Reference area (first floor):

• Adolescent Psychology — Anita M. Meehan, Eileen Astor-Stetson, eds., Annual Editions — 050 ADO — Reference
• Child Growth and Development, Annual Editions — 050 CHI — Reference
• Deviant Behavior — Lawrence M. Salinger, Annual Editions — 050 DEV — Reference
• Dictionary of Developmental Disabilities Terminology — Pasquale J. Accardo — 618.9285889003 ACC 1996 — Reference
• Early Childhood Education — Karen M. Paciorek, ed., Annual Editions — 050 EAR — Reference
• Educating Exceptional Children — Karen L. Freiberg, ed., Annual Editions — 050 EDU — Reference
• Human Development, Annual Editions — 050 HUM — Reference
• Encyclopedia of Human Behavior (vol. 3) — editor V. S. Ramachandran — 150 ENC V. 3 — Reference
• Childhood and Children — Joan Bel Geddes — 305.23 BEL — Reference
• Encyclopedia of Family Life (vol. 1) — Carl L. Bankston III — 306.85097 ENC — Reference
• Child Development — Neil J. Salkind — 305.231 CHI — Reference
  

Book stacks (second floor):

• The Psychological Development of Children — Faye B. Steuer — 155.4 STE
• The Development of Young Children's Social-Cognitive Skills — Michael A. Forrester — 155.413 FOR
• The Language Continuum: from infancy to literacy — James F. Kavanagh, ed. — 401.93 LAN
• Integrative Processes and Socialization: early to middle childhood — Thomas D. Yawkey, ed. — 303.32 INT
• Child Psychology and Childhood Education: a cognitive-developmental view — Lawrence Kohlberg — 155.4 KOH
• Theories of Childhood: an introduction to Dewey, Montessori, Erikson, Piaget and Vygotsky — Carol Garhart Mooney — 372.2101 MOO
• A Mind at a Time — Mel Levine — 370.15 LEV
• Bringing Out the Giftedness in Your Child: nurturing every child's unique strengths, talents, and potential — Rita Dunn — 305.231 DUN
• The Parenting Challenge: your child's behavior from 6 to 12 — Arnold Rincover — 305.234 RIN
• What's Going On in There?: how the brain and mind develop in the first five years of life — Lise Eliot — 612.82 ELI
• The Scientist in the Crib: minds, brains, and how children learn — Alison Gopnik, Andrew N. Meltzoff, and Patricia K. Kuhl — 155.413 GOP
• The Cradle of Knowledge: development of perception in infancy — Philip J. Kellman and Martha E. Arterberry - available in NetLibrary
• Behavioral, Social, and Emotional Assessment of Children and Adolescents — Kenneth Merrell — available in NetLibrary
• Your Baby & Child — Penelope Leach — 649.122 LEA
• The First Twelve Months of Life — Theresa Caplan — 649.122 LEA
  

Videos in our collection (second floor):

• Discovering Psychology (updated version) — WGBH with the American Psychological Association — 150 DIS V.1
  Explores child development, child's sensations and perceptions, language development, and learning and cognitive processes.
• Language Development — Films for the Humanities — 401.93 LAN Examines the development of language in babies and young children.
  

Databases

General OneFile

Subject searches for "child development", "motor ability in children", or "language acquisition" will help focus your search.

Doing a relevance search for "child cognitive development", "child motor development", and "child language development" (entire article content, limited to articles with text) will retrieve some relevant articles.

ERIC:

Searches like "child language development", "child motor development", and "child social development" (advanced search, title) will return relevant books and articles, obtainable through interlibrary loan (ILL).

Websites

Some reliable websites are:

The National Academy for Child Development:
NACD is an organization of parents and professionals that designs specific programs for children and adults with developmental, educational, and neurological problems. The site offers information on NACD's resources and programs, as well as research materials and a selection of articles published by the Journal of National Academy for Child Development.

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development:
NICHD is part of the National Institutes of Health and supports and conducts research on topics related to the health of children, adults, families, and population. The site makes available to the public at large information related to reducing infant death, learning about growth and development, examining problems of birth defects and mental retardation, as well as research materials.

Child Development Institute — Parent Information:
Founded by Robert Myers, Ph.D, a clinical child psychologist, CDI provides materials for parent education and self-help information for children. It covers topics as child development, child psychology, teenagers, learning disabilities, including ADHD and dyslexia.

National Center for Early Development & Learning:
NCEDL is a national early childhood research project supported by the US Department of Education.
It focuses on enhancing the cognitive, social, and emotional development of children from birth to age eight.

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