Child Development And Social Policy

, by Aber, J. Lawrence; Bishop-Josef, Sandra J.; Jones, Stephanie M.; McLearn, Kathryn Taaffe

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ISBN: 9781591474258 | 1591474256
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 8/30/2006

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New York Univ., NY. Focuses on the influence of social policy on children's development. Topics include bridging gap between research and child policy change, evolving role of evaluation in policy and program development, ensuring good beginnings for all children, and more. For psychologists, researchers, and social workers.

Contributors

Foreword

Acknowledgments

xvii

Introduction

(6)

J. Lawrence Aber

Deborah A. Phillips

Part I. Making History: Child Development and Social Policy

(68)

Child Development Research and Public Policy: Triumphs and Setbacks on the Way to Maturity

(18)

Deborah A. Phillips

Sally J. Styfco

Policy Looking to Research

(14)

Olivia Golden

Bridging the Gap Between Research and Child Policy Change: The Role of Strategic Communications in Policy Advocacy

(16)

Janice Gruendel

J. Lawrence Aber

Data for a Democracy: The Evolving Role of Evaluation in Policy and Program Development

(18)

Kathleen McCartney

Heather B. Weiss

Part II. Ensuring Good Beginnings for All Children

(70)

Forty Years of Research Knowledge and Use: From Head Start to Early Head Start and Beyond

(18)

John M. Love

Rachel Chazan-Cohen

Helen Raikes

Beyond Baby Steps: Promoting the Growth and Development of U.S. Child-Care Policy

(16)

Susan Muenchow

Katherine W. Marsland

From Visions to Systems of Universal Prekindergarten

113

(16)

W. Steven Barnett

Kirsty C. Brown

Matia Finn-Stevenson

Christopher Henrich

Strategies to Ensure That No Child Starts From Behind

129

(18)

Deborah Stipek

Kenji Hakuta

Part III. Addressing the Needs of the Most Vulnerable Children and Families

147

(70)

Poverty and Child Development: New Perspectives on a Defining Issue

149

(18)

J. Lawrence Aber

Stephanie M. Jones

C. Cybele Raver

Intervention and Policy Implications of Research on Neurobiological Functioning in Maltreated Children

167

(18)

Dante Cicchetti

The Sexually Mature Teen as a Whole Person: New Directions in Prevention and Intervention for Teen Pregnancy and Parenthood

185

(16)

Joseph P. Allen

Victoria Seitz

Nancy H. Apfel

Children in Foster Care

201

(16)

Ellen E. Pinderhughes

Brenda Jones Harden

Amanda E. Guyer

Part IV. Strengthening Children, Families, and Communities

217

(64)

Parent Education: Lessons Inspired by Head Start

219

(14)

LaRue Allen

Anita Sethi

Sheila Smith

Jennifer Astuto

Mental Health: A Neglected Partner in the Healthy Development of Young Children

233

(16)

Kathryn Taaffe McLearn

Jane Knitzer

Alice S. Carter

Family Support: A Force for Change

249

(16)

Sharon Lynn Kagan

Bernice Weissbourd

Using the Web to Disseminate Research and Affect Public Policy

265

(16)

Fred Rothbaum

Nancy F. Martland

Sandra J. Bishop-Josef

Epilogue: Combining Basic and Applied Science in Constructing Sound Social Policy

281

(4)

Edward F. Zigler

Author Index

285

(10)

Subject Index

295

(16)

About the Editors

311

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