Future of a nation depends on the development of children. 'Child development' in its diverse aspects is elaborately discussed in the present encyclopaedia. Organized in five volumes, the first volume, of the encyclopaedia contains information on 'Principles of Child Development.' 'Child Development Counselling' is the theme on which learned articles are collected in the volume second. Volume three consists of useful and authoritative material on Nutrition and Health for Child Development. Teaching Methodology and Child Development is the major theme of volume four. Volume five of the encyclopaedia is devoted to Development of Interactive Abilities in Children. All the articles are judiciously selected from authoritative sources. Students, teachers, researchers, administrators, policy planners and professionals from different streams of academic disciplines will find this encyclopaedia informative and useful.

Principles of Child Development consist of some important topics, which are based on the research findings of distinguished academics in the field. The main topics discussed are: Nature of Bodily Growth; Nature of Psychological Development; Insights into Thoughts and Behaviour of Children; Development of Children from Standpoint of Sociology; Concepts in Child Development, Piaget on Child Development; Developmental Evaluation; Language Arts and the Child; The Child in the Classroom; School and Community Relationships; Concluding Remarks; Studying Development; An Evolutionary Perspective; Cognition: Piaget's Theory etc.

'Counselling' is the widely prevalent technique in the field of education and child development. The present book consists of the following important chapters: Interests of Children; Permanent Interests of Children; Types of Children; Use of Interest and Aptitude Tests in Counselling; A Computer-Measurement System for Guidance; Four in One; Testing: Essay or Objective Format?; Mastery Learning: Some Promises and Perils; Grouping for General and Special Education: Do's and Don'ts; Heredity, Environment, and School Achievement; The Effects of Later Learning on Retention: Inhibiting or Facilitating?; Moral Education: The Teaching of Values; Student Records and Teacher Expectancies: Should Teachers See Student Records?; Criterion-Limitations; Classroom Grading etc. Certainly this will prove a good reference work.

'Health is Wealth' as the popular saying goes, it is wiser to pay heed on the nutrition and health aspects of Child Development. Child Health and Education; Health Activities; Environmental and Child Health Care; Basic Problems of Schools; Nutrition and Development of the Human Brain; Prenatal Nutrition and Child Development; Malnutrition in Childhood; Development of the Handicapped; Nutrition and dental Activities; Mental Hygiene; School Controls of Disease; Physical Education and Child Health; Prenatal Nutrition; Psychological Testing in Studies of Malnutrition etc. are the main themes, elaborately discussed in the present book. Besides the students and teachers in the field, this book will prove useful for health educationists and health workers and other para-medical staff.