Title: Propose strategies that promote positive physical, emotional, cognitive, and social development.
Course: Individual Development (19260-18) > Section: Exploring Personal Development

Proposal should include

- conditions that may impair physical, emotional, cognitive, spiritual/religiosity, and social development
- resources available to address those conditions
- activities that promote overall development across the life course
- support resources for the workplace (e.g., workplace wellness, access to mental health resources, Americans with Disabilities Act [ADA] compliance)
- strategies to promote resilience and manage stress.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- How might abuse affect individual development? Foster care? Divorce?
- How can social activities positively and negatively affect personality?
- How can technology positively affect development? How can it negatively affect development?
- What barriers might prevent an individual or family from accessing needed resources?

Communication

- Why is it important to express individual concerns to doctors, teachers, parents, and trusted others?
- Why is honesty essential to good communication?
- Can an individual be a poor verbal communicator and still have a meaningful social relationship? Explain.

Leadership

- Do great leaders possess more social or intellectual skills? Explain.
- What is your definition of quality of life?
- How can stress affect personal relationships?
- How can intellectual development be continued after schooling is complete?

Management

- How can one make time for exercise, even in a busy schedule?
- What healthy physical activities can the average person participate in throughout his or her life?
- What healthy mental activities can the average person participate in throughout his or her life?