2 participant manual care for child development introduction counselling cards the counselling cards recommend activities to do with the child to improve the childs development with the counselling cards as a job aid you will be able to give caregivers advice on new play and communication activities as the child grows. Child development basics plus icon early brain development developmental screening plus icon screening for professionals positive parenting tips plus icon infants 0 1 year toddlers 1 2 years toddlers 2 3 years preschoolers 3 5 years middle childhood 6 8 years middle childhood 9 11 years young teens 12 14 years teenagers 15 . This manual is an introduction to steiners view on child development from birth to adulthood forming a basis for understanding the child centred curriculum of the waldorf schools further insights into steiners view on child development especially the activity of the life forces etheric or formative. The manual is the culmination of three decades of services training and experience of establishing child development centers shishu bikash kendra in bangla within 24 government and non government hospitals across bangladesh by a team of multidisciplinary professionals