TY - JOUR
AB - SOCIETY PROCEEDINGS ) - " " r AMERICAN PEDIA'I'tr .q(.(.]l~.T~2 Skyl@ [April 28, t(,397 (~I'~OV~r'I'lt, DEVELOPMENT AND CAI'~E OF Till;: CttII.I) BAKWlN I-f, & I~,AI.:WIN, R. 3[. : Medical car(.' has been eminently successful in improving the Dhysical status of the child. Progress has been so rapid and on the whole so satisfactory that it has not seemed necessary to de.fine the fundamental principies on which present procedures are'based. On the other hand, the introduction of psychologic car(.' into the practice ()f pediatrics has been retarded mainly by failure to define those very principles which are subconscionsly applied daily in the physical care of the child. Obviously optimal child care means the best adjustment wbi(-h can be made between the individual ch[[d and his environment. To what extent can the child be expected to adapt himself to his environment, and in what way must the environment be adjusted to the child? It is the purpose, of this paper to show how more recent knowledge of growth and development assists in the clarification of these problems. TIIE MATURATION SE~UEN(:E In the psychok)gic as well as the physical sphere, development, or maturation, lakes place according to a plan and a sequence 
TI - American Pediatric Society
JF - Indian Journal of Pediatrics
DO - 10.1007/BF02748989
DA - 2007-11-11
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/american-pediatric-society-msDzefalgv
SP - 181
EP - 186
VL - 8
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -