Child Development (The Library of Essays in Child Welfare and Development) - Softcover

Little, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367602652 ISBN 13: 9780367602659

Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

This book provides a good foundation for understanding influences on children’s health and development. The volume brings together in a single reference source the world’s leading thinkers on children’s health and development. It sets out the basic concepts that underpin the study of child development and response to impairments to development, including attachment, changes in brain structure, and resilience. The book explores the idea of life-course development, explaining how experiences at each stage in a person’s life shapes his or her future. It goes on to example the relative contribution of societal, neighbourhood, school, family and individual influences to child well-being. This includes a look at the way these forces interact, such as when genes shape environments, and vice versa. The book summarises the evidence on the incidence and consequences of impairments to children’s health and development, covering both the majority of typical children and the minority who experience significant problems.

About this title

About the Author

Barbara Maughan, Professor, Research Fellow, Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, UK and Michael Little, Professor, Director, Social Research Unit at Dartington, UK/University of Chicago, USA

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367602652
• ISBN 13: 9780367602659
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 404
• Editor: Maughan Barbara