PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MATTERS

Adolescent Identity Development:  Everyday Interaction and Curricular DesignAge Range:  10-18 years old

(Primarily for humanities, health instructors, guidance counselors and school psychologists)

Does your curriculum and teaching style cultivate an exploratory approach to identity for your students? Research shows that educational practices and curricular designs that target identity development boost student engagement, autonomy, and mental health. This updated session will present teachers with a theoretical background on adolescent identity development, citing research on social, developmental, and clinical psychology, and then delve into the nuts and bolts of curricular design and classroom practices for implementing identity-centered education. This workshop is ideal for teachers of literature, social science, and health classes, as well as librarians, counselors, and school psychologists.