Authors: Suzanne D. Dixon, Martin T. Stein
ISBN-13: 9780323029155, ISBN-10: 0323029159
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Date Published: October 2005
Edition: 4th Edition
Dixon, Suzanne D., MD, MPH (UCSD); Stein, Martin T., MD (UCSD)
The only text of its kind, this Fourth Edition continues to provide a practical how-to guide to normal childhood development and behavior. In addition to exploring the normal stages of development, this informative text discusses the many familial and societal issues that can influence a child's behavior, such as terrorism and disasters, preschool choices, bullying, and divorce. Organized according to the child's age, it takes readers from the neonatal visit and newborn exam all the way through the late adolescent years. Additional topics include ADHD and learning disabilities, autism and other disorders of communication, and reactions to stress. Clinical examples illustrate development and behavior.
Ch. 1 | Perspectives on child development in child health care | 2 |
Ch. 2 | Understanding children : theories, concepts and insights | 12 |
Ch. 3 | Cultural dimensions in child care | 44 |
Ch. 4 | Developmentally based office : setting the stage for enhanced practice | 72 |
Ch. 5 | Use of drawing by children at health encounters | 98 |
Ch. 6 | The prenatal visit : making an alliance with the family | 122 |
Ch. 7 | The newborn : ready to get going | 146 |
Ch. 8 | Neonatal intensive care units : special issues for the at-risk infant and family | 170 |
Ch. 9 | First days at home : making a place in the family | 200 |
Ch. 10 | On to two months : getting on track | 222 |
Ch. 11 | Three to four months : having fun with the picture book baby | 252 |
Ch. 12 | Six months : reaching out | 268 |
Ch. 13 | Eight to nine months : exploring and clinging | 292 |
Ch. 14 | One year : one giant step forward | 322 |
Ch. 15 | 15 to 18 months : declaring independence and pushing the limits | 352 |
Ch. 16 | Two years : language leaps | 382 |
Ch. 17 | Three years : emergence of magic | 410 |
Ch. 18 | Four years : clearer sense of self | 434 |
Ch. 19 | Five years : opening the school door | 456 |
Ch. 20 | Six to seven years : reading, relationships and playing by the rules | 476 |
Ch. 21 | Seven to ten years : the world of middle childhood | 504 |
Ch. 22 | Eleven to fourteen years : early adolescence - age of rapid changes | 534 |
Ch. 23 | Fifteen to seventeen years : mid-adolescence-redefining self | 564 |
Ch. 24 | Seventeen to twenty-one years : transition to adulthood | 600 |
Ch. 25 | Special families | 622 |
Ch. 26 | Encounters with illness : coping and growing | 648 |
Ch. 27 | Stressful events : separation, loss, violence and death | 674 |
Ch. 28 | Resources for families : an annotated bibliography | 704 |