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Emotional and Behavioral Milestones in Infancy and Early Childhood

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Aspects of physical, sensorimotor, and impersonal cognitive development are already included in many developmental approaches to infants and their families. Comprehensive clinical approaches to diagnosis and preventive intervention require equal attention to emotional, social, and socially relevant cognitive development.

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  1. Infant and Child Clinical Development Services Program, Division of Maternal and Child Health, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science and Child Health and Development, George Washington University Medical School, Bethesda, Maryland, 20814, USA

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  1. Section of Developmental Pediatrics, Hackensack Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA

    John E. Williams M.D. (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor) (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor)

  2. Department of Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA

    Marvin I. Gottlieb M.D., Ph.D. (Director, Professor) & John E. Williams M.D. (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor) (Director, Professor) &  (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor)

  3. Institute for Child Development, Hackensack Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA

    Marvin I. Gottlieb M.D., Ph.D. (Director, Professor) & John E. Williams M.D. (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor) (Director, Professor) &  (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor)

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Greenspan, S.I. (1988). Emotional and Behavioral Milestones in Infancy and Early Childhood. In: Gottlieb, M.I., Williams, J.E. (eds) Developmental-Behavioral Disorders. Critical Issues in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0939-0_12

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