Introduction : disability and developmental stages
Basic principles of developmental theories
Sigmund Freud
Erikson's psychosocial theory of human development
Cognitive theories of development : Piaget, Vygotsky, and Bronfenbrenner
Behavioral theories of development : Ivan Pavlov, B.F. Skinner, and Albert Bandura
Abraham Maslow : the humanist
The stage model of cognitive moral development : Jean Piaget and Lawrence Kohlberg
Understanding disability
Pregnancy and infancy : conception to two years
Toddlerhood and early childhood : ages 18 months to 5 years
School age : ages 5 to 12 years
Adolescence-ages 13-18 and emerging adulthood-ages 19-25
Adulthood-ages 25-40 and mid-life-ages 40-60
The young elderly-ages 60-75 and the old elderly-ages 75 to death.