| child advocacy | Promotion and protection of the rights of children; frequently through a legal process. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| child behaviour | Any observable response or action of a child from 24 months through 12 years of age. For neonates or children younger than 24 months, infant behaviour is available. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child behaviour disorders | Disturbances considered to be pathological based on age and stage appropriateness, e.g., conduct disturbances and anaclitic depression. This concept does not include psychoneuroses, psychoses, or personality disorders with fixed patterns. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child care | Care of children in the home or institution. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child custody | The formally authorised guardianship or care of a child. (12 Dec 1998) |
| 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, exceptional | A child who deviates from the average in mental, physical, or social characteristics to such an extent that he requires a modification of services in order to develop his maximum potential. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child, gifted | A child whose intelligence is in the upper two percent of the total population of his age. A gifted child is a child having outstanding ability in any respect. (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, hospitalised | Child hospitalised for short term care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child, institutionalised | The normal or defective child who is being cared for in an institution either because he is homeless or requires special care. (12 Dec 1998) |