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Lifespan Issues PSY
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NAME:________________________
 IDENTIFYING MY DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS HOMEWORK
 Review the age ranges and circle the tasks you are currently facing. It is common for individuals with chronic conditions to have developmental tasks from multiple ranges.
Ages and Developmental Tasks
(Ages 18-30) Young Adulthood
Selecting a mate. Learning to live with a partner. Starting family. Rearing children. Managing home. Getting started in occupation. Taking on civic responsibility. Finding a congenial social group.
In this stage of development, individuals are presented with tasks that focus on connecting with others by finding a partner and raising a family, finding a group of individuals to connect with for social outlets and support, connecting to one’s community, and creating a stable living situation.
(Ages 30-60) Middle Age
Assisting teenage children to become responsible and happy adults. Achieving adult social and civic responsibility. Reaching and maintaining satisfactory performance in one’s occupational career. Developing adult leisure time activities. Relating oneself to one’s spouse as a person. To accept and adjust to the physiological changes of middle age. Adjusting to aging parents.
In this stage of development, individuals are presented with the tasks of raising their children, building and maintaining a career, balancing work with healthy leisure activities, continuing to build intimacy with a partner, adjusting to how the body is changing with age, and coping with parents who are facing end-of-life issues.
(60 and over) Older Adulthood
Adjusting to decreasing physical strength and health. Adjusting to retirement and reduced income. Adjusting to death of a spouse. Establishing an explicit affiliation with one’s age group. Adopting and adapting social roles in a flexible way. Establishing satisfactory physical living arrangements.
In this stage of development, individuals are presented with the tasks of adjusting to changes in their health and physical abilities, anticipating and planning for retirement, adjusting to changes in income, connecting with others who are in similar situations, changing social contacts and roles, and modifying or finding an appropriate place to live.
 



















































































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