Child Development, Fourth Edition: A Practitioner's Guide

✍ Scribed by Douglas Davies; Michael F. Troy

• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 539
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Now in a revised and updated fourth edition, this trusted text and professional resource provides a developmental framework for clinical practice. The authors examine how children's trajectories are shaped by transactions among family relationships, brain development, and the social environment. Risk and resilience factors in each of these domains are highlighted. Covering infancy, toddlerhood, the preschool years, and middle childhood, the text explores how children of different ages typically behave, think, and relate to others. Developmentally informed approaches to assessment and intervention are illustrated by vivid case examples. Observation exercises and quick-reference summaries of each developmental stage facilitate learning.

New to This Edition
Incorporates a decade's worth of advances in knowledge about attachment, neurodevelopment, developmental psychopathology, intervention science, and more.
Toddler, preschool, and school-age development are each covered in two succinct chapters rather than one, making the book more student friendly.
*Updated throughout by new coauthor Michael F. Troy, while retaining Douglas Davies's conceptual lens and engaging style.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Halftitle Page
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
About the Authors
Series Editor’s Note
Author’s Note
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
Part I. Contexts of Development: A Transactional Approach
Introduction to Part I: Perspectives on Development
The Maturational Perspective
The Transactional Model of Development
Developmental Pathways and Intervention
1. Attachment as Context for Development
How Attachment Develops
Functions of Attachment
Patterns of Attachment
Attachment Classifications
Attachment, Class, and Culture
The Universality of Attachment
Attachment and Future Development
Parental Models of Attachment
Attachment Theory and Family Systems Theory
The Attachment Perspective in the Assessment of Young Children
Kelly and Her Mother: A Case Example
Conclusion
2. Brain Development
Sequence of Brain Development
Early Brain Growth: Synaptogenesis and Myelination
Synaptic Overproduction and Pruning
Plasticity and Experience
Bonding, Attachment, and Brain Development
Mirror Neurons and the Social Brain
Can Parents Build Better Brains?
Risk and Protective Factors Influencing Brain Development
Stress, Trauma, and Brain Development
Early Trauma and Brain Development
Studies of Institutionally Deprived Young Children
Conclusion
3. Risk and Protective Factors: The Child, Family, and Community Contexts
Research on Risk and Resilience
Risk Factors
Protective Factors and Processes
Conclusion
Appendix 3.1. Summary of Risk and Protective Factors
4. Analysis of Risk and Protective Factors: Practice Applications
How to Use Risk Factor Analysis
Prediction of Risk: Assessing Current Risk and Protective Factors
Retrospective Analysis of Risk and Protective Factors
Conclusion
Part II. The Course of Child Development
Introduction to Part II: A Developmental Lens on Childhood
Barriers to Understanding the Child’s Perspective
Dynamics of Developmental Change
Interactions between Maturation and Environment
Thinking Developmentally in Assessment and Intervention
Organization of Developmental Chapters
5. Infant Development
The Interaction between Maturation and Caregiving
Brain Development: The Importance of Early Experience
Metaphors of Infant–Parent Transactions
Caregivers’ Adaptations to Developmental Change
The Neonatal Period: Birth–4 Weeks
Ages 1–3 Months
Ages 3–6 Months
A Normal Infant and a Competent Parent: A Case Example
Ages 6–12 Months
Conclusion
Appendix 5.1. Summary of Infant Development, Birth–12 Months of Age
6. Practice with Infants
Assessment Issues
Assessment and Brief Intervention with an Infant and Her Family: A Case Example
Conclusion
7. Toddler Development: Core Domains
Physical Development
Attachment and Secure Base Behavior
Cognitive Development
Language and Communication
Symbolic Communication and Play
8. Toddler Development: Integrated Domains
Regulation of Emotion and Behavior
Moral Development
The Developing Self
Conclusion
Appendix 8.1. Summary of Toddler Development, 1–3 Years of Age
9. Practice with Toddlers
Assessment
Assessment of Toddler Development: A Case Example
Intervention: Parent–Child Therapy
Parent–Child Therapy with an Abused Toddler: A Case Example
Conclusion
10. Preschool Development: Core Domains
Physical Development
Attachment
Social Development
Language Development
Symbolic Communication and Play
Cognitive Development
11. Preschool Development: Integrated Domains
Regulation of Emotion and Behavior
Moral Development
The Developing Self
Conclusion
Appendix 11.1. Summary of Preschool Development, 3–6 Years of Age
12. Practice with Preschoolers
Assessment
Child Care Consultation with a Preschool Child: A Case Example
Intervention with Preschoolers
Using Play in the Treatment of Preschoolers
Medical Treatment as a Developmental Interference
Play Therapy with a Preschool Child: A Case Example
Conclusion
13. Middle Childhood Development: Core Domains
Physical Development
The Transition from Preschool to Middle Childhood
Attachment
Social Development
Language and Communication
Play and Fantasy
Cognitive Development
14. Middle Childhood Development: Integrated Domains
Regulation of Emotion and Behavior
Moral Development
Sense of Self
Toward Adolescence
Conclusion
Appendix 14.1. Summary of Middle Childhood Development, 6–12 Years of Age
15. Practice with School-Age Children
Assessment
Intervention
Working to Master the Trauma of Repeated Abuse: A Case Example
Using Developmental Strengths: A Case Example
Conclusion
16. Conclusion: Developmental Knowledge and Practice
Applying Practice Knowledge and Skills
Ever-Present Complications in Practice
Intervention and Developmental Outcome
Looking Forward
Conclusion
References
Index