MODULE 3:

Developmental Stages
in Middle and Late
Adolescence
Prepared by:
Mrs. Jett C. Nisola
SHS
Objectives:
At the end of this module, you will be able
to:
1. Classify various developmental tasks
according to developmental stage
2. Evaluate your development in
comparison with persons of the same
age group
3. List ways to become a responsible
adolescent prepared for adult life.
Activity: My Personal Timeline
• A personal timeline portrays the influential events
and happenings of a person’s life so that he can
understand where he has gone wrong and right in the
past. It helps to plan the future in a better
constructive way
1. Who are/were the most significant people in your
life? How did they influence you?
2. What would you change or add, if you could? How
would each of these changes or additions affect
your life, or even change its present course?
3. Where do you want to be in a year, 5 years, and 10
years? What do you expect your future timeline will
be?
Reading: DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES

• Human Development focuses on human

growth and changes across the lifespan,
including physical, cognitive, social,
intellectual, perceptual, personality and
emotional growth.
• The study of human developmental stages is
essential to understanding how humans
learn, mature and adapt. Throughout their
lives, humans go through various stages of
development.
 Developmental Stage
1. Pre-Natal (Conception to Birth)
• Age when hereditary endowments and sex are fixed and all
body features, both external and internal are developed.
 Developmental Stage
2. Infancy (Birth to 2 years)
- Foundation age when basic behavior are
organized and many ontogenetic maturation skills re
developed
 Developmental Stage
3. Early Childhood (2 to 6 years)
• Pre-gang age, exploratory and questioning. Language
and elementary reasoning are acquired and initial
socialization is experienced.
 Developmental Stage
• Late Childhood (6-12 years old)
• Gang and creativity age when self-help skills, social
skills, school skills, and play are developed.
 Developmental Stage
5. Adolescence (puberty – 18 years old)
• Transition age from childhood to adulthood when sex
maturation and rapid physical development occur
resulting to changes in ways of feelings, thinking and
acting
 Developmental Stage
6. Early Adulthood ( 18-40 years old)
• Age of adjustment to new patterns of life and roles
such as spouse, parent, and bread winner.
 Developmental Stage
7. Middle Age ( 40 years to retirement)
• Transition stage when adjustments to initial physical
and mental decline are experienced
 Developmental Stage
• 8. Old Age (Retirement to Death)
• Retirement age when increasingly rapid physical and
mental decline are experienced.
Developmental Task Summary
Infancy and Early Childhood (0-5 years old)

• Learning to walk
• Learning to take solid foods
• Learning to talk
• Learning to control the elimination of body wastes
• Learning sex differences and sexual modesty
• Acquiring concepts and language to describe social
and physical reality
• Readiness for reading
• Learning to distinguish right from wrong and
developing a conscience
Middle Childhood (6-12 yrs old)
• Learning physical skills necessary for ordinary
games
• Building a wholesome attitude toward oneself
• Learning to get along with age-mates
• Developing fundamental skills in reading, writing,
and calculating
• Developing concepts necessary for everyday living
• Developing conscience, morality, and a scale of
values
• Achieving personal independence
• Developing acceptable attitudes toward society
Adolescence (13-18 years old)
• Achieving mature relations with both sexes
• Achieving a masculine or feminine social role
• Accepting one’s physique Achieving emotional
independence of adults
• Preparing for marriage and family life
• Preparing for an economic career
• Acquiring values and an ethical system to guide
behavior
• Desiring and achieving socially responsibility
behavior
 Early Adulthood (19-30)
• Selecting a mate
• Learning to live with a partner
• Starting a family
• Rearing children
• Managing a home
• Starting an occupation
• Assuming civic responsibility
 Middle Adulthood (30-60)
• Helping teenage children to become happy and
responsible adults
• Achieving adult social and civic responsibility
• Satisfactory career achievement
• Developing adult leisure time activities
• Relating to one’s spouse as a person
• Accepting the physiological changes of middle
age
• Adjusting to aging parent
 Later Maturity (61-)
• Adjusting to decreasing strength and health
• Adjusting to retirement and reduced income
• Adjusting to death of spouse
• Establishing relations with one’s own age
group
• Meeting social and civic obligations
• Establishing satisfactory living quarters
WORKSHEET ON DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS OF
BEING IN GRADE 11
Activity: HOW MINDFUL AM I?
• I did really well on an exam.
I said to my friends, “I got
the top score. What did you
get?” Did I T.H.I.N.K. before
I spoke?
• ___ T
• ___ H
• ___ I
• ___ N
• ___ K
Activity: HOW MINDFUL AM I?
• One of my friends was
bragging about getting a good
score on a test, and I didn't
want to tell him I failed. I said,
"Congratulations!" then
started talking about
something else. Did I T.H.I.N.K.
before I spoke?
• ___ T
• ___ H
• ___ I
• ___ N
• ___ K
Activity: HOW MINDFUL AM I?
• People kept telling me about
this strange color Mrs. Jenkins
dyed her hair. When I saw her,
I didn't think it looked that
bad, so I told her, “Your hair’s
not as weird as everyone says
it is.” Did I T.H.I.N.K. before I
spoke?
• ___ T
• ___ H
• ___ I
• ___ N
• ___ K
Activity: HOW MINDFUL AM I?
• A woman with a big belly
was about to enter the
building. I told my friend,
“We need to go open the
door for that lady. She’s
pregnant.”
• ___ T
• ___ H
• ___ I
• ___ N
• ___K
Activity: HOW MINDFUL AM I?
• A boy told his friend to hold
the door open for me
because I’m pregnant. I
said, “Hey, I’m not
pregnant! You sayin’ I’m
fat?” Did I T.H.I.N.K. before I
spoke?
• ___ T
• ___ H
• ___ I
• ___ N
• ___ K
Activity: HOW MINDFUL AM I?
• A boy told his friend to hold
the door open for me
because I’m pregnant. I
said, “Thank you for holding
the door, but I’m actually
not pregnant.” Did I
T.H.I.N.K. before I spoke?
• ___ T
• ___ H
• ___ I
• ___ N
• ___ K
Activity: HOW MINDFUL AM I?
• I saw a couple of kids
cheating on a test. I went
up to the teacher after
class and told him what I’d
seen. Did I T.H.I.N.K. before
I spoke?
• ___ T
• ___ H
• ___ I
• ___ N
• ___ K
Activity: HOW MINDFUL AM I?
• I saw a girl looking at her
phone during a test. I went
up to the teacher after class
and told him she was
cheating. Did I T.H.I.N.K.
before I spoke?
• ___ T
• ___ H
• ___ I
• ___ N
• ___ K
Activity: HOW MINDFUL AM I?
• I saw Maria’s boyfriend
leaving the movie theater
with another girl. I called
Maria and said her
boyfriend was cheating on
her. Did I T.H.I.N.K. before I
spoke?
• ___ T
• ___ H
• ___ I
• ___ N
___ K
Activity: HOW MINDFUL AM I?
• I saw Maria’s boyfriend
leaving the movie theater
with another girl. I went up
to them and said hi, and
asked “Where’s Maria
tonight?”
• ___ T
• ___ H
• ___ I
• ___ N
___ K
Remember: T.H.I.N.K. Before
You Speak. Have Mindful
Speech.
 LIVING MINDFULLY
1. Breathe Mindfully. Use your breath as an anchor to still your
mind and bring your focus back to the present moment.
2. Listen Deeply. Listen with intention; let others fully express
themselves and focus on understanding how they think and
feel.
3. Cultivate Insight. See life as it is, allowing each experience to
be an opportunity for learning.
4. Practice Compassion. Consider the thoughts and feelings of
others and let tenderness, kindness and empathy be your
guides.
5. Limit Reactivity. Observe rather than be controlled by your
emotions. Pause, breathe, and choose a skillful response based
on thoughtful speech and non violence under every condition.
 LIVING MINDFULLY
• Express Gratitude. Practice gratitude daily and expand it
outward, appreciating everyone and everything you
encounter.
• Nurture Mutual Respect. Appreciate our common humanity
and value different perspectives as well as your own.
• Build Integrity. Cultivate constructive values and consistently
act from respect, honesty and kindness.
• Foster Leadership. Engage fully in life and in community.
Share your unique talents and generosity so that others can
also be inspired
• Be Peace. Cultivate your own inner peace, becoming an
agent for compassionate action and social good