San Antonio College Library

Explores how environment affects the fertilization of the egg by sperm in the passing on of genetic traits.

For professionals and parents. From publisher description.

Infants invite those caring for them to join as companions on an incredible journey. Infant and Toddler Development from Conception to Age 3 is a helpful guide to that journey. Each chapter taps a distinct area of research to shed light on babies' biological expectations for care and their amazing competence as active participants in that care. Because the shadow of adversity and trauma disrupts the journey for some, this book includes ways to help...

Spencer A. Rathus provides a hands-on approach in the chronologically organized CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE: VOYAGES IN DEVELOPMENT, Sixth Edition, to help you understand the link between developmental theories and research as well as their application to your everyday life. Using his proven pedagogical approach, interspersed with personal and humorous stories, Rathus makes reading and studying an enjoyable process of discovery.

Features information on every aspect of infant care, including the treatment of illnesses and infant nutritional requirements, and focuses on a baby's five needs: eating, sleeping, development, health, and comfort.

Should your three-month-old be waking up every two hours during the night? When should you expect your baby to learn to crawl? To walk? To grip things, or say his or her first words? If your baby seems constantly cranky, why might that be? This book answers these and many more questions. When Baby Steps was first published in 1993, it was named one of the "10 Best Parenting Books" by Child magazine. Now this popular guide to baby's first two years...

Synthesising the latest theory, research, and practices related to supporting early attachments, this volume provides a unique window into the major treatment and prevention approaches available today.

"Now in two volumes, the fully revised and updated second edition of The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development provides comprehensive coverage of the basic research and applied and policy issues relating to infant development. Updated, fully-revised and expanded, this two-volume set presents in-depth and cutting edge coverage of both basic and applied developmental issues during infancy. Features contributions by leading international researchers...

"Looks at current research from the neuroscience to show what teachers and childcare providers can do with very young children. For each material or activity presented, the text examines its relation to the rapid brain growth that characterizes the zero to three years, including sensory reception, movement, language, cognition, memory, vision, and motivation. Materials, with guidance for their use and where to find them, include: paint, mark-makers,...