Interaction of Biology and Environment

International adoptees often arrive in their new homes with a variety of developmental delays and physiological problems. For many, these early challenges result in physical growth and development issues that continue into or manifest in adolescence.

In this paper, you will analyze the potential causes of these problems and identify actions that may help adolescents with these histories catch up in their physical development.

In your paper, address the following areas:

• Identify two biological and environmental issues that interact in ways that may explain international adoptees’ physical growth problems.
• Explain the ways in which the interaction between the issues you’ve identified explains adoptees’ unique challenges.
• Explain what can be done to help adolescents facing these issues.

In answering these questions, be sure to support your ideas with research evidence from scholarly sources.

For additional details, please refer to the Short Paper Rubric document.

Use the book Adolescence, 17th Edition by John Santrock 2019 as one of the references