Providing guidance on a broad range of issues for young children and adolescents, Ergonomics for Children: Designing Products and Places for Toddlers to Teens give you a deep understanding of how children develop and how these developmental changes can influence the design of products and places for children. Copiously illustrated with photos and other images, the book helps you quickly find answers to your questions, grasp concepts, and apply them. Its subsections are organized to help you locate and understand the content you need. Edited by experts with contributions from an international panel, the book is both broad in coverage and international in perspective. The contributors review the ways in which children develop physically, perceptually, cognitively, and socially and then use this information to provide practical guidelines for the design of places and products for children. Covering various issues related to accommodating very young children through to adolescents, this book provides an understanding of how children develop and how these developmental changes can influence the design of products and places for children. It also provides guidelines for the design of places and products for children. Foreword v Acknowledgments vii Editors ix Contributors xi Section A Introduction Introduction to this Book 3(10) Rani Lueder Valerie Rice Cheryl L. Bennett Section B Child Abilities and Health Developmental Stages of Children 13(26) Tina Brown Melissa Beran Child Anthropometry 39(26) Beverley Norris Stuart A. Smith Visual Ergonomics for Children 65(44) Knut Inge Fostervold Dennis R. Ankrum Hearing Ergonomics for Children: Sound Advice 109(78) Nancy L. Vause Physical Development in Children and Adolescents and Age-Related Risks 187(40) Rani Lueder Valerie Rice Physical Education Programs 227(24) Barbara H. Boucher Section C Injuries, Health Disorders, and Disabilities Children and Injuries 251(88) Valerie Rice Rani Lueder Assistive Technologies 339(20) Robin Springer A Lot with a Little: Accommodating Disabled Children in Developing Countries 359(40) David Werner Section D Children and Product Design Designing Products for Children 399(78) Valerie Rice Rani Lueder Children's Play with Toys 477(22) Brenda A. Torres Book Bags for Children 499(10) Karen Jacobs Renee Lockhart Hsin-Yu (Ariel) Chiang Mary O'hara Warnings: Hazard Control Methods for Caregivers and Children 509(34) Michael J. Kalsher Michael S. Wogalter Section E Children at Home Stairways for Children 543(30) Jake Pauls Child Use of Technology at Home 573(32) Cheryl L. Bennett Children in Vehicles 605(18) Rani Lueder Preventing Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders for Youth Working on Farms 623(30) Thomas R. Waters Section F Children and School Preschool/Day Care 653(36) Lorraine E. Maxwell Children and Handwriting Ergonomics 689(32) Cindy Burt Mary Benbow Classroom Furniture 721(32) Alan Hedge Rani Lueder Designing Electronic Media for Children 753(30) Libby Hanna Information and Communication Technology in Schools 783(18) Clare Pollock Leon Straker New Directions in Learning 801(22) David Gulland Jeff Phillips Section G Children and Public Places Designing Cities and Neighborhoods for Children 823(38) Rani Lueder Children and Wayfinding 861(26) Gary L. Allen Rani Lueder Valerie Rice Museum Experience: Designing for Children 887(20) Jeff Kennedy Marjorie Prager Playground Safety and Ergonomics 907(20) Alison G. Vredenburgh Ilene B. Zackowitz Author Biographies 927(10) Index 937