Supporting Development in Congenital Heart Defects
Ages 0 - 24 Years
Children are not just mini adults. Their brains and bodies are still developing, and they think, communicate, move, and socialize in ways that are often different from adults. When caregivers understand what children can do, and how they grow and learn, they can better support their development. These resources provide information about typical development. When a child with a heart defect is not developing typically, these resources can still inform understanding and intervention.
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Websites about child development
These websites contain reliable information about how children develop, from birth until adulthood. They can help parents to know what is expected at each age and stage, and also what they can do to support healthy development.
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Books about child development
These books contain reliable information about how children develop, from birth until adulthood. They can help parents to know what is expected at each age and stage, and also what they can do to support healthy development:
Ages and Stages: A Parent's Guide to Normal Child Development, by Charles Shaefer and Theresa DiGeronimo
The Good Teen, by Richard Lerner
The Importance of Being Little, by Erika Christakis
The Scientist in the Crib, by Alison Gopnik, Andrew Meltzoff, and Patricia Kuhl
The Teenage Brain, by Frances Jensen
Touchpoints--Birth to Three, by T. Berry Brazelton
Touchpoints--Three to Six, by T. Berry Brazelton
Yardsticks: Child and Adolescent Development, by Chip Wood
Your Child's Growing Mind, by Jane Healy
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