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Caregiving Across the Lifespan: Adolescence

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Adolescence marks a time period in the life span characterized by a myriad of physical, cognitive, and emotional changes (Cobb, 2001; Duesk, 1996; Erikson, 1968; Jaffe, 1998; Kaplan, 2000; Vernon, 2004; Vernon & Al-Mabuk, 1995). Oftentimes, caregivers of adolescents can find these changes difficult to understand and challenging to deal with on a daily basis. Unfortunately, a lack of understanding of how to effectively “allow” adolescents to deal with and work through the challenges unique to this portion of the lifespan can often result in negative behaviors and a general decline in mental health. An examination of the education and training of adolescent caregivers, its impact on actual practice, research findings on adolescent caregivers, and the development of policy that affects adolescent caregivers could help reverse this trend and promote positive mental health for adolescents.

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  1. Department of Counseling and HDS, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

    Deryl F. Bailey Ph.D.

  2. Cedar Shoals High School, Athens, GA, USA

    Mary Bradbury-Bailey Ed.D.

  3. Clarke County School District, Athens, GA, USA

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  1. Western Kentucky University, College Heights Boulevard 1906, Bowling Green, 42101, Kentucky, USA

    Ronda C. Talley

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    Rhonda J.V. Montgomery

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Bailey, D.F., Bradbury-Bailey, M. (2013). Caregiving Across the Lifespan: Adolescence. In: Talley, R., Montgomery, R. (eds) Caregiving Across the Lifespan. Caregiving: Research • Practice • Policy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5553-0_5

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