Part of the Child Health and Safety Series, this module for parents and adults who work with children discusses child development in three age group sections: (1) 6 through 8 years; (2) 9 through 11 years; and (3) 12 through 15 years. Information on physical, mental, social, and emotional development, as well as ways to identify and handle…

A curriculum used over a 3-year period in statewide training programs for residential child care workers is organized and described according to 11 training modules. The modules focus on increasing the self-awareness of the human service professional and on presenting basic facts about human development, procedures for assessment and planning, and…

This Child Development Associate (CDA) training module, the tenth in a series of 16, focuses on developing classroom management skills among trainees in a competency-based bilingual/bicultural preschool teacher training program. The text of the module deals with providing a supportive environment, setting up classroom rules, using teaching…