The Fifth Edition of Infants & Toddlers Curriculum & Teaching provides practical and powerfully effective tools for anyone involved in the care and development of young children. This proven source not only helps prepare caregivers for certification as a child care specialist, it also instructs the reader in essential skills for self-care while caring for the needs of young children from birth to 36 months. The 13 CDA skills are presented through practical concepts and examples in real-life child care situations. This edition expands on the practical, "how-to" and hands-on aspects of childcare as well as the most current theoretical and research foundations of child development. New case studies illustrate practical examples of skills and concepts. The most current research on the brain, neurological and perceptual development as wells as new chapters on effective tools to enhance each of the five major developmental areas help make this a comprehensive child care and

Linda Douville-Watson is a Master's level nurse with 30 years of medical and child development and care experience. She is a trained CDA Representative. She is presently an adjunct professor of psychology at Nassau Community College Michael A. Watson was a Clinical Child Psychologist who specialized in learning and development for 30 years. Dr. Watson taught and was a school psychologist in child care centers, preschools, district-wide special education programs, and elementary and high schools. A professor of psychology at St. John's University and Hofstra University doctoral programs, he published numerous research papers and articles on development and learning and a nationally standardized test LaVisa Cam Wilson taught in child care centers, kindergarten, and first grade. She was a professor of Early Childhood Education at Auburn University and served as a Child Development Training Project Director. Dr. Wilson served on the Board of the Day Care Council of America, and on the Board of Directors of the National Child Care Association for Childhood Education