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Prenatal Development and Birth
My birth! I arrived to my mother, father, and brother at 10:36am. My mother is proud to report my APGAR as a 10! -
The First Two Years: Psychosociol
First Smile! -
The First Two Years: Cognitive
My first word- Ma Ma! -
First Two Years: Biosocial
Gross motor develpoment: Loves music and to dance! -
Early Childhood: Cognitive
First formal education setting: First day of kindergarden. -
Early Childhood: Biosocial
Further developed gross motor skills: Mom enrolled me in my first dance class! -
Early Childhood: Psychosocial
Playmates: Declared my first best friend. We played at eachother's houses often that first year of school, dressing up and playing house. -
School Years: Biosocial
Neighborhood Games: I had a group of friends, beginning from kindergarden, that played at eachother's houses, walked to school together, and played at recess. We made up silly games with rules throughout elementary school. -
School Years: Cognitive
Began individual guitar lessons! I played an acoustic guitar while my brother played electric. -
School Years: Psychosocial
Learned the ability to be resilient. Lost my grandfather and great grandmother within a week of eachother. My teacher inspired me to journal and write about my experiences to assist in the grieving process. -
Adolescence: Biosocial
Began puberty: Menarche
Mom wanted to have cupcakes. I refused. -
Adolescence: Psychosocial
First Boyfriend. We dated all of junior and senior years. Breaking up at the conclusion of high school. -
Adolescence: Cognitive
Junior Year of HS: Took ACT test to meet requirements for applying to colleges -
Emerging Adulthood: Biosocial
Focus on exercise: Realized the importance of staying active. Joined sorority soccer team during the fall. Throughout the emerging years of adulthood, joined softball team, running 5k, kettlebell classes and more. -
Emerging Adulthood: Cognitive
Graduated college: Completed coursework and internship during the summer. Officially walked across the stage December 2008! **Photo: Mom and I the day of my graduation at a family Christmas Party. -
Emerging Adulthood: Psychosocial
First day as a full time employee at Children's Hospital of Michigan. First job utilizing college degree! -
Adulthood: Cognitive
Current Life and Projection: Using all three forms of intelligence (Sternberg). Analytic intelligence is being used to complete current classes, future classes, and for the GRE. Creative intelligence is present each and everyday at work, working with children, finding creative and innovative ideas to inspire the kids. Practical intelligence is also used for work to meet expectations of job requirements, manage children/families/coworkers/etc. -
Adulthood: Psychosocial
Projection: Marriage/Happiness- I hope that sometime in the future I will meet and marry someone and progress through a happy marriage to parenthood and into late adulthood together. -
Adulthood: Biosocial
Projection: Menopause- somewhere between ages 42-58 (between years 2028-2044) -
Late Adulthood: Biosocial
Projection: Loss of sensory ability. I expect at age 65 and older I will have some loss of ability in vision, touch, smell, taste, and/or hearing as the majority of late adulthood does. -
Late Adulthood: Cognitive
Projection: Hoping to become a "social witness" as stated by Erikson as "aware of interdependence of the generations as well as of all of human experience". -
Late Adulthood: Psyhosocial
Projection: As a recreational therapist, I see the importance of recreation/leisure in late adulthood. I hope that I will retire from my profession and spend time participating in exercise and leisure activities as well as volunteering my extra time. -
Epilogue: Death and Dying
Prejection: According to the Life Expectancy calculator used in Module 13, my life expectancy is 97 years old.
