Child Development

M MAINSTREAMING Mainstreaming is the original term used for the re- quirement under the Individuals with Disabilities Ed- ucatio ...

kwashiorkor, characterized by inadequate protein in- take. Inadequate maternal nutrition can affect fetal de- velopment. Althoug ...

Abraham H. Maslow used a holistic approach in developing his theory of motivation. (UPI/Corbis Bettmann) ty, belongingness, and ...

Groups Compared to Women beyond the Teen Years.’’ Ameri- can Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 171 (1994):184–187. Kenneth J. ...

ductive health, although menopause has become a topic of public discussion and reproductive cancers are receiving new attention. ...

social roles without obtaining relief from traditional responsibilities. As adults, ‘‘baby boomers’’ are be- coming caretakers o ...

Dewey, one of the founders of American pragmatism. She began exchanging letters with him as a teenager in 1916. McGraw considere ...

sometimes chaotic demands on motor and cognitive development. Her most important legacy was the be- lief that scientists and par ...

to make their own decisions. Although some forms of mediation may address underlying interpersonal or individual problems, media ...

Married couples wanting to separate may prefer mediation over the more detailed legal process of divorce for many reasons. Media ...

link with improved psychological adjustment of par- ents and their children. Mediation has an important place in helping familie ...

FIGURE 1 tracted from the icon or echo is lost. Hence, much of what enters the senses never becomes part of long- term memory. I ...

it can be organized and accessed from the long-term store. The information-processing model is particularly useful in understand ...

greatly from those of very young children, some po- tential memories may not be accessed. Developmental Changes in Information P ...

guide memory performance, emerges later in the ele- mentary school years. For example, a fifth grader could be expected to remem ...

Nelson, Katherine. ‘‘The Psychological and Social Origins of Auto- biographical Memory.’’ Psychological Science 1 (1993):1–8. Mo ...

MENTAL DISORDERS Children’s mental health problems have emerged from a long history of misunderstanding and neglect to become th ...

percent of the variance in ADHD symptoms) and neurobiological factors (with more support found for irregularities in brain struc ...

to be strongly effective. As with ADHD, the treat- ments that are most likely to be effective include a combination of treatment ...

Depression is a relatively common mood disorder that often first appears during childhood or adolescence. (Custom Medical Stock) ...