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Dixon and Stein's encounters with children : pediatric behavior and development /

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"Building on the legacy of Drs. Suzanne D. Dixon and Martin T. Stein, Dixon and Stein's Encounters with Children, Fifth Edition, offers a unique, how-to approach to understanding the developmental stages of childhood, providing practical strategies for today's clinicians who interact...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Radesky, Jenny S. (Editor), Kistin, Caroline J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier ; [2026]
Edition:Fifth edition
Subjects:
Child development.
Child development > Testing.
Behavioral assessment of children.
Adolescence.
Child psychology.
Growth.
Child Development
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior
Growth
Child Behavior
Enfants > Développement.
Enfants > Développement > Tests.
Analyse comportementale des enfants.
Enfants > Psychologie.
Croissance.
adolescence.
growth.
Niños > Desarrollo
Niños > Desarrollo > Evaluación
Niños > Evaluación de conducta
Niños > Psicología
Animales > Crecimiento
Child development
Child development > Testing
Behavioral assessment of children
Adolescence
Child psychology
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The importance of child behavior and development in life course health / Caroline J. Kistin and Jenny S. Radesky
  • Understanding children : theories, concepts, and insights / Jenny S.Radesky and Caroline J. Kistin
  • Preparing your practice for socially and emotionally responsive care / Yuan He
  • Use of drawing by children at health encounters / Jenny S. Radesky
  • The prenatal period : understanding parent stress, mental health, and attachment / Yuan He
  • The newborn : meeting the infant / Kelsey A. Egan
  • Neonatal intensive care units : special issues for medically vulnerable infants / Erika Gabriela Cordova Ramos
  • First days at home : making a place in the family / Anna Klunk and Shaquita Bell
  • One to two months : adjusting to the world / Caroline J. Kistin
  • Three to four months : smiles and laughs / Caroline J. Kistin
  • Six months : reaching out / Caroline J. Kistin
  • Eight to nine months : exploring and clinging / Caroline J. Kistin and Jenny S. Radesky
  • One year : one giant step forward / Jenny S. Radesky
  • Fifteen to eighteen months : declaring independence and pushing the limits / Jenny S. Radesky and Caroline J. Kistin
  • Two years : language leaps / Jenny S. Radesky
  • Three years : emergence of magic / Lauren K. O'Connell
  • Four years : clearer sense of self / Lauren K. O'Connell
  • Five years : opening the school door / Anna Klunk and Shaquita Bell
  • Six to seven years : reading, relationships, and playing by the rules / Jenny S. Radesky
  • Seven to 10 years : the world of middle childhood / Jenny S. Radesky and Caroline J. Kistin
  • Eleven to 14 years : early adolescence--age of rapid changes / Jenny S. Radesky and Caroline J. Kistin
  • Fifteen to seventeen years : mid-adolescence--redefining self / Caitlin Camfield, Yolanda N. Evans, and Alana K. Otto
  • Seventeen to twenty-one years : transition to adulthood / Alana K. Otto and Yolanda N. Evans
  • Specific considerations : families impacted by incarceration and the criminal legal system / Destiny G. Tolliver
  • Encounters with illness : coping and growing / Cassie N. Ross
  • Stressful events : separation, loss, violence, and death / Destiny G. Tolliver
  • Resources for families : an annotated bibliography / Caroline J. Kistin and Jenny S. Radesky