Main description:

Updated edition of this popular book introducing human growth and development from conception to old age, with reference to an Irish context.

New to this edition:

Updated for the Human Growth and Development award (5N1279)
New chapter emphasises the application of knowledge to practical, work-based problems and scenarios
Greater prominence given to the older stage of lifespan development with reference to the Creating Excellence in Dementia Care report 2012

Irish and international facts, research, cases and statistics are used to:

explain normal patterns of lifespan development;
introduce variations within the normal range;
highlight the factors that can affect development throughout the lifespan.

Examines the stages from infancy to old age within the framework of physical, cognitive and socio-emotional theories.

Written For:

NFQ Level 5 Human Growth and Developemnt component module, as part of:

Early Childhood Care & Education (5M2009)
Applied Social Studies (5M2181)
Community Care (5M2786)
Health Service Skills (5M3782)
Healthcare Support (5M4339)
Nursing Studies (5M4349)
Community Health Services (5M4468)

Also suitable for:

CACHE courses in Childcare and Health and Social Care
Montessori courses and Returning to Education courses
Introduction to Psychology courses

Contents:

Chapter 1: What is Psychology?

In Focus: Critical vs. Sensitive Period Debate - Extreme Deprivation

Chapter 2: Theorists

In Focus: Elder's Study of the Great Depression and its Impact

Chapter 3: Conception, Prenatal Development and Birth

In Focus: Low Birth Weight and Social Inequality

Chapter 4: The Newborn Baby

In Focus: Foetal Alcohol Syndrome - the Irish Experience

Chapter 5: Infancy: The First Two Years of Life

In Focus: The Implications of Disorganised Attachment

Chapter 6: Early Childhood: Two to Five Years

In Focus: Autism

Chapter 7: Middle Childhood: Six to Eleven Years

In Focus: Children's Understanding of Well-being

Chapter 8: Adolescence

In Focus: Suicide

Chapter 9: Early to Middle Adulthood

In Focus: Alcoholism and Drug Addiction

Chapter 10: Older Age, Dying and Death

In Focus: Elder Abuse and Older People's Experience of Mistreatment and Abuse

Chapter 11: Knowledge into Practice