Test Your Child is written for parents of children from newborn to school-age, the most crucial time for learning. Helping your child attain everything of which he or she is capable is every parent's dearest wish, and the more knowledgeable you are about your child the more effective you can be. As a parent, you are in the unique position of being able to observe your child on a daily basis. You are, therefore, your child's first line of defence, and it is up to you to monitor your child's normal development, and to take action if something is not as it should be.

By charting the stages of development, what a child can do and when, Dr Miriam Stoppard enables parents to take an informed view about their children, and by discussing the factors that affect development she encourages them to see their offspring as individuals, developing at their own pace and with particular preferences. Dr Stoppard's Test Your Child helps parents to explore their children's normal development, and create the home environment that allows individual skills to flourish, and how to assess and enhance the abilities of children, from newborn to school-age.