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•   Developmental domains are presented with examples drawn from diverse cultures. This multicultural perspective prepares adults to meet the distinct needs of every child. Take a look at the table of contents to see how every topic is examined; for example, sections on language development include descriptions of second-language learning and the linguistic development of non-English speakers.

 Practical Applications Make This Text a Hands-on Guide for Educators and Caregivers.

•   Assessing Young Children features help professionals interpret the behavior of young children and use this information to plan programs, guide interactions, and enrich development. For examples, see pages 292 and 327.

•   Classroom Adaptations features provide practical ideas for adapting classroom space, materials, curricula, and adult interactions for children with special needs. For examples, see pages 262, 289, and 323.

•   Child Guidance features offer research-based methods to enrich children’s physical, cognitive, social, emotional, or linguistic development. For examples, see pages 290 and 325.

•   Research into Practice sections describe practical classroom and parenting applications. For examples, see pages 291 and 325.

Advocacy and Key Public Policy Issues Related to Child Development Are Discussed in Every Chapter.

•   Each chapter connects the research and theories of the text with ideas for advocacy and the shaping of public policy to benefit children and families.

•   Advocacy and Public Policy features present key public policy issues for each level and domain of development as well as examples and suggestions for how professionals can integrate advocacy into their practice. For examples, see pages 288 and 320.

New To This Edition

Updates to the Text Include Important Current Societal Trends Affecting Children.  See, for Example:

•   The effects of electronic media on children’s cognitive, linguistic, physical, social and emotional development.

•   The issue of childhood obesity, including prenatal factors contributing to obesity.  Strategies to prevent obesity at home and in the classroom have been added.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Studying Early Childhood Development in a Diverse World

Chapter 2: Historical Perspectives and Research in Early Childhood Development

Chapter 3: Theories of Child Development

Chapter 4: Genetics, Prenatal Development, and Birth

Chapter 5: The Newborn

Chapter 6: Infant Physical Growth and Brain Development

Chapter 7: Cognitive Development in Infancy

Chapter 8: Infant Language and Literacy

Chapter 9: Infant Social and Emotional Development

 
Chapter 10: Preschool Physical and Motor Development

Chapter 11: Cognitive Development in the Preschool Years

Chapter 12: Symbolic Thought: Play, Language, and Literacy in the Preschool Years

Chapter 13: Social and Emotional Development of Preschoolers

Chapter 14: Physical Growth and Motor Development in the Primary Years

Chapter 15: Cognition and Schooling

Chapter 16: Language, Literacy, and Schooling

Chapter 17: Social and Emotional Development in the Primary Years

Chapter 18: Parents, Families, and Children: A Multicultural Perspective

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Development in Early Childhood  (Ed Psych / Tests & Measurements)
Child Development  (Ed Psych / Tests & Measurements)

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• Early Childhood Development: A Multicultural Perspective, 4/E
  Trawick-Smith
  ©2006  |  Pearson  |  Paper; 560 pp  |  Out of Print
  ISBN-10: 013119805X  |  ISBN-13: 9780131198050
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  For courses in Early Childhood Development.

  While arranged in the conventional ages-and-stages format, the 4th edition of Early Childhood Development: A Multicultural Perspective by Jeffrey Trawick-Smith diverges from convention to take a multicultural approach to all facets of development in children from birth to age 8. Every topic is examined through the lens of diversity—from intellectual development to attachment patterns, from peer relations to motor skills—which is essential for our increasingly diverse student population.  Coverage of atypical development and the challenges of special education is woven seamlessly through each chapter. Case studies and examples provide future teachers with a hands-on guide to how children develop, how children's skills develop, and how that development should inform sensitive, successful teaching practice.  Key changes to this edition include: an expanded discussion of play and literacy in every developmental level, an expanded discussion on social policy issues (poverty, government initiatives, etc.), and a new feature—Advocacy and Public Policy Box—found in Chapters 2-17.

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Early Childhood Development: A Multicultural Perspective, Fifth Edition addresses both typical and atypical child development from birth through age eight. This text highlights the diversity of child development, preparing professionals to meet the unique needs of children from a wide variety of backgrounds.

•   Developmental domains are presented with examples drawn from diverse cultures. This multicultural perspective prepares adults to meet the distinct needs of every child. Take a look at the table of contents to see how every topic is examined; for example, sections on language development include descriptions of second-language learning and the linguistic development of non-English speakers.

Practical Applications Make This Text a Hands-on Guide for Educators and Caregivers.

•   Assessing Young Children features help professionals interpret the behavior of young children and use this information to plan programs, guide interactions, and enrich development. For examples, see pages 292 and 327.

•   Classroom Adaptations features provide practical ideas for adapting classroom space, materials, curricula, and adult interactions for children with special needs. For examples, see pages 262, 289, and 323.

•   Child Guidance features offer research-based methods to enrich children’s physical, cognitive, social, emotional, or linguistic development. For examples, see pages 290 and 325.

•   Research into Practice sections describe practical classroom and parenting applications. For examples, see pages 291 and 325.

Advocacy and Key Public Policy Issues Related to Child Development Are Discussed in Every Chapter.

•   Each chapter connects the research and theories of the text with ideas for advocacy and the shaping of public policy to benefit children and families.

•   Advocacy and Public Policy features present key public policy issues for each level and domain of development as well as examples and suggestions for how professionals can integrate advocacy into their practice. For examples, see pages 288 and 320.

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