Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics

Parenting and Parenting Behavior

For additional material related to the content of this chapter, please see Chapters 6 , 12 , 20 , and 21 . Vignette Parents and their newborns continued to trickle into the community center meeting room for the Parents of…

End-of-Life, Death, and Bereavement

For additional material related to the content of this chapter, please see Chapters 59 and 63 . Vignette Emmanuel is a 14-year-old boy born with epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a rare genetic blistering skin disease, who develops acute worsening fatigue, shortness…

Transition to Adulthood

For additional material related to the content of this chapter, please see Chapters 9 and 105 . Vignette Evelyn is a 17-year-old girl with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who is beginning her senior and final year of high school. She is…

Adolescence

For additional material related to the content of this chapter, please see Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 49, Chapter 50, Chapter 51, Chapter 51, Chapter 51 . Vignettes Vignette 1: Ally, age 12 years, looks in the mirror…

Middle Childhood

For additional material related to the content of this chapter, please see Chapters 18 , and 104 . Vignette The PS134 school community readied for its field day finale, a mixed-grade tug-of-war. Noah, age 10 and academically at the top…

Toddlerhood and the Preschool Years

For additional material related to the content of this chapter, please see Chapters 41 , and 44 . Vignette Nicky is a handsome, healthy 3-year, 6-month-old boy who was referred for “behavior and developmental concerns” by his primary care clinician.…

Infancy

For additional material related to the content of this chapter, please see Chapter 2, Chapter 3 , and 6. Vignette Rosaria is tightly swaddled as the midwife hands her to her mother. Following a 36-hour labor, her mother is exhausted…

The Maternal-Fetal Dyad: Challenges and Adaptations

For additional material related to the content of this chapter, please see Chapter 2, Chapter 6, Chapter 49, Chapter 51 . Vignette Natalie is a partnered, 25-year-old woman, currently at 28 weeks of gestation with her third pregnancy. She brings…

Theories of Learning and Behavior Change

For additional material related to the content of this chapter, please see Chapters 3 and 94 . Vignette Emma is a 3-year-old female with developmental delays who presents with her parents in primary care for her annual well-visit. The parents…