Dr. Paulina M. Anake
Department of Educational Foundations,
Guidance and Counselling
University of Calabar Calabar, Nigeria.
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Dr. Kingdom U. Goodluck
Department of Educational Foundations
Guidance and Counseling
University of Calabar, Nigeria
Dr. Love J. Asor
Department of Adult and
Continuing Education
University of Calabar, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
This paper has dealt with intricate issues in human lifespan growth and development. The concept of growth and development were respectively explained. The various stages of growth and development were the major concern of this paper ranging from pre-natal stage, infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood till death. Each of these stages were treated under the dimensions of physical development, intellectual development, social development, emotional development, spiritual development, and coping skills or strategies for such stages. Most of the problems encountered in adult stage can be traced to unidentified and untreated problems during infancy and childhood stages. Thus the knowledge of human growth and development stages will help the individual understand himself and cope with the challenges of each of the stages, and this is where the help of parents, guidance counselors, psychologists and other helping professionals are mostly needed to save our children and the society.
KEYWORDS: Cyclical Human Growth, Human Development, Counseling,
Coping Strategies.
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