From Birth to Sixteen

Description

From Birth to Sixteen outlines children’s physical, social, emotional and language development from infancy through to adolescence. In both its practical application of research and its contribution to the assessment of child development, this text provides essential reading for those studying, or indeed practising, child development in the context of nursing, play work, youth work, play therapy, early years education, teaching, social work and occupational therapy.

This innovative text is accessible and engaging, with case studies, tables, and references to relevant studies making links to professional practice throughout. Designed to fit with the requirements of the Common Assessment Framework, it presents developmental models for the years from birth to sixteen under each of the following themes:

• children’s rights and responsibilities
• relationships in the family
• relationships in day care, at school and with the peer group
• language and communication
• children and the media.
• health issues in childhood and adolescence
• emotional well-being and resilience

A dedicated companion website offers additional teaching and learning resources for students and lecturers, including an interactive timeline, further case studies and extensive self-assessment material.

Crucially, the text appreciates the diversity of ways in which children develop, taking into account gender, ethnicity, social background and disability, and values children’s resilience in conditions of adversity. From the foundations of the subject through to its application in practice, From Birth to Sixteen provides an indispensable companion to child development courses and beyond.

Contents

1 The developing child 2 The evolving sense of self and others 3 Attachment 4 Peer relationships in day care, nursery and school 5 Language and communication 6 The impact of traditional and new media 7 Addiction, obesity, and eating disorders 8 Safe and risky sexual behaviour 9 Emotional health and well-being

Author Bio

Helen Cowie is Professor Emeritus and Director of the UK Observatory for the Promotion of Non-Violence (www.ukobservatory.com) at the University of Surrey in the Faculty of Health and Medicine. A psychologist by background, she teaches a range of education, psychology, and health and social care students. For over 20 years she has specialized in strategies to counteract school bullying, including peer support as an effective intervention that empowers children and young people to take action themselves to help other young people who are experiencing social and emotional difficulties. Her widely-used training manual Peer Support in Action, co-authored with Patti Wallace, influenced practice in the UK and other European countries. In 2009 it was translated into Japanese following a long-standing collaboration with the Japanese Peer Support Association.

In Managing School Violence, she and co-author Dawn Jennifer designed training for a whole-school approach to reduce and prevent bullying, while New Perspectives on Bullying emphasized the importance of fostering positive relationships in the school community as a whole and provided a wealth of evidence-based good practice for professionals. Her co-authored book Understanding Children's Development remains one of the most popular undergraduate psychology textbooks in the field and a fifth edition was published in 2011.

Related Subjects

1. Child and Family Social Work
2. Pediatric Nursing
3. Childhood
4. Child Development
5. Diagnostic Practice & Assessment of Children & Adolescents
6. School Nursing