Focus on Adolescence (3 Parts)

Synopsis: Trigger videos that raise issues of general relevance in working with young people.
1: relationships with family and peers, confrontations with adults, identity, sexuality, the transition to independence and other themes that affect interactions between adults and adolescents.
2: The adolescent’s relationship with other adults, parents, social workers and teachers. How does being separated from the family and familiar environments affect self-image and relationships? How is sexism and racism experienced in care? How do residential workers and foster parents deal with the impact of these issues?
3: The influences of unemployment on motivation; approaches to studying; the implications of a racially and culturally diverse society for parent-teacher and adolescent-teacher relationships; the effects of sexism and racism on self-esteem and career planning; the pressures of exams; discipline.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 55, ?, ? min.
Year of production: 1983
Availability: OUT OF DISTRIBUTION
Documentation: Accompanying trainer’s manual.
Uses: All qualification courses in social work and teaching.*
Subjects: Social welfare
Keywords: adolescents; foster care; residential homes; social problems; social work training; trigger videos

Title: General themes
Synopsis: 1: relationships with family and peers, confrontations with adults, identity, sexuality, the transition to independence and other themes that affect interactions between adults and adolescents.
Title: In residential and foster care
Synopsis: 2: The adolescent's relationship with other adults, parents, social workers and teachers. How does being separated from the family and familiar environments affect self-image and relationships? How is sexism and racism experienced in care? How do resident
Title: In school
Synopsis: 3: The influences of unemployment on motivation; approaches to studying; the implications of a racially and culturally diverse society for parent-teacher and adolescent-teacher relationships; the effects of sexism and racism on self-esteem and career plan

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