Typical or Cause for Concern
Jill not wanting to go to sleep and stays up late talking to friends or playing games. Sleeping past noon on the weekends.
#14 Typical: Sleep cycle shifts. To be a night owl and to sleep on the weekends.
Billy is starting to have different feelings for Lucy. They were friends but now Billy and Lucy like to hold hands and kiss.
#9. Typical: Increased sexual interest or experimentation.
Mr. Michael needs to get his homework done but is moving slowly, getting distracted easily, and wasting more time than necessary.
#3 Typical: Increased dawdling.
Mr. Michael shoots and misses the laundry basket. He leaves the clothes on the floor next to the basket until laundry day. There is also books and papers all over the floor and bed.
#13. Typical: Messy Room
Billy passed his driving test and can now drive a few of his friends to school. One morning he hits the gas peddle to burn the tires on the asphalt to hear the loud squeal
#6 Typical: Increased sensation-seeking or risk-taking.
An adolescent feels everything must be perfect to be liked by his or her peers. He or she also has issues with being in large crowds thinking everyone is looking at them. They may be obsessed with the way their body looks and overeat or will eat very little.
#2 Cause for Concern: Social phobia or withdrawal; perfectionism and unrealistic standards; bingeing, purging, or restricted eating; obsessive about or neglectful of hygiene.
Teenagers argue more with parents about what clothes they want to wear, how they want to cut their hair, and/or over their social life with friends.
#4 Typical: Increased parent-adolescent conflict.
A couple of adolescents are at home alone and find their parent’s bottle of whisky and cigarettes. Out of curiosity, they decide to drink some and smoke a cigarette.
#5 Typical: Experimentation with drugs, alcohol, or cigarettes.
Toni stays in her room more than she used to. She answers her parent’s questions in one-word answers like fine, ok, sure, or no. Toni doesn’t like to share her feelings or thoughts as much as she used to.
#11 Typical: Increased desire for privacy
An adolescent starts missing school on multiple occasions each week. He or she does not have many friends and is thinking dropping out is probably the best solution.
Cause for Concern: School refusal; bullying or being bullied; lack of connection to school or peers; school truancy, failure, or dropout.
An adolescent is overwhelmed by deciding what to wear on their date, what to eat for lunch when to study for the exam, and what tasks should be next. Should they go to that party or go home as mom and dad said?
#10 Typical: Becoming stressed by everyday decision-making
Today is the first day of school. A teenager is nervous, scared with knots in the stomach and underarm sweats due to new classes, new people, and the unknown future.
#7 Typical: Stressful Transitions to middle school and high school.
Mr. Michael has multiple panic attacks at school every day and does not want to get out of bed when at home. He often thinks he does not want to be here anymore.
#1 Cause for Concern: Intense painful, long-lasting moods; risky mood-dependent behavior, major depression, or panic attacks; self-injury or suicidal thinking.
Bob is not getting his homework or chores at home done. He is on his phone or computer almost all day and is getting addicted to posting revealing pictures online.
Cause for Concern: Many hours per day spent on the computer, on high-risk or triggering websites; casually meeting partners online; revealing too much personal information
Bob always has his phone in his hand, has many social media accounts, owns a tablet and computer, and loves online gaming.
#12 Typical: Strong interest in technology
Billy has had his driver’s license for about a year now, but he has been arrested for excessive speed while racing other cars and drinking and driving.
Cause for Concern: Multiple accidents, encounters with firearms; excessive risk-taking, driving drunk, getting arrested
Stacy is beginning to break rules and laws. She doesn’t accept that social responsibility is meant for her. She believes she can do whatever she wants and ignores authority.
Cause for Concern: Rebellious questioning of social rules; causing trouble with family members, teachers, or others who attempt to assert authority over adolescents.
Billy and Lucy broke off their relationship. They both start dating multiple people at the same time. Billy gets a girl pregnant and Lucy gets pregnant but doesn’t know who the father is. Call the Maury Povich show.
Cause for Concern: Sexual promiscuity, multiple partners, unsafe sexual practices, pregnancy.
An Adolescent feels all eyes are on them. They have a combination of thoughts and feelings about their body. It may range between positive and negative experiences,
#2.Typical: Increased self-consciousness, of feeling on stage, increased focus on body image.
Mr. Michael can’t find his shoes due to all the clothes on the floor and he must put a clothes clip on his nose due to all the rotten food left in his room.
Cause for Concern: Old, rotting food; teen not able to find basic necessities; dirty clothes covering floor chronically
Mr. Michael has found a way to reverse aging and is now entering his adolescent years. He feels cheerful and excited some days, and down, flat, low, or sad at other times. And he often wants more privacy or time on his own.
#1.Typical: Increased Moodiness
An adolescent has panic attacks and becomes so distraught with their decision making they become unable to decide anything.
Cause for Concern: Becoming paralyzed with indecision
Stacy has her own viewpoint and ideas about the world. She will argue and debate over any issue.
#8 Typical: Increased argumentativeness, idealism, and criticism; being opinionated.
Toni is beginning to spend her days separated from her friends and family. She seems to hide everything she is doing especially on her computer and phone. She is avoiding the truth when asked what she is doing by walking away or making something up.
Cause for Concern: Isolation from family; breakdown of communication, routine lying, and hiding things
Jill has developed a habit of staying up all night to the point where she can not get up for school. She misses hanging out with her friends on the weekend because she is busy sleeping all day.
Cause for Concern: Often up nearly all night; sleeps almost all day on weekends; routinely late or missing school