Early Childhood Development: A Multicultural Perspective 6/e addresses both typical & atypical child development from birth through age eight. This text highlights the diversity of child development preparing professionals to meet the unique needs of children from a wide variety of backgrounds. * A new emphasis on neuroscience & brain research helps us to understand so much better how children think learn feel & behave. * Every chapter
Includes:: at least one new section on how the brain contributes to advances in physical cognitive linguistic social or emotional development across age groups. * An extensive section on assessment has been added. * Clinical & classroom-based methods for assessing learning & development of young children are presented. * The use of assessment data in teaching & parenting are fully explored. * A more extensive examination of toddlerhood as a distinct period of development is included. Newly-discovered advancements of children between the ages of 18 months & 3 years are profiled. * The book contains discussions of more than 800 new research studies & articles on early childhood development that have been published since the last edition.