viii 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