 |  Children, 7/e John W. Santrock,
University of Texas, Dallas
Physical Development in Early Childhood
Web Links (Referenced in Text Margins)Preschool Growth and Development
(http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/pages/preschoolers.growth.html)
Links to many areas of preschool growth and development, including a child health guide, early childhood growth chart, assessing preschool children's development, childhood obesity, bed-wetting and many other topics. |
| | | Developmental Milestones
(http://www.growingchild.com/milestones.html)
Examine developmental milestones from six months to six years of age, including those involving gross motor and fine motor skills. |
| | | Handedness
(http://duke.usask.ca/~elias/left/)
Explore the extent to which handedness is linked to heredity and environmental factors. |
| | | Children and Sleep Disorders
(http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/children.html)
Examine ideas about many aspects of children's sleep disorders, including insomnia, sleep apnea, SIDS, sleep terrors, nightmares, narcolepsy, bed-wetting, and many other dimensions. |
| | | Child Health Guide
(http://www.ahcpr.gov/ppip/ppchild.htm)
Covers many child health topics, including nutrition, immunizations, safety, and others. |
| | | Helping an Overweight Child
(http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/pubs/helpchld.htm)
Explore what causes children to become overweight, strategies for helping children lose weight and resources. |
| | | Child Safety Guide
(http://www.safekids.com/child_safety.htm)
Provides information about many aspects of safety in young children's lives. |
| | | A Healthy Start
(http://www.childrensdefense.org/healthy-start.htm)
The Children's Defense Fund's web site on helping every child get a healthy start in life. Includes links to a number of web sites on this topic. |
| | | Children's Medical Library
(http://www.childmedlib.org/)
An excellent web site for accessing information about many different childhood illnesses and diseases. Also has links to related web sites, such as Pediatric Point of Interest. |
| | | Harvard Center for Children's Health
(http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/children/)
Has current information about research projects. You can also read the current and back issues on the Center's newsletter, Research to Reality, on-line at this web site. Also has links to related web sites. |
| | | Exploring the Health of the World's Children
(http://www.ciesin.org/docs/001-233/001-233.html)
This article examines children's health around the world. Includes information about the major causes of death in children and strategies for improving children's health. |
| | | UNICEF
(http://www.unicef.org/fhpright.htm)
Very up-to-date information about children's rights around the world. Provides information about UNICEF's State of the World's Children reports and many other aspects of children's well being and rights. |
| | | Children's Health Around the World
(http://www.who.int/child-adolescent-health/)
The web site of the World Health Organization pertaining to child health and development with information about management of childhood illness, acute respiratory infection, cholera, and other major issues in child health around the world. Includes answers to frequently asked questions and has links to related web sites. |
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