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Learning Objectives: 10.2 List important words in the definition of the life course perspective.

Video: Life-Course Approach

Learning Objectives: 10.3 Identify some of the theoretical roots of the life course perspective.

Website: Life Course Theory: Key Principles and Concepts

Learning Objectives: 10.4 Summarize five basic concepts of the life course perspective (cohorts, transitions, trajectories, life events, and turning points).

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Learning Objectives: 10.5 Critique six major themes of the life course perspective (interplay of human lives and historical time, timing of lives, linked or interdependent lives, human agency in making choices, diversity in life course trajectories, and developmental risk and protection).

Website: Integrating Varieties of Life Course Concepts

Learning Objectives: 10.6 Demonstrate use of the family life course perspective to understand three case studies.

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Learning Objectives: 10.7 Evaluate the strengths and limitations of the life course perspective.

Website: Theories: Life Course and Disengagement

Learning Objectives: 10.9 Apply basic concepts and major themes of the life course perspective to recommend guidelines for social work assessment and intervention.

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