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Child development

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America Reads: National campaign aiming to promote literacy throughout America. Suggests how families, educators, communities, and colleges and universities might encourage reading amongst young people, and resources designed to help children develop literacy skills themselves are also provided.
Author: US Department of Education
Subjects: child development, literacy, united states education
DeweyClass: 370
Resource type: documents
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Includes news of AACAP activities, fact sheets for families, reports on ongoing research into child and adolescent psychiatry, news of related government actions, and catalogues of AACAP publications.
Author: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Subjects: child development, child psychiatry
DeweyClass: 616.8
Resource type: documents, news
Brain Connection: Collection of articles documenting brain function and associated learning and development. Topics covered include child development, disorders, early reading, education, language, learning, motivation, reading, stress, and thinking. Material addressing specific aspects of these topics are divided into general, educational, and clinical groupings. An additional section entitled 'Brain Basics' provides an insight into the central nervous system's anatomy, physiology, and functionality.
Author: Scientific Learning
Subjects: brain, child development, language development
DeweyClass: 155
Resource type: articles, news
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Online: Online journal with articles, letters and links to related resources.
Author: Priory Lodge Education
Subjects: child development, child psychiatry
DeweyClass: 616.8
Resource type: journal
Children in Scotland: National agency for voluntary, statutory, and professional organisations and individuals working with children and their families in Scotland. Includes information on development programmes and policy forums, and a cataologue of agency publications.
Author: Children in Scotland
Subjects: child development, child welfare
DeweyClass: 362.7
Resource type: documents
Early Years Development and Childcare: UK government policy and guidance documents for early years development and childcare. Features the text of the 1998 Green Paper, 'Meeting the Childcare Challenge', a summary of responses to the paper, advice on employing nannies, and guidance on partnerships and cooperation between childcare sectors.
Author: Department for Education and Employment
Subjects: child development, educational policy
DeweyClass: 372
Resource type: documents
Facts for Families: The AACAP developed Facts for Families to provide concise and up-to-date information on issues that affect children, teenagers, and their families. Available in English, Spanish and French.
Author: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Subjects: child development, child welfare
DeweyClass: 362.2
Resource type: documents
Intute: social sciences - developmental psychology: Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to developmental psychology.
Author: Intute
Subjects: applied psychology, child development
DeweyClass: 305.231
Resource type: index
Issues in Freirean Pedagogy: In the early 1970s, Brazilian educator, Paulo Freire, published an English translation of his work, Pedagogy of the Oppressed. His general critique of education presented an analysis which challenged the neutrality of the technological model dominant in American schools. He argued that any curriculum which ignores racism, sexism, the exploitation of workers, and other forms of oppression at the same time supports the status quo.
Author: Heaney, Tom
Subjects: child development, community and youth studies
DeweyClass: 370.115
Resource type: document
National Child Development Study: A longitudinal survey which follows the lives of a group of people born in Great Britain between 3 and 9 March, 1958. The aim of the study is to improve understanding of the factors affecting human development over the whole life span. The data covers a long time period and includes a wide range of questions, plus physical measurements, such as weight and height. Used for a wide range of research, including medical and health research including studies based on subgroups of NCDS cohort members, such as asthma sufferers or handicapped school leavers.
Author: University at Essex
Subjects: child development, health statistics, social science research
DeweyClass: 305.231
Resource type: reference data
School Psychology: School psychology resources for the school psychology community. Information on learning disabilities, gifted children, autism, adolescence, parenting, psychological assessment, classroom management, special education, mental health, reading, research, and more.
Author: Steingart, Sandra
Subjects: autism, child development, child psychiatry, special education
DeweyClass: 150
Resource type: index
Society for Research in Child Development: A professional association whose aims are to promote multi-disciplinary research in the field of human development, to foster the exchange of information among scientists and other professionals of various disciplines, and to encourage applications of research findings. Offers an online newsletter and journal details.
Author: Society for Research in Child Development
Subjects: child development
DeweyClass: 155.4
Resource type: institution
World's Youth 2000: Full text report profiling today's youth, with particular emphasis on sexual and reproductive health. Specific topics covered include education, use of contraception, sexual violence against women, and HIV/AIDS. The report is presented as a PDF file, with data tables given in both PDF and HTML format.
Author: Population Reference Bureau
Subjects: child development, child welfare
DeweyClass: 305.2
Resource type: document, reference data