Harnessing the Brain-Body Connection in Early Childhood
This book shares how movement is deeply connected to early learning, offering 50 activities that focus on young children's growth and development. Young children don't just move to develop their bodies-they move to develop their brains. Move More, Learn More! demonstrates the profound connection between physical activity and early childhood ......
A concise, hands-on guide to treating pediatric sleep problems. This second edition includes updated research and practice recommendations, a new chapter on disorders of hypersomnolence, and downloadable handouts in both English and Spanish. It also incorporates new information on sleep health equity, considering such factors as individual ......
This book summarizes the psychological research on the concept of mattering in children and adolescents, and outcomes associated with the presence or absence of feelings of being valued by others.
The ASQ:SE (TM) trade; questionnaires are the most cost-effective, reliable way to screen young children for social-emotional issues in the first 6 years of life. Now in a NEW second edition, the 9 age-appropriate questionnaires (2, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 48, and 60 months) effectively screen 7 key social-emotional areas: self-regulation, ......
Caroline von Heydebrand, a teacher in the first Waldorf school, traces human development through childhood. She describes the spirit and soul as the child incarnates and how the individual comes to expression in various ways, including the particular temperament; the unique formative forces that give shape to the physical body; the development of ......
Volume 1: Developmental Science and Developmental Origins of Risk and Resilience in Childhood and Adolescence Volume 2: Pediatric Psychology and Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics: Clinical Applicati
This vital two-volume handbook summarizes current and emerging research and clinical evidence to provide a working knowledge of the contributions of pediatric psychology, developmental-behavioral pediatrics, and developmental science, and promote the integration of these disciplines to improve child and adolescent health and well-being. In a ......
How to Make Play an Essential Part of Early Education
In an age when play is often seen as frivolous or unproductive, this book explains the importance of play in early childhood education. Each chapter focuses on a specific type of play, includes suggestions for putting theory into practice, and offers recommendations for language and information educators can use to help parents understand that ......