{"id":4468,"date":"2020-09-08T17:03:07","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T00:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/childdevelopment\/?page_id=4468"},"modified":"2026-04-30T23:09:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T06:09:58","slug":"chdv-student-success-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/childdevelopment\/chdv-student-success-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"CHDV &amp; EDUC Student Success Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"article-header\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.75rem\">How to Navigate CHDV &amp; EDUC Courses at Palomar<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Student Success Guide is a great resource for all CHDV &amp; EDUC students. It is the primary textbook for CHDV 99: Preparation for Child Development Majors for just this reason. To make it easier, we have made it available in an accessible and digital format for students to access from their phones, computers, and tablets. As an added bonus, it may also be downloaded and printed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palomar.edu\/studentsuccess\/\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">Student Success Guide 2025 Edition in Pressbooks<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Anderson, L., Fererro, J., Wilson, G, &amp; Sanchez, T. (2025). <em>Palomar College child<\/em> <em>development<\/em> <em>&amp; education <\/em><em>department<\/em> <em>student<\/em> <em>success<\/em> <em>guide<\/em> [Student success guide]. Child Development &amp; Education Department, Palomar College. https:\/\/pressbooks.palomar.edu\/studentsuccess\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" aria-label=\"page body\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">(APA reference citations should be double-spaced, and indent the second and third lines)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Navigate CHDV &amp; EDUC Courses at Palomar The Student Success Guide is a great resource for all CHDV &amp; EDUC students. It is the primary textbook for CHDV 99: Preparation for Child Development Majors for just this reason. To make it easier, we have made it available in an accessible and digital format&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/childdevelopment\/chdv-student-success-guide\/\">Continue Reading<span> CHDV &amp; EDUC Student Success Guide<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":348,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4468","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pd756y-1a4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7541,"url":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/childdevelopment\/course-documents\/","url_meta":{"origin":4468,"position":0},"title":"Course Documents","author":"Sanchez, Tanessa M.","date":"May 2, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"CHDV & EDUC Policies & Procedures This space is designed to provide easy access to key resources that support your coursework, fieldwork, and overall success in the Child Development and Education programs at Palomar College. 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