Purpose of assignment:  To measure students’ ability to: 
(1) Explain a life span development event, or issue (i.e., child rearing practices, marital considerations, elder care, dementia, reproductive technologies, healthcare policies);  
(2) Apply the concepts and major theoretical approaches to the assigned case in resolving a life span development situation, i. e., mental or developmental disorder, psychosocial change or trauma, or a moral dilemma; 
(3) Use research to evaluate and distinguish the influences of heredity, environmental context and cultural values in their case scenario;
(4) Apply ethical principles to “best” resolve or alleviate the problem in their assigned case;
(5) Use information literacy skills to locate appropriate research and other relevant community resources and materials to create an informative class presentation. 
Product: 10-minute individual student presentation utilizing either PowerPoint or Prezi.  Present a Power Point/Prezi presentation that summarizes the above elements.  
Grading: This assignment is worth a possible 100 points, 15% of the final course grade. 
Directions:  Prepare a 10 minute oral presentation (talk over ppt or prezi presentation).  Your presentation must include the following elements:
Introduction of your topic (see suggestions below).
Brief description and definition of the condition.
Discuss at least one major theoretical approach to explaining and resolving the life span development situation (i. e., mental or developmental disorder, psychosocial change or trauma, or a moral dilemma).
Share the research findings from one professional journal article, one national organization Website, one governmental agency, and one additional source to reference in the presentation. References must be done APA style.
Discuss the research method used in the journal article to study the condition.  
Discuss your individual recommendations that you believe will best resolve/alleviate this condition based on research and the ethics and values as expressed in the “standard of care” practiced in this community.  
Discuss the impact of this condition on the physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development of those affected by this condition. 
Identify local community resources, and or national resources, such as phone numbers and contact information, and program details that are available to support an individual or family in your “lot in life” situation.
Any additional information relevant to the topic for informational purposes (i.e., brief video clip, brochure, classroom demonstration) may be included.


My chosen case study is “Your 65 year old mother/father was recently diagnosed with dementia"


Choose one of the following developmental theories to explain and resolve the life span development situation
    1. Maturationist
    2.Consteuctivist
    3.Behaviourist
    4.Psychoanalytic 
    5.Ecological


The brief means You're taking a life issue and answering the questions provided to you. You're going to take a theoretical approach from the above list, and a journal article (or some other research item) to further explain your life issue and/or how it can be addressed.



Now, generate a comprehensive and detailed plan, slide by slide, to get this done in the best way possible.