Developmental Profiles: Pre-birth through Twelve - Softcover

Allen, K. Eileen; Marotz, Lynn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0766837653 ISBN 13: 9780766837652

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2002

Synopsis

Designed to help students comprehend the complexity of child development, this edition of Developmental Profiles: Pre-birth through Twelve, 4E outlines major characteristics for each of the developmental domains in a concise, non-technical, point-by-point format. Developmental profiles have been expanded to include middle childhood, and sections highlighting children's daily routines and patterns have been incorporated to help students, parents, and teachers understand the interrelated nature of development and translate emerging skills into everyday behavior. Content has been updated to reflect current information about prenatal care and brain research. A new feature addressing safety allows students to identify important safety considerations at each developmental stage and gives suggestions for appropriate adult supervision. Every chapter includes objectives, key terms, and case studies, and each section offers tips on promoting children's curiosity and learning. Web resources also offer numerous professional organizations for students to access for obtaining relevant information to chapter topics.

About this title

About the Author:

K. Eileen Allen, professor emerita, was a member of the Early Childhood faculty at the University of Washington in Seattle and at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. For thirty-one years she taught graduate and undergraduate courses in child development, developmental disabilities in young children, parenting, early education, and an interdisciplinary approach to early intervention and inclusion. She also trained teachers and supervised research-focused classrooms at both schools and has published seven college textbooks as well as numerous research articles and position papers in major professional journals. During her retirement, she continues to write and advocate on behalf of children and families. Her most recent book is entitled, I LIKE BEING OLD: A GUIDE TO MAKING THE MOST OF AGING.

Review:

My overall impression to this book is that it will serve a great need in Early Childhood Education. In addition to it being good childcare practice, producing written documents with accurate observations is especially important for some grant-funded childcare programs and this book makes that process for the childcare provider easier and more understandable.

My overall impression of the latest edition is favorable. The strengths include the concise, bulleted format with easy to access age/stage information, learning activities for practitioners, developmental alerts, and the expansion of coverage to include 9-12 years old.

The topics are presented in the correct order for developmental stages, and the chapters cover everything that is relevant to early childhood development. I think that the authors have covered the necessary material. This book would work in my course as I teach students about development from conception until middle childhood.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0766837653
• ISBN 13: 9780766837652
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 288