Encounters with Children: Pediatric Behavior and Development

Encounters with Children: Pediatric Behavior and Development

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Book Description
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.

• Presents a user-friendly, comprehensive course in normal development.
• Provides Observational, Interview, and Examination points for each age.
• Arranges developmental concept chapters according to the child's age, with more attention given to younger children when much of their development occurs.
• Offers many resources available to parents, including many found on the Internet.
• Addresses the mandated training requirements and fulfills Residency Requirements on normal childhood development. .
• Incorporates children's art throughout, for use in clinical practice.

• Discusses the hottest topics, including gender differences throughout development * childhood depression * childrens responses to terrorism and disasters * preschool choices * divorce * and the effects of violence in a context of care and anticipatory guidance.
• Presents a "Heads Up" section in each chapter, alerting clinicians to certain behaviors that may be present.
• Offers case vignettes throughout each chapter to allow readers to better recognize and manage similar cases encountered in practice.
• Includes data gathering sections at the end of each chapter that demonstrate how to apply information in clinical settings by using age-appropriate interview techniques and activities.
• Addresses a wide range of cultural issues in practice in a cross-cultural chapter.

Encounters with Children: Pediatric Behavior and Development,Suzanne D. Dixon,Martin T. Stein,Mosby Publication,0323002536,Child Psychology,Developmental Pediatrics,Family / Parenting / Childbirth,General,Medical,Pediatrics,Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent

Book Contents:

1. Encouraging Children to Learn: The Encouragement Process
2. Enjoy Your Middle Schooler
3. Ensuring Inequality : The Structural Transformation of the African American Family
4. Every Guy's Guide as to What to Expect When She's Expecting
5. Families, Illness, and Disability: An Integrative Treatment Model
6. From Babysitter to Business Owner : Getting the Most Out of Your Home Child Care Business
7. Getting Out of Your Kids' Faces and into Their Hearts
8. Girls Will Be Girls: How to Keep the Fun in Raising Girls (Picture for Grown Ups)
9. God's Great News for Children
10. Grandma & Grandpa's Big Book of Fun: Great Things to Make and Do With Grandkids

Book Contents

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