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This section of the BookShop includes books on child development, milestones, speech and language development, and activities to enhance speech and language development. You can link to the book sellers by clicking on one of the relevant banner ads. Most companies deliver worldwide, but we have made some links specific to individual countries so that you can get the cheapest postage and shipping rates. Some titles may not be available in some countries, but Amazon.com will usually carry most titles and delivers worldwide. Buy your books at discount prices from these Online BookshopsUSA / Rest of World UK Born to Talk: An Introduction to Speech and Language Development (4th Edition)by Lloyd M. Hulit and Merle R. Howard
Ages and Stages: A Parent's Guide to Normal Childhood Developmentby Charles E. Schaefer and Theresa Foy DiGeronimo  A comprehensive parent’s guide to your child’s psychological development from birth through age 10 Written in an engaging, practical style, Ages and Stages offers you the benefits of the most current research on child development, featuring helpful tips and techniques to foster your child’s maturation. Charles Schaefer and Theresa Foy DiGeronimo tell you what behaviors you can expect as your child grows and how you can help him or her to advance to the next level of development. They include numerous examples, stories, and activities you can use immediately to positively influence your child’s development. The book’s structure (divided into four stages of child development—birth to 18 months, 18 to 36 months, 36 months to age six, and six to ten years) allows you to monitor your child’s progress, identify the reasons for emotional and psychological differences in siblings, and even determine how your parenting strategies should change as your child grows.• Covers all five areas of psychological health—emotional, cognitive, friendship/relationships, personal growth, and morality • Filled with easy-to-follow Do’s and Don’ts, plus fun activities and exercises to encourage your child’s development • Helps you assess if and when your child may need professional intervention Milestones: Normal Speech And Language Development Across the Lifespanby Jr., Ph.D. Oller, et al John W.  This new book is written as a textbook for the introductory course in Language Development for students in Speech-Language Pathology, Communication Disorders, Special Education, Educational Psychology and Education. It adopts a coherent chronological approach, beginning with responsiveness to speech and language in the womb and working across the lifespan into maturity and beyond. By using a chronological organization, the text helps students relate the material to the whole person at each milestone. It takes a constructive approach, starting with the simplest theoretical apparatus of the youngest infant, gradually increasing in complexity and comprehensiveness one milestone at a time. The organizational background becomes a series of narratives of interesting cases, keeping the theory and structure of language development grounded in real stories.Developing Child, The (12th Edition) (MyDevelopmentLab Series)by Helen Bee and Denise Boyd  The Developing Child, 12/e, gives students the tools they require to organize, retain and apply information from the broad field of child psychology, while offering balanced coverage of theory and application, with a strong emphasis on culture. Helen Bee is a prominent author and researcher whose successful books on development, and whose devotion to this field has earned her a national reputation. Denise Boyd of Houston Community College System adds a refreshing voice to this popular, longstanding text, while adding outstanding pedagogy and activities that help students replicate classic research. Let's Talk Together - Home Activities for Early Speech & Language Developmentby Amy Chouinard and Cory Poland  Made for parents and clinicians, Let's Talk Together offers over 55 home activities for early speech & language development. Let's Talk Together includes favorite language activities that take place in a child's natural environment including but not limited to mealtime, indoor play, outdoor play, car time, and night time routines. Incorporating language-based activities into daily routines allows parents and caregivers opportunities for repetition and the flexibility to practice these activities at a time convenient for them. Presenting the activities in a fun but natural manner helps children relax so that they will be much more likely to participate. Chapters include... Chapter 1: Activities for Beginning Sounds Chapter 2: Oral Motor Activities Chapter 3: Indoor Play Chapter 4:Outdoor Play Chapter 5: Kitchen/Mealtime Chapter 6: Night Time Routine Chapter 7: Craft Time Chapter 8: Car/Travel Each page contains simple directions with descriptions of what you need, what to say, and what to do. Attention Games: 101 Fun, Easy Games That Help Kids Learn To Focusby Barbara Sher and Ralph Butler  If you want to focus children's attention, you first have to capture their interest. Attention Games is filled with interesting and child-tested activities that can help children of all ages become better at focusing and paying attention. By sharing the upbeat, joyful activities in Attention Games, you can enhance your child's intelligence, boost his confidence, increase his ability to concentrate on one thing for long periods, and show that you care. Developed by Barbara Sher—parent, teacher, play therapy specialist and pediatric occupational therapist—these activities are specially designed to encourage kids to expand their powers of attention in ways that will help them throughout their lives.Are You Listening?: Fostering Conversations That Help Young Children Learnby Lisa Burman  Conversations take place in every early childhood classroom-between teachers and children, and among children. Are You Listening? asks teachers to examine these conversations and their impact on children's learning.Often, teachers use conversations to impart information to children instead of really listening to children and allowing them to make their own decisions. Grounded in child-centered, relationship-based theory, this book covers topics such as how to create an environment that supports quality conversations, how to encourage conversations that support learning and development, and how to work with children with limited language capabilities. The Wonder Years: Helping Your Baby and Young Child Successfully Negotiate The Major Developmental Milestonesby Tanya Remer Altmann  From America’s most trusted pediatric authority comes an indispensable, easy-to-use guide to helping your baby and young child flourish in the first five years of life—physically, mentally, and emotionally.The first five years of a child’s life are filled with major developmental and behavioral milestones. During this period your infant becomes an individual who has mastered a range of skills—from walking to making conversation–that prepares him or her to enter the world beyond home and family. For parents, this wondrous time provides an opportunity to help children fulfill their potential. The Wonder Years shows you how to make the most of it. Written in the same warm and accessible language that has endeared the Academy’s bestselling Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5 to millions of parents for over fifteen years, this doctor-approved resource features a variety of fun-filled activities, tips, and hints, and offers the most dependable, authoritative, up-to-date information on child development, including: • Ideal patterns of growth at every stage—and normal variances • Parent-child activities that help you monitor and promote your child’s development • Easy ways to create an enriching home environment • A “behind-the-scenes” look at what’s going on in your child’s developing brain • Information on aiding children with special needs–from ADHD, autism, and learning disabilities to those who are gifted • Advice on consulting specialists, including nutritionists, occupational therapists, and counselors • Tips on safety and injury prevention • How factors like birth order and gender impact development With five hundred full-color photographs and illustrations, developmental time lines, charts, and graphs. Child Development (8th Edition)by Laura E. Berk  Long considered THE standard text in child development, the Eighth Edition of this best-selling topical approach to child development continues its tradition of being the most current and comprehensive text available. Laura Berk, renowned professor and researcher in the field of child development, has revised her Child Development text, adding new pedagogy, a heightened emphasis on the interplay between biology and environment, expanded coverage of culture, and an enhanced focus on education, health, and social issues, including many social policy topics addressed throughout the text. Berk's revision provides contemporary and cohesive coverage on contexts for development, including but also extending beyond the family to peers, schooling, media, neighborhoods, communities, and societal values and priorities.Child Development, Second Edition: A Practitioner's Guideby Douglas D Davies  Review: "This is indeed a practitioner's guide to child development. Davies presents frontier understanding of the complex interactions between child and experience that underlie all developmental achievements leading to both healthy and problematic child behavior. Combining advanced academic knowledge with applications to specific child problems, the author provides both students and those already involved in clinical work and intervention efforts a clarity of vision into how developmental symptoms arise and how they can be alleviated. This text is an excellent preparation for undergraduates and graduate students interested in understanding and improving the lives of children."--Arnold J. Sameroff, PhDChild Developmentby Robert S. Feldman  Appealing to the many different backgrounds and career goals of individuals interested in child development, this book offers current and balanced coverage of theory and research--with a focus on the application of that research. This chronologically arranged text is filled with useful learning tools. Feldman's unique approach illustrates the scope and diversity of the field of child and adolescent psychology and capitalizes on readers' inherent interest in the subject by asking them to relate what they are learning to their own experiences. A lively conversational writing style helps to create dynamic and engaging coverage of many chapter topics, including: behavioral genetics, ethnography, brain development, cultural differences in autobiographical memories, emotional intelligence, emotional regulation and relational aggression, home schooling, teenage stress, alcohol consumption, use of Prozac and childhood depression, adolescent Web surfing, and the downside of self-esteem. For individuals with careers and/or an interest in the file of child and adolescent development. What's Going on in There? How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Lifeby Lise Eliot  With impressive depth and clarity, Eliot, a neuroscientist and mother of three, offers a comprehensive overview of current scientific knowledge about infant and early childhood brain development. Beginning with a richly detailed yet accessible tour of the growing embryo, she guides the reader through the sensory, motor, emotional and cognitive systems as they develop. She builds up a versatile toolbox of scientific concepts and vocabulary as she goes, outlining entire neuroscientific subfields with remarkable efficiency. Along the way, Eliot presents research results on almost every conceivable topic of interest to the curious parent, from the potential dangers of VHF exposure in utero to sex differences in olfaction after birth (females have a better sense of smell than males), to the fascinating possibility that birth is triggered by a hormonal cascade in the baby's brain. While Eliot does not scruple to offer parenting advice where she finds it appropriate (e.g., she advocates breast-feeding), she meticulously avoids comment on thornier social and ethical issues. Her neutral tone can be disturbing at times, as when she admits positive correlations between socio-economic status and IQ or details Nobel prize-winning research into binocularity that involved sewing kittens' eyes shut at birth, without reference to animal rights objections. Eliot's confidence in the open-minded interest of her readers makes this a good bet for scientifically oriented parents who want to grasp how a child's mind develops. All in all, this is popular science at its best.Child Development , Eleventh Editionby John Santrock  John Santrock’s Child Development is widely considered the most accurate and up-to-date, topically-organized text in the field. Used by hundreds of thousands of students over ten editions, its learning-goals-driven learning system provides a clearer understanding of the content. The fully revised eleventh edition reinforces the highly contemporary tone and focus by featuring hundreds of new citations, including material from chapters from the sixth edition of the Handbook of Child Psychology.Child Development: Principles and Perspectives (2nd Edition)by Joan Littlefield Cook and Greg Cook  This topically organized book uses a student-friendly writing style, intuitive design, and an active learning system to help students critically explore the many perspectives on child development. Prenatal through Adolescent physical, emotional, and cognitive development. Developing Pre-school Communication and Languageby Chris Dukes and Maggie Smith  This resource demonstrates how to support young children's language development, including those with special needs, and discusses appropriate expectations for youngsters from birth to age five.Building Better Behaviour in the Early Yearsby Chris Dukes and Maggie Smith  By asking you to reflect on how the ethos, practice, and general approach in your setting impacts on the behavior of both children and adults, this book suggests sensible ways to achieve an exciting and stimulating environment for all. From an award-winning author team, there is down-to-earth advice, a number of common-sense solutions and all the essential information you will need to develop the best sort of setting, where everyone supports one another.Buy your books at discount prices from these Online BookshopsUSA / Rest of World UK |
