Growth and Development
Growth and Development
Growth and Development Links
- Child Health Record Online brochure on health, and growth and development issues from birth to teenage years.
- Child Development Website Tutorial with month-by-month development, developmental theorists stages of development, newsletter and chat.
- Child Development Institute Provides information on parenting, child development, child psychology, health and safety, learning disabilities and teens.
- EducatingBaby Provides the latest research on infant and child brain development. Additionally, offers parent education on child cognitive behavioral development.
- Zero To Three Nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the healthy development of babies and young children.
- Catch A Falling Star Child Behavioral Plans Behavioral change packets to include behavorial plans and tools to achieve success in modifying or eliminating inappropriate behaviors in children.
- Key Concepts of Early Child Development All children progress through an identifiable sequence of physical, cognitive, and emotional growth and change. Children respond best when caregivers use specific techniques designed to encourage and stimulate progress.
- Preventing Harm New physician-authored research links chemicals widely used by industry and commonly found at home to developmental disabilities, including behavioral and learning disabilities.
- Playwork Is Wicked A site designed to communicate the importance of play and imagination for children by sharing philosophical beliefs surrounding child development and the role of creative play.
- Portage County Early Intervention A free service designed to answer any questions that new parents may have about the health and development of their new baby.
- How Tall A scientific and sophisticated growth analysis of children. Calculate future adult height by three scientific methods, and taking parental height into account.
- Child Development Basics Provides parents with information on physical, mental and emotional growth and development from prenatal to teenage.
- The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Conducts and supports laboratory, clinical and epidemiological research on the reproductive, neurobiologic, developmental, and behavioral processes that determine and maintain the health of children, adults, families and populations.
- Integrated Therapy for Children Integrated Therapy for Children provided by Judy Sommer offers help with children with learning difficulties including dyspraxia, clumsy child, developmental co-ordination disorder, slow learner, slow reader, speech delay, poor gross and fine motor skills and poor handwriting.
- PediaNet Information on a wide variety of topics, including immunizations, nutrition and illness; provides a useful growth projector tool.
- LaQuita's Speech-Language Development This personal site by a professional speech-language pathologist provides information on speech-language development in infants and toddlers. Find information about disorders of speech and language and where to seek help, on signs of impaired speech and language in small children and steps for remediating these disorders.
- Child Health Guide: Put Prevention into Practice Guide explains preventive care for children such as checkup visits, immunizations, and tests and exams. Provides guidance on growth and developmental issues.
- Child Development Tracker Year-by-year guide to child development for parents of 1 year olds to 12th graders, including advice, activities, and support of common challenges. Provided by Women.com
- The Brazelton Institute Focuses on the health and development of the newborn infant. Read about the Brazelton Scale, a comprehensive newborn behavioral assessment tool and view the organization's newsletter.
- Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ) Assess a child's physical, emotional, and social well-being from the perspective of their parent or the child.
- Care of the Premature Infant Monitoring growth and development in the premature infant: An article from the American Academy of Family Physicians.
- Developmental Milestones Children developmental milestones can be detected early. Learn what to look for in your babies development and when to seek professional help.
- The Caring Ones Information on promoting a better understanding of human nature, growth, and development. A database and an open forum available for exchanging ideas among parents, teachers, social workers, and others interested in, or responsible for, the care of children.
- Speech Delay Expert information on speech language development, disorders, milestones and stages of development; comprehensive ask the experts message board on speech and language issues.
- Early Childhood Brain Development Project Descriptions of available programs for teachers and parents about early childhood brain development.
- Child Development Information for Grandparents Features on grandchild development from infants to adolescents. Includes what to expect, relationships and bonding, and other subjects.
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