This new chronological edition is based on the well-established topically organized text by Bukatko and Daehler, Child Development: A Thematic Approach, 5/e. Addressing physical, social, and emotional development in a linear fashion, this text starts with pre-natal development and progresses through birth and the newborn baby, infancy and toddlerhood, early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence. Developed to accommodate the more applied focus of courses in nursing, parenthood, education, family studies, and human ecology, this text benefits from the authors' focus on research through an emphasis on developmental themes.

Note: Each chapter concludes with a Chapter Recap, which includes a Summary of Developmental Themes, a Chapter Review, and Key Terms and Concepts.
I. Overview
1. Themes and Theories

2. Studying Child Development

Controversy: Thinking It Over: Should Researchers Reveal Information They Learn About Participants in Their Studies?
II. First Steps in Development
3. Genetics and Heredity

4. The Prenatal Period and Birth

III. Infancy (Ages 0-2)
5. Physical Development

6. Perception, Cognition, and Language

7. Social and Emotional Development

IV. Early Childhood (Ages 2-6)
8. Physical, Cognitive, and Language Development

9. Social and Emotional Development

10. Contexts of Development

V. Middle Childhood (Ages 6-11)
11. Physical, Cognitive, and Language Development

12. Social and Emotional Development

13. Contexts of Development

14. Physical and Cognitive Development

15. Social and Emotional Development

16. Contexts of Development
The Family in Adolescence
Peer Relationships in Adolescence
School
Media
Controversy: Thinking It Over: What Regulations Should Exist for Children's Access to the Internet?
Neighborhoods

Danuta Bukatko - College of the Holy Cross

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