Children the Early Years: Teacher’s Resource Guide

Children: The Early Years focuses on how to meet children’s developmental needs in each stage of child growth. The text discusses children’s physical, intellectual, and social-emotional development from the prenatal stage through the school-age years. It also covers teen parenting, family crisis, balancing family and work roles, careers in child-related fields, observation techniques, and more. – New end-of-chapter feature called To Think Critically . – Updated charts and photographs. – Updated information on adoption, family planning alternatives, and fertility counseling, as well as more emphasis on abstinence. – New sections on developmental delays, developmentally appropriate practices, ADHD, and ADD.