University Press. He founded the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood (www.ssea.org) and served as its first Executive Director. Dr. Arnett is a Senior Research Scholar in the Department of Psychology at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. He has appeared on national television and frequently in print media, including a cover story in the New York Times Sunday magazine in August, 2010. His book (with Elizabeth Fishel) for parents of emerging adults, Getting to 30: A Parents Guide to the Twentysomething Years, was published in May 2013. For more information, see www.jeffreyarnett.com.
