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| A Life Course Perspective | |
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| Key Ideas | |
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| David Sanchez's Search for Connections | |
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| Mahdi Mahdi's Shared Journey | |
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| The Suarez Family After September 11, 2001 | |
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| A Definition of the Life Course Perspective | |
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| Theoretical Roots of the Life Course Perspective | |
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| Basic Concepts of the Life Course Perspective | |
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| Major Themes of the Life Course Perspective | |
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| Strengths and Limitations of the Life Course Perspective | |
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| Integration With a Multidimensional, Multitheoretical Approach | |
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| Implications for Social Work Practice | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Active Learning | |
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| Web Resources | |
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| Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth | |
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| Key Ideas | |
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| Jennifer Bradshaw's Experience with Infertility | |
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| The Thompsons' Premature Birth | |
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| The Gereke's and Cecelia Kin's Experiences with the Options | |
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| Sociocultural Organization of Childbearing | |
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| Reproductive Genetics | |
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| Control Over Conception and Pregnancy | |
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| Normal Fetal Development | |
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| Pregnancy and the Life Course | |
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| Risk and Protective Factors in Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth | |
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| Social Work and Challenges in Childbearing | |
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| Implications for Social Work Practice | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Active Learning | |
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| Web Resources | |
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| Infancy and Toddlerhood | |
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| Key Ideas | |
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| Holly's Early Arrival | |
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| Sarah's Teen Dad | |
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| Overprotecting Henry | |
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| Healthy Development in Infants and Toddlers | |
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| Child Care Arrangements in Infancy and Toddlerhood | |
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| Infants and Toddlers in the Multigenerational Family | |
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| Risks to Healthy Infant and Toddler Development | |
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| Protective Factors in Infancy and Toddlerhood | |
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| Implications for Social Work Practice | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Active Learning | |
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| Web Resources | |
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| Early Childhood | |
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| Key Ideas | |
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| Terri's Terrible Temper | |
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| Jack's Name Change | |
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| A New Role for Ron and Rosiland's Grandmother | |
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| Healthy Development in Early Childhood | |
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| Early Childhood Education | |
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| Early Childhood in the Multigenerational Family | |
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| Risks to Healthy Development in Early Childhood | |
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| Protective Factors in Early Childhood | |
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| Implications for Social Work Practice | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Active Learning | |
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| Web Resources | |
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| Middle Childhood | |
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| Key Ideas | |
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| Anthony Bryant's Impending Assessment | |
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| Brianna Shaw's New Self-Image | |
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| Manuel Vega's Difficult Transition | |
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| Historical Perspective on Middle Childhood | |
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| Middle Childhood in the Multigenerational Family | |
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| Development in Middle Childhood | |
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| Middle Childhood and Formal Schooling | |
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| Special Challenges in Middle Childhood | |
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| Risk Factors and Protective Factors in Middle Childhood | |
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| Implications for Practice | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Active Learning | |
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| Web Resources | |
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| Adolescence | |
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| Key Ideas | |
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| David's Coming-Out Process | |
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| Carl's Struggle for Identity | |
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| Monica's Quest for Mastery | |
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| The Social Construction of Adolescence Across Time and Space | |
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| The Transition From Childhood to Adulthood | |
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| Biological Aspects of Adolescence | |
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| Psychological Aspects of Adolescence | |
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| Social Aspects of Adolescence | |
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| Adolescent Spirituality | |
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| Adolescent Sexuality | |
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| Potential Challenges to Adolescent Development | |
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| Risk Factors and Protective Factors in Adolescence | |
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| Implications for Social Work Practice | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Active Learning | |
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| Web Resources | |
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| Young Adulthood | |
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| Key Ideas | |
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| Johnny Nunez's parenting role and newly jobless status | |
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| Sheila Henderson's long-awaited family reunification | |
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| Carla Aquino's Transition to Parenthood | |
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| A Definition of Young Adulthood | |
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| Theoretical Approaches to Young Adulthood | |
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| Physical Functioning in Young Adulthood | |
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| The Psychological Self | |
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| Social Development and Social Functioning | |
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| Implications for Social Work Practice | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Active Learning | |
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| Web Resources | |
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| Middle Adulthood | |
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| Key Ideas | |
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| Viktor Spiro, Assuming New Responsibilities as He Turns 40 | |
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| Helen Tyson, Struggling to Be a "Good Mother" at 42 | |
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| Phoung Le, Serving Family and Community at 57 | |
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| The Changing Social Construction of Middle Adulthood | |
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| Theories of Middle Adulthood | |
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| Biological Changes and Physical and Mental Health in Middle Adulthood | |
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| Intellectual Changes in Middle Adulthood | |
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| Personality Changes in Middle Adulthood | |
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| Spiritual Development in Middle Adulthood | |
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| Relationships in Middle Adulthood | |
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| Work in Middle Adulthood | |
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| Risk Factors and Protective Factors in Middle Adulthood | |
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| Implications for Social Work Practice | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Active Learning | |
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| Web Resources | |
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| Late Adulthood | |
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| Key Ideas | |
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| The Smiths in Early Retirement | |
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| Ms. Ruby Johnson, Caretaker for Three Generations | |
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| The Menzel's, A German Couple | |
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| Demographics of the Older Population | |
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| Cultural Construction of Late Adulthood | |
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| Psychosocial Theoretical Perspectives on Social Gerontology | |
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| Biological Changes in Late Adulthood | |
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| Psychological Changes in Late Adulthood | |
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| Social Role Transitions and Life Events of Late Adulthood | |
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| The Search for Personal Meaning | |
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| Resources for Meeting the Needs of Elderly Persons | |
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| Risk Factors and Protective Factors in Late Adulthood | |
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| Implications for Social Work Practice | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Active Learning | |
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| Web Resources | |
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| Very Late Adulthood | |
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| Key Ideas | |
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| Margaret Davis stays at Home | |
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| Bina Patel Outlives Her Son | |
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| Pete Mullin Loses His Sister's Support | |
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| Very Late Adulthood: Charting New Territory | |
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| Very Late Adulthood in Historical and Cultural Perspective | |
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| What We Can Learn From Centenarians | |
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| Functional Capacity in Very Late Adulthood | |
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| Relationships in Very Late Adulthood | |
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| The Housing Continuum | |
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| Spirituality in Very Late Adulthood | |
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| The Dying Process | |
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| Loss, Grief, and Bereavement | |
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| The Life Course Completed | |
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| Implications for Social Work Practice | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Active Learning | |
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| Web Resources | |
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| References | |