Child and Adolescent Development: A Topical Approach
Krisztina V. Jakobsen, Ph.D. and Paige Fischer, M.A.
This edition of the book will no longer be available after July 15, 2025. The 2nd edition of the book can be found here: https://viva.pressbooks.pub/topicalchilddev/.
Contributors
This course, based on Lifespan Development: A Topical Approach by Nicole Arduini-VanHoose, includes additional material from Child and Adolescent Psychology, The Whole Child: Development in the Early Years, and Lifespan Development: A Psychological Perspective.
Chapter 1 was developed as part of an independent study at James Madison University and was edited and adapted by the following students:
- Mackenzie DeSouza
- Kharis Hozknecht
- Abegail Lee
- Vivan Lindsay
- Dakota Mitchell
- Anoushka Verma
Chapter 8, the gender identity and sexuality sections of Chapter 11, and Chapter 12 were edited and adapted by James Madison University student Sara Buie.
This book is a work in progress and was last updated in January 2025, with the addition of Chapter 12.
If you have comments or suggestions about this book, please email jakobskv@jmu.edu.
