child custody |
The formally authorised guardianship or care of a child. (12 Dec 1998) |
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child day care centres |
Facilities which provide care for pre-school and school-age children. (12 Dec 1998) |
child development |
The continuous sequential physiological and psychological maturing of the child from birth up to but not including adolescence. It includes healthy responses to situations, but does not include growth in stature or size (= growth). (12 Dec 1998) |
child development disorders, pervasive |
Severe distortions in the development of many basic psychological functions that are not normal for any stage in development. These distortions are manifested in sustained social impairment, speech abnormalities, and peculiar motor movements. (12 Dec 1998) |
child guidance |
The psychiatric, sociological and psychological study and treatment of the developing child with emphasis on preventive or prophylactic measures focused on the familial, educational and socio-environmental milieu of the child. (12 Dec 1998) |
child guidance clinics |
Facilities which administer the delivery of mental health counseling services to children. (12 Dec 1998) |
child health services |
Organised services to provide health care for children. (12 Dec 1998) |
child language |
The language and sounds expressed by a child at a particular maturational stage in development. (12 Dec 1998) |
child nutrition |
Nutrition of children aged 2-12 years. (12 Dec 1998) |
child nutrition disorders |
Malnutrition, occurring in children ages 2 to 12 years, which is due to insufficient intake of food, dietary nutrients, or a pathophysiologic condition which prevents the absorption and utilization of food. Growth and development are markedly affected. (12 Dec 1998) |
child of impaired parents |
A child of one or more parents afflicted by an organic, psychiatric, or behavioural disorder. Articles on this subject tend to focus on the child from the social, behavioural, or psychological viewpoint, rather than the genetic. (12 Dec 1998) |
child psychiatry |
The medical science that deals with the origin, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders in children. (12 Dec 1998) |
child psychology |
The study of normal and abnormal behaviour of children. (12 Dec 1998) |
child reactive disorders |
Reactions to an event or set of events which are considered to be of pathological degree, that have not developed into a neurosis, psychosis, or personality disorder with fixed patterns. (12 Dec 1998) |
child rearing |
The training or bringing-up of children by parents or parent-substitutes. It is used also for child rearing practices in different societies, at different economic levels, in different ethnic groups, etc. It differs from parenting in that in child rearing the emphasis is on the act of training or bringing up the child and the interaction between the parent and child, while parenting emphasizes the responsibility and qualities of exemplary behaviour of the parent. (12 Dec 1998) |