Encounters with children : pediatric behavior and development / Suzanne D. Dixon, Martin T. Stein.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. Perspectives on child development in child health care / Suzanne D. Dixon and Martin T. Stein -- Ch. 2. Understanding children : theories, concepts and insights / Suzanne D. Dixon -- Ch. 3. Cultural dimensions in child care / Lori Taylor, Lyndia Willes-Jacobo and Suzanne D. Dixon -- Ch. 4. Developmentally based office : setting the stage for enhanced practice / Martin T. Stein -- Ch. 5. Use of drawing by children at health encounters / John B. Welsh, Susan L. Instone and Martin T. Stein -- Ch. 6. The prenatal visit : making an alliance with the family / Suzanne D. Dixon -- Ch. 7. The newborn : ready to get going / Suzanne D. Dixon -- Ch. 8. Neonatal intensive care units : special issues for the at-risk infant and family / Suzanne D. Dixon and Yvonne E. Vaucher -- Ch. 9. First days at home : making a place in the family / Suzanne D. Dixon and Martin T. Stein -- Ch. 10. On to two months : getting on track / Martin T. Stein -- Ch. 11. Three to four months : having fun with the picture book baby / Suzanne D. Dixon -- Ch. 12. Six months : reaching out / Suzanne D. Dixon and Michael J. Hennessy -- Ch. 13. Eight to nine months : exploring and clinging / Maria Trozzi and Suzanne D. Dixon -- Ch. 14. One year : one giant step forward / Suzanne D. Dixon and Michael J. Hennessy -- Ch. 15. 15 to 18 months : declaring independence and pushing the limits / Maria Trozzi and Martin T. Stein -- Ch. 16. Two years : language leaps / Suzanne D. Dixon -- Ch. 17. Three years : emergence of magic / Suzanne D. Dixon -- Ch. 18. Four years : clearer sense of self / Suzanne D. Dixon -- Ch. 19. Five years : opening the school door / Martin T. Stein -- Ch. 20. Six to seven years : reading, relationships and playing by the rules / Martin T. Stein -- Ch. 21. Seven to ten years : the world of middle childhood / Robert David Wells and Martin T. Stein -- Ch. 22. Eleven to fourteen years : early adolescence - age of rapid changes / Jennifer Maehr and Marianne E. Felice -- Ch. 23. Fifteen to seventeen years : mid-adolescence-redefining self / Jennifer Maehr and Marianne E. Felice -- Ch. 24. Seventeen to twenty-one years : transition to adulthood / Lawrence S. Friedman -- Ch. 25. Special families / Robert David Wells and Martin T. Stein -- Ch. 26. Encounters with illness : coping and growing / Martin T. Stein -- Ch. 27. Stressful events : separation, loss, violence and death / Maria Trozzi and Suzanne D. Dixon -- Ch. 28. Resources for families : an annotated bibliography / Martin T. Stein and Suzanne D. Dixon.