Child & Adolescent Development

Organised to realistically present the three overarching perspectives that guide today's researchers and practitioners of developmental psychology, this book shows how the major perspectives on human development must be integrated rather than presented as contrasting and sometimes contradictory ways of looking at development. Five types of boxes appear in rotation throughout the chapters to add both depth and dimension to the presentation of the text''s comprehensive core content and featured perspectives. This text's real-world topics provide practical advice for professionals (police officers, nurses, teachers, therapists, etc.) as well as parents (or parents-to-be) and other people who deal with typically developing children on a regular basis, answering, for example, questions such as how do you deal with an unruly child, what do you do when babies won't sleep, and how can reading to young children enhance their language and school performance?