Child Development: Early Stages Through Adolescence, 10th Edition

Child Development: Early Stages Through Adolescence explores the many stages of growth and development that children experience from the prenatal stage through adolescence. Through an in-depth, comprehensive study of children's physical, intellectual, social, and emotional development, students will learn positive ways to care for children and meet their needs during these formative early years. Career information is presented about various child-related occupations, identifying the necessary skills, on-the-job duties, and education requirements needed for achieving success in a child-related career. Developmental Milestone and Developmental Delay charts explain the different milestones children accomplish by certain ages to reinforce what to expect developmentally at each stage of the child's life. Brain studies, 21st Century learning, and mental health risk factors are explored in depth to present current research findings in child development.

Celia Anita Decker, Ed.D. was a former professor in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at Northwestern State University of Louisiana before moving to Castle Rock, Colorado. She taught courses in early childhood education, child development, and family relations. Dr. Decker was coordinator of graduate studies in early childhood education. Before her position at Northwestern State University, she taught college courses at East Texas State University (now Texas A&M at Commerce) and at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Dr. Decker also taught public school kindergarten in Kansas City, Kansas.

Julia McClannon Julia McClannon is a National Board-Certified Family and Consumer Sciences teacher at Fuquay-Varina High School in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina. She has over 10 years of experience in education. Julia has a Bachelor of Science degree in Family and Consumer Sciences from Meredith College and a master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on Educational Psychology from North Carolina State University. Julia began her career teaching Teen Living and Foods and Nutrition courses. She was awarded the Diane Kent Parker First Year Teacher Award for her district and Beginning Teacher of the Year for her school. After receiving her master's degree, Julia worked at Oxford University Press as a Product Trainer while co-authoring an e-bookstemming from her master's thesis research on beginning teacher turnover.In 2015, Julia returned to the classroom to teach early childhood and teacher training courses, serving as head of the Early Childhood Education program. She has served as department chair at her school, as well as a Professional Learning Team leader at the school and district levels. She is the lead advisor for Family, Career, and Community Leaders of Americaat her school and has led students to multiple state and national competitions. She is a teacher leader on the Human Services Career Advisory Team for her district, collaborating with business and industry partners to ensure alignment between school and business. Julia has presented at many professional conferences, including the North Carolina Career and Technical Education Summer Conference and various professional learning opportunities for her school and district. She won Teacher of the Year for Fuquay-Varina High School in 2019 along with the Fuquay-Varina Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Education award.

Michelle McCoy Michelle McCoy is a Family and Consumer Science teacher at Hendrickson High School in Pflugerville, Texas. Over the years she developed and supervised teen parenting, culinary arts, and hospitality programs and served on the boards for the San Patricio, Harris, and Bee County Fairs. She founded and served on numerous student organizations such as Family, Career and Community Leaders of America; the Texas Association of Future Educators; and Hawk Paintball. Michelle has served as a board member, secretary, vice-president, and president of the Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers Association of Texas (FCSTAT) and as a board member, secretary, and chairperson for the Texas Career and Technology Council. Michelle has also served on the Texas A&M University Kingsville Department of Agriculture and Human Services Advisory Council and the Human Services Alumni Association as historian and president. She writes curriculum for her district as well as for the Texas Education Agency Career and Technical Education state curriculum initiative. She wrote the pedagogy, teacher material, and workbook for Goodheart-Wilcox's Principles of Human Services textbook. She has presented at her district and at the FCSTAT summer and midwinter conferences. Michelle is a member of the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, the National Association of Teacher of Family and Consumer Sciences, and Kappa Omicron Nu honor society. Twice she has received the FCSTAT Region V Teacher of the Year Award and was named the FCSTAT State Teacher of the Year in 2011. She earned a Master of Science in Human Services with a minor in Family Studies and Management and a Bachelor of Science in Human Services with a minor in Early Childhood Education from Texas A&M University?Kingsville. Michelle has over 30 years of experience teaching, writing, mentoring, and serving in the field of Family and Consumer Sciences.