,CHILD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
An Open Educational Resources Publication by College of the
Canyons
Authored and compiled by Jennifer Paris, Antoinette Ricardo, & Dawn Rymond
Editor: Alexa Johnson
Graphics: Ian Joslin
Changes and Edits made by
Gina Wilson, MS
& Laurel Anderson, PhD
Version 1.2
2019
APA Citation:
Paris, J., Ricardo, A., Rymond, D. (2019). Child growth and development.
https://www2.palomar.edu/pages/childdevelopment/?page_id=4152&preview=t
rue.CC BY 4.0.
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, Acknowledgements
College of the Canyons would like to extend appreciation to the following
people and organizations for allowing this textbook to be created:
California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office
Chancellor Dianne G. Van Hook
Santa Clarita Community College District
College of the Canyons Distance Learning Office
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, Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to Child Development 5
Chapter 2: Conception and Heredity 31
Chapter 3: Prenatal Development 41
Chapter 4: Birth and the Newborn 60
Chapter 5: Infants & Toddlers Physical Development 77
Chapter 6: Infants & Toddlers Cognitive Development 111
Chapter 7: Infants & Toddlers Social Emotional Development 121
Chapter 8: Early Childhood Physical Development 139
Chapter 9: Early Childhood Cognitive Development 158
Chapter 10: Early Childhood Social Emotional Development 183
Chapter 11: Middle Childhood Physical Development 207
Chapter 12: Middle Childhood Cognitive Development 234
Chapter 13: Middle Childhood Social Emotional Development 260
Chapter 14: Adolescence Physical Development 285
Chapter 15: Adolescence Cognitive Development 315
Chapter 16: Adolescence Social Emotional Development 327
4 | Child Growth and Development
An Open Educational Resources Publication by College of the
Canyons
Authored and compiled by Jennifer Paris, Antoinette Ricardo, & Dawn Rymond
Editor: Alexa Johnson
Graphics: Ian Joslin
Changes and Edits made by
Gina Wilson, MS
& Laurel Anderson, PhD
Version 1.2
2019
APA Citation:
Paris, J., Ricardo, A., Rymond, D. (2019). Child growth and development.
https://www2.palomar.edu/pages/childdevelopment/?page_id=4152&preview=t
rue.CC BY 4.0.
2 | Child Growth and Development
, Acknowledgements
College of the Canyons would like to extend appreciation to the following
people and organizations for allowing this textbook to be created:
California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office
Chancellor Dianne G. Van Hook
Santa Clarita Community College District
College of the Canyons Distance Learning Office
Have Feedback or Resources to Share?
Catch a typo? Want to suggest a change to improve the book? Please send us
your feedback in this survey.
Did you use this book and make changes? Did you create supplementary
resources (PowerPoints, activities, test/quiz banks, etc.)? Please put a creative
commons license on those and share them back with us by joining and uploading
them to the Google Group. If you are having issues, please contact
.
Looking for resources? See what has been compiled in the Google Group.
© 2018, California Community Colleges, Chancellor’s Office.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
3 | Child Growth and Development
, Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to Child Development 5
Chapter 2: Conception and Heredity 31
Chapter 3: Prenatal Development 41
Chapter 4: Birth and the Newborn 60
Chapter 5: Infants & Toddlers Physical Development 77
Chapter 6: Infants & Toddlers Cognitive Development 111
Chapter 7: Infants & Toddlers Social Emotional Development 121
Chapter 8: Early Childhood Physical Development 139
Chapter 9: Early Childhood Cognitive Development 158
Chapter 10: Early Childhood Social Emotional Development 183
Chapter 11: Middle Childhood Physical Development 207
Chapter 12: Middle Childhood Cognitive Development 234
Chapter 13: Middle Childhood Social Emotional Development 260
Chapter 14: Adolescence Physical Development 285
Chapter 15: Adolescence Cognitive Development 315
Chapter 16: Adolescence Social Emotional Development 327
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