Adolescence is a transition period from childhood to adulthood that involves significant physical, cognitive, behavioral, and psychosocial changes. It can be divided into three phases - early adolescence (ages 10-13), middle adolescence (ages 14-16), and late adolescence (ages 17-19). The document outlines the key developments that occur during each phase. It also discusses the "5 I's of Adolescence" - independence, identity, intimacy, integrity, and intellect - which represent important developmental milestones and tasks during this life stage.

1. Understanding
Adolescence
Prepared by
Angela Gabriel
Jose Aldrin Reyes
PEER EDUCATOR

2. Truth or Lie?
1. Adolescent is a transition
period from childhood to
adulthood
2. Menstruation is a sign of aging
3. A boy can be married below the
age of 18
4. Teenagers have the right to
receive information about
growing up, health and
sexuality
5. There are no adolescents inside
this classroom
Truth
Lie
Lie
Truth
Lie

3. What do people call you?

4. Adolescents
• 10 – 19
years old
(WHO)
Young People
• 10 – 24
years old
(WHO)
Youth
• 15 – 30
years old
• Sec. 4a RA
8044: Youth
in Nation
Building Act

5. ADOLESCENCE
•A bridge that connects childhood to
adulthood.
•A continuum of physical, cognitive,
behavioral and psychosocial change.psychosocial change.

6. Three
Psychosocial
Phases of
Adolescence

7. Early Adolescence
• Ages 10 to 13
• Physical Development – change throughout the body
• Cognitive Development – develops ability to think,
learn, reason, and remember
• Emotional and social Development – urge to be more
independent
• Sensory and motor Development – clumsiness

8. Middle Adolescence
• Ages 14 to 16
• Physical Development
• Emotional Development
• Social Development
• Mental Development

9. Late Adolescence
• Ages 17 to 19
• Emotional Development
• Social Development
• Mental Development

10. 5 I’s of
Adolescence

11. Independence
• Make own decisions
• Power to choose your friends, plan your activities
• You want to be consulted in areas that affect your life
• You want privacy and freedom
• Your focus gradually shifts from parents to peers
• Sometimes, you value the opinion of peers than family
• You develop and express your own opinions and ideas

12. Identity
• Big questions: Who am I? What do I want to be?
• You experiment with dressing, speaking, behaving
• You change the spelling of your name, adopt a
new accent, new expressions
• You join cause-oriented activities like saving the
environment, nationalism, Teen Health Club
• You daydream and image yourself in different
roles, identities and situations
• Your interests and likes may change all the time

13. Intimacy
• You want to be connected with significant people
who can understand and accept you for who you
are
• You learn to manage and express your emotions
• You learn how to love and be loved
• You look for close relationships with your peers
• You may not know it but you are preparing
yourself for a loving, stable relationship later on
in life

14. Integrity
• You choose what is right and what is not right to
guide your actions and choices
• You look for role models
• You begin to question things around you
especially those which you believe are not right

15. Intellect
• You develop the power to think in new and
exciting ways. You become smarter.
• You get better at abstract thinking and logical
reasoning
• You may tend to over-believe in your theories and
ideas to the point of becoming idealistic and
impractical

16. Recap!

17. What is adolescence?
What are the Three Psychosocial
Developmental Phases of
Adolescence?
What are the 5 I’s of Adolescence?

18. Thank you very much
to the tenth power!