Chapter 3 : Growth and Development Physical Development .................................................................................................................................... 120 Cognitive Development .................................................................................................................................. 126 Moral Development ........................................................................................................................................ 131 Psychosocial Development ............................................................................................................................ 142 Social Cognitive Development ....................................................................................................................... 146 * Cadet Preschool Model or Cadet Preschool Booklet ................................................................................... 149 The Importance of Play .................................................................................................................................. 155 Play Day ......................................................................................................................................................... 159 A Trip to the Toy Store ................................................................................................................................... 160 Observations of Children from Birth through Age Five .................................................................................. 163 Making Manipulatives ..................................................................................................................................... 167 * What ’ s a Parent to Do ?................................................................................................................................. 170 The Hurried Child ........................................................................................................................................... 174 Observation of the Elementary School Student ............................................................................................. 180 * Pre-Adolescent / Adolescent Literature .......................................................................................................... 182 Observation of the Middle School Student .................................................................................................... 192 Reporting on All Grown Up and No Place to Go ............................................................................................ 194 Observation of the High School Student ....................................................................................................... 197 Proactive Parents of Troubled Teens ............................................................................................................. 199 The Teen Years ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 205 * Lifelines ......................................................................................................................................................... 210
Chapter 4 : The Exceptional Learner Introduction to Exceptional Learners ............................................................................................................. 213 Walking in Somebody Else ’ s Shoes ............................................................................................................... 216 Categories of Exceptional Student Education ............................................................................................... 219 Gathering Information about Exceptional Student Education through Observations .................................... 227
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