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Webliography : Child and Adolescent Development

Busse Library provides these titles and websites for students and faculty seeking information about child and adolescent development. Books listed here are a sampling available in the library and elsewhere. Websites reflect selected topics.

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Gateways to Information -- Websites for Educators -- Organizations -- Government Agencies and Initiatives -- Professional Associations -- Research Groups -- Education Concerns -- Health and Mental Health Concerns -- Busse Library Resources

Gateways to Information

Child and Adolescent Development : MentalHelp Net
Child and Family Webguide - Tufts University
Child Development Institute
The Children's Foundation
The Children's House in Cyberspace : Childwatch International
Earlychildhood.com : Lifelong Learning Starts Here
WWW Subject Catalog : University of Kentucky : Child Development -- directory of online resources

Websites for Educators

The ECE Web Guide : Early Childhood Education -- resources for childcare professionals

Organizations

Government Agencies and Initiatives

Professional Associations

National Association for Family Child Care -- assisting child care organizations
National Association for the Education of Young Children
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA)
National Child Care Association -- aids owners/operators of licensed childcare/preschool programs
The Society for Research in Child Development

Research Groups

Education Concerns

Early Childhood Educators' and Family Web Corner
ERIC Clearinghouse on Early Childhood and Elementary Education
The National AfterSchool Association
Theory into Practice Database (TIP) -- descriptions and research on learning theories

Health and Mental Health Concerns

Busse Library Resources

Cole, Michael. The development of children / c1993. RJ131. C585 1993

Colombo, John. Infant cognition : predicting later intellectual / c1993. BF720. C63 C65 1993

Kostelnick, Marjorie J. Guiding children's social development / c1993. HQ767.9 .G85 1993

Meadows, Sara. The child as thinker: the development and acquisition / 1993. BF723.5 .C5 M383 1993

Meisels, Samuel J. New visions for the developmental assessment / [1996]. RJ503.5 .N48 1996 Ref

Olson, David R. The handbook of education and human development / 1996. LB1115. H313 1996, Ref

Rosenblith, Judy F. In the beginning : development from conception to age two / c1992. BF719. R67 1992

Shelov, Steven P. Caring for your baby and young child : birth to age 5 / 1991. RJ61. C329 1991

Shonkoff, Jack P. Development of infants with disabilities / c1992. HQ773.6 .D48 1992

Singer, Elly. Child-care and the psychology of development / 1992. HQ778.5 .S56 1992

Society for Research in Child Development. Child development. / Periodicals.

Spodek, Bernard. Handbook of research on the education of young children / c1993. LB1119. H25 1993

Thomas, R. Murray. Comparing theories of child development / c1992. BF721. T456 1991

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