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Chapter 23
Meeting Children’s Special
Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678
Lesson 23.1 Types of Special Needs . . . . . . 680
Lesson 23.2 Help for Children with
Special Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702
Chapter 24
Providing Early Childhood
Education in Group Settings . . 716
Lesson 24.1 Early Childhood Education
Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718
Lesson 24.2 Choosing an Early
Childhood Education Program . . . . . . . 730
Chapter 25
Preparing for a Child-Related
Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748
Lesson 25.1 Making Career Decisions . . . . 750
Lesson 25.2 Learning About Careers
That Involve Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758
Lesson 25.3 Developing Skills for
Career Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768
Lesson 25.4 Finding, Succeeding in,
and Leaving a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776
Photo Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 788
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814
Chapter 18
Intellectual Development of
School-Age Children . . . . . . . 520
Lesson 18.1 How School-Age
Children Learn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
Lesson 18.2 What School-Age
Children Learn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533
Lesson 18.3 Meeting School-Age
Children’s Intellectual Needs . . . . . . . . . 542
Chapter 19
Social-Emotional Development
of School-Age Children . . . . 556
Lesson 19.1 The Social-Emotional
World of School-Age Children . . . . . . . . 558
Lesson 19.2 Meeting School-Age
Children’s Social-Emotional Needs . . . . 572
Unit 7
Guiding and Caring for
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584
Chapter 20
Encouraging Children’s Play
Experiences . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586
Lesson 20.1 The Importance of Play . . . . . . 588
Lesson 20.2 Play Activities for Children . . 595
Chapter 21
Protecting Children’s Physical
Health and Safety . . . . . . . . . 610
Lesson 21.1 Maintaining Children’s
Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612
Lesson 21.2 Ensuring Children’s Safety . . . 623
Lesson 21.3 Treating Children’s Illnesses
and Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633
Chapter 22
Handling Family-Life
Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646
Lesson 22.1 Helping Children Cope
with Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648
Lesson 22.2 Protecting Children from
Neglect and Abuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661