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Child Development Theory

Child Development Media » History, Theory & Research » Child Development Theory

Titles in this section describe the multi-faceted topic of Child Development Theory. Ranging from theoretical discussions on how children learn, to theories of the development of personality,relationships, and individual autonomy, these titles offer a insight into the theoretical concepts of the developing child, and how awareness of these theories can help childcare providers, parents, and psychologists, provide children with the most current, effective, and nurturing care available.

    Theories of Development
    This video reviews different theories of child development from various theorists such as Piaget, Vygotsky, Erikson and Skinner. Available in DVD and VHS formats.


    Play: A Vygotskian Approach
    This video reviews the traditional ways of studying play and Lev Vygotsky’s unique contribution of seeing play as an arena in which a child can begin to master his own behavior is carefully detailed. Available on DVD and VHS formats.


    Classic Piaget DVD 1
    This DVD contains 3 videos from the Classic Piaget Series Set.

    Classic Piaget: Growth of Intelligence in the Preschool Years
    Classic Piaget: Classification
    Classic Piaget: Conservation

    Each of these historic videos reveals the details of Piaget's theories about child development.


    Classic Piaget DVD 2
    This is the second part of a two-part DVD set that includes six videos of Piaget's theories about child development.

    This DVD includes:
    Classic Piaget: The Process of Moral Development
    Classic Piaget: Formal Reasoning Patterns
    Classic Piaget: Memory and Intelligence


    Concrete Operations
    Using structured interviews with children from four to nine years old, Dr David Elkind illustrates the development of transitive thinking and reversibility as children move from the pre-operational to concrete operational stage of cognitive development. Available in DVD and VHS formats.


    Classic Piaget Series
    This video series covers Jean Piaget's theories and contributions to the field of psychology and child development. Available on DVD .


    Morality: Judgments and Actions
    This video reviews some of the basic work of Piaget, Kohlberg, Skinner, and Milgram and investigates current research into the domain theory of Elliott Turiel and his associates. Focuses on the interaction of judgments and actions. Available in DVD and VHS formats.


    On the Emergence of the Self
    This video examines the separation-individuation process, identified by Dr. Margaret Mahler, and the development of the sense of self during the first eighteen months of life. Includes: VHS or DVD


    Erick H. Erikson: A Life’s Work
    This video combines biographical information about Erikson with his theoretical proposals to give students an understanding of the relationship between the life experience of a theorist and the work that is produced. Available in DVD and VHS formats.


    B.F. Skinner: A Fresh Appraisal
    B.F. Skinner's theories of operant conditioning and learning are some of the most popular works in psychology. This video introduces his personality and ground-breaking research. Available in DVD and VHS.


    The Temperament Program: A Video Series
    In this series of four videos Drs Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas present their original research on the temperament of children. Includes detailed presentations of three clusters of temperament traits associated with the development of behavioral problems. Available in DVD format.


    John Bowlby: Attachment and Loss
    In this video seminar, filmed at the Tavistock Clinic in London, John Bowlby describes the research that resulted in his theory of attachment, the contributions of Mary Ainsworth to the study of attachment,and the importance of attachment through out human life. VHS or DVD


    John Bowlby : Attachment Theory Across Generations
    Attachment theory had its roots in Bowlby's wide ranging intellectual interests, his openness to the work of others and his own personal history, all of which is discussed in this video by him, his colleagues and his adult children. DVD and VHS


    Handbook of Attachment
    This comprehensive, 925 page, Handbook provides a landmark review and synthesis of the current state of knowledge about attachment and loss in children and adults.This publication also provides an definitive overview of the work of John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth.


    Right From the Start
    This video is about early infant attachment and how bonding with the parent affects the development of the child. Also reviews the research of many scientists. Available in DVD and VHS formats.


    Life's First Feelings
    The video seeks to show that infants begin life with a set of survival-oriented emotions and acquire social emotions as they pass through childhood. Format: DVD


    Handbook of Infant Mental Health
    This edition presents information about infant mental health theory from a clinical and educational viewpoint. Topics include developmental psychopathology, frequently encountered disorders of infancy, approaches to clinical assessment and intervention, and social policy applications. 600 pages


    How Caring Relationships Support Self-Regulation
    This video combines current research on self-regulation, brain development, and caregiver practice. Shows children experiencing a range of emotions and of care-givers applying supportive practices in a variety of settings. Available in DVD and VHS formats.


    The Study of the Child: History and Trends
    This tape covers this fascinating history and describes how research today has advanced with the selection of different types of child study and advanced methods devised out of technology. Available in DVD and VHS formats.


    The Developing Mind
    The Developing Mind reveals the latest research about memory, feelings, neuropathology and intelligence. This book delivers an in-depth look at how the human mind and personality is developed.


    Touchpoints (a set)
    This DVD presents Dr T. Berry Brazelton and twelve young parents with their children, from before birth to age three years. Together they define and illustrate "touchpoints." Includes 3- Volumes with indexed chapters, 132 min.


    Touchpoints: 3 to 6
    In this book authors Brazelton and Greenspan apply the touchpoints theory to each of the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional leaps that occur from age three to six. They also offer valuable guidance to parents.


    Adolescent Cognition: Thinking in a New Key
    With David Elkind, this video includes structured interviews in a public middle school that illustrate the intellectual challenges of this period of life when young minds are constructing personal identities and new mental capacities. Available in DVD and VHS formats.



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