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Children, 7/e
John W. Santrock, University of Texas, Dallas

Cognitive Development in Infancy

Additional Internet Resources

APA site
(http://www.apa.org)

Offers a multitude of options for learning about pregnancy, childbirth options, and other topics covered in this chapter
APS site
(http://www.psychologicalscience.org)

The Child Development Website
(http://idealist.com/kt)

Information on children's topics
Children's Defense Fund (CDF)
(http://www.childrensdefense.org)

The Website for CDF, the organization headed by Marian Wright Edelman to promote child welfare (discussed in Chapter 1 of the text).
Children's Nutrition Research Center (CNRC) at Baylor College of Medicine
(http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/cnrc)

Early Childhood Care and Development
(http://www.ecdgroup.com)

Harvard Center for Children's Health
(http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/children)

Kidsource
(http://www.kidsource.com/NICHCY/speech.html)

Discusses the various types of speech and language problems that children may develop
Medscape
(http://www.medscape.com)

Free database of medical articles, plus access to medical dictionaries, drug databases, and breaking medical news
National Health Information Center
(http://www.health.gov/nhic/)

National Institute of Mental Health
(http://www.nimh.nih.gov)

Excellent resource for policy statements, NIMH research, grants; you might want to check out postpartum depression at this site
New England Journal of Medicine
(http://www.nejm.org)

Abstracts to articles, full text on letters, and commentaries
Scientific American
(http://www.sciam.com)

General scientific resource
Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
(http://www.srcd.org/)

The Website for SRCD, an organization whose purposes are to promote multidisciplinary research in the field of human development, to foster the exchange of information among scientists and other professionals of various disciplines, and to encourage applications of research findings.
Web MD
(http://www.webmd.com)

Offers a wide variety of information for the medical profession and for consumers.
Zero to Three
(http://www.zerotothree.org)

A site for parents and professionals. Zero to Three is a nonprofit organization that focuses on promoting the healthy development of babies and toddlers.