Discussions
1) Developmental Theories
View or review the media piece Contributors to Understanding Developmental Processes (linked in Resources), and choose a theorist whose ideas strongly influence your understanding of children and adolescents. In your discussion post, describe this theorist’s ideas and explain how these ideas currently, or will in the future, influence your work as a marriage and family therapist.
My choice for dissission 1 is Ed Tronick
Systemic or Contextually Informed Theory (Nature is built to grow in response to Nurture … Interpersonal Experiences)
Tronick is a developmental and clinical psychologist who is known for his research in the area of emotional development of infants and young children and the development of parent-child relationships. He is known for his focus on the importance of the quality of the interaction between the infant and the parent.
2) The Family Life Cycle
The study of family life cycle transitions applied to individual development provides a foundation for understanding a variety of child and adolescent difficulties through disruptions in expected transitions. How has this information contributed to what you understand about developmental theories and interpersonal neurobiology?