Child and Adolescent Development: A Topical Approach
Krisztina V. Jakobsen, Ph.D. and Paige Fischer, M.A.
This edition of the book is no longer available. 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.
