97 Youth and Child Care

Last update: Nov 2/23

Courses

Introduction to Developmental Psychology (University of Queensland via EdX)( Course is available as free option.)

‘Talk to me’: Improving mental health and suicide prevention in young adults (Curtin University via EdX) ( Course is available as free option.)

 

Journals

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health edited by Gerrit van Schalkwyk and Andreas Witt   (various open licenses)

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth   edited by Prof. Peter Appelbaum (various open licenses).

International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies  Editor-in-Chief: Doris Kakuru (various open licenses).

Journal of Youth Development  Publisher: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh (CC-BY).

Social Work and Society by various (various open licenses).

Supplements

Human Growth and Development Question Library  by Cotter, Fisk and Grissett (CC BY-SA).

This set of questions for use with quizzes and tests was created under a Round Four ALG Textbook Transformation Grant with an accompanying PowerPoint lecture set. The course uses the free and open Human Development sections of Boundless Psychology.

Lifespan Development  by Lumen Learning (Varied Licenses – terms of each page must be reviewed).

Includes: PowerPoint Slides, Test Bank, and Instructor Manual (Free registration and/or login required for all). This appears to be a complete book (although it does not appear to have a link that will facilitate download or printing). In addition to the faculty resources (which you can request access to), there are pre-recorded lectures and study guides. Finally, there are a variety of relevant videos.

Human Development  by Callahan, Dose, Wright, Pace, Earl, and Nummerdor, 2020 – Georgia Highlands College (Varied Licenses).

Instructor resources – discussion questions, video links. Test bank available upon request

Textbooks

Child Growth and Development Canadian Edition  by Tanya Pye; Susan Scoffin; Janice Quade; and Jane Krieg (CC-BY-NC-SA).

Human Growth and Development  by Newton, 2022 – Pressbooks (CC BY)

Students learn the stages of the human life span: prenatal, infancy, toddlerhood, middle childhood, adolescence, adulthood, late adulthood, and death/dying. For each stage of the life span, students examine cognitive, language, emotional, social, personality, and physical development. In addition, students explore the procedures used to conduct research about human development.

Introduction to Psychology: The Full Noba Collection  by Robert Biswas-Diener and Ed Diener, University of Utah (CC BY-NC-SA).

Introduction to Sociology  by various (CC-BY-SA).

Lifespan Development by Lumen Learning  and adapted by Randa Elgendy, Jenna Ernst, and Michelle Gagnon – from Lumen Learning (CC-BY).

The contents of this course are based on materials published in the Open Source Library by Linda Overstreet. These materials were originally published freely under a Creative Commons Attribution License (you can review the license at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). The original version of the materials as published as Psyc 200 Lifespan Development may be accessed for free at http://opencourselibrary.org/econ-201/. Significant enhancements and revisions have been made by the Lumen Learning Team.

Lifespan Development: A Psychological Perspective   by Martha Lally and Suzanne Valentine-French (CC BY-NC-SA).

Chapter narration files (Andrea Pantoja Garvey, 2022)  are available in Canvas Commons.“This textbook introduces the idea of lifespan development from a psychological perspective.” — website Also available as a .pdf.

Psychology through the Lifespan  by Alisa Beyer and Julie Lazzara, 2020 (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0).

Downloadable and viewable at the site. Age-based approach textbook for lifespan developmental psychology course, updated summer 2020.  Google slides (CC BY-NC-SA) developed by Fernando Romero are available.

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