Early Childhood Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. person under the age of 18 years
  2. 6. child's control of their movements
  3. 8. principle or idea that is researched and generally accepted as an explanation
  4. 10. passing down of genetic characteristics from parents to their children
  5. 11. school or class that prepares children for first grade
  6. 12. from civil or criminal charges resulting from reporting "in good faith"
  7. 13. the idea that children learn in four basic stages
  8. 16. eight stages in which humans develop during their lifetime
  9. 21. to an increase in complexity and how much knowledge the child acquires
  10. 22. very young child or baby
  11. 23. child care worker who usually provides care in the child's home
  12. 24. _____ three children die as a result of abuse and neglect
Down
  1. 1. Americans With Disabilities Act
  2. 2. to a child's health or welfare that can occur
  3. 4. the hierarchy of human needs
  4. 5. the social development theory of learning
  5. 7. to the availability of child care when and where a family needs
  6. 9. body changes that can increase the child's size
  7. 14. willful act or threatened act that results in any physical, mental, sexual abuse, injury, or harm
  8. 15. strategy that stops challenging behaviors before they begin
  9. 17. department of children's and family
  10. 18. Abuse/A form of emotional abuse that involves excessive yelling, shaming, belittling, and/or teasing of a child
  11. 19. deeply distressing or disturbing experience/physical injury
  12. 20. strategy in which desired behaviors are rewarded so that the child is encouraged to repeat