Child Care and Development

Child Care and Development, fifth edition, is the bestselling textbook for students following child care, child development and welfare courses. This new edition has been thoroughly updated in line with the very latest specifications as well as current practice and terminology.

Extensively illustrated in full colour, Child Care and Development is divided into eight core sections:

Family and home
Becoming a parent
Caring for babies
Development
Early childhood
Food
Health and safety
The family in the community

It includes guidelines for the all-important Child Study, as well as investigations, discussions and activities relating to Level 2 Key Skills.

Written specifically for the GCSE Home Economics: Child Development module, Child Care and Development is also the ideal textbook for the CACHE Foundation Award in Caring for Children, CACHE Level 2 Certificate in Child Care and Education, SVQ and NVQ Level 2 in Early Years Care and Education, and a
wide range of similar courses in child care, child development, and health and social care at Level 2.

Child Care and Development is now accompanied by Child Care and Development: Revision Exercises (ISBN 0 340 88916 0), an essential learning, testing and revision resource.