Child And Adolescent Development Module

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Action for the Rights of Children (ARC)___________________________________ _____Child and Adolescent Development - Revision Version 04/01FoundationsChild and Adolescent DevelopmentCONTENTSBRIEFING NOTES FOR 2Topic 1: Defining Children and Childhood ........................................ ...................... 6Topic 2: Introducing Child Development Thinking into Programme 10Topic 3: Risk and Resilience in Children and 15Topic 4: Some Critical Threats to Child Development in Emergency Situations .. 20Topic 5: Promoting Child and Adolescent Development in Programming ............ 29Topic 6: Action in the Best Interests of the Child ........................................ ....... 35Topic 7: Child and Adolescent Participation ........................................ ................. 41Sample 47TRAINING MATERIALSOverheads.

adolescents is sometimes necessary in order to highlight the particular issues facing older young people, whose needs can be, and are frequently, overlooked in programming. In many cultures, the care of children is shared among a wider group of adults, and often older children, than is common in western societies. The term “carer”,

  Adolescent