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Edited by J. Lawrence Aber, PhD; Sandra J. Bishop-Josef, PhD; Stephanie M. Jones, PhD; Kathryn Taaffe McLearn, PhD; Deborah A. Phillips, PhD
Child Development and Social Policy: Knowledge for Action expands on Dr. Zigler’s work in integrating the fields of child development and social policy, while using scientific knowledge for action as the model. |
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Table of Contents
List of contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction. J. Lawrence Aber & Deborah A. Phillips
Part 1. Making History: Child Development and Social Policy
Chapter 1: Child development research and public policy: Triumphs and setbacks on the way to maturity. Deborah A. Phillips & Sally J. Styfco
Chapter 2: Policy looking to research. Olivia Golden
Chapter 3: Advocacy: Balancing the roles of researcher and advocate. Janice Gruendel & J. Lawrence Aber
Chapter 4: Data for a democracy: The evolving role of evaluation in policy and program development. Kathleen McCartney & Heather B. Weiss.
Part 2. Ensuring Good Beginnings for All Children
Chapter 5: Forty years of research knowledge and use: From Head Start to Early Head Start and beyond. John M. Love, Rachel Chazan-Cohen & Helen Raikes
Chapter 6: Beyond baby steps: Promoting the growth and development of U.S. child care policy. Susan Muenchow & Katherine W. Marsland
Chapter 7: From visions to systems of universal pre-kindergarten. W. Steven Barnett, Kirsty C. Brown, Matia Finn-Stevenson & Christopher Henrich
Chapter 8: Policies to ensure that no child starts from behind. Deborah Stipek & Kenji Hakuta
Part 3. Addressing the Needs of the Most Vulnerable Children and Families
Chapter 9: Poverty and child development: New perspectives on a defining issue. J. Lawrence Aber, Stephanie M. Jones & C. Cybele Raver
Chapter 10: Intervention and policy implications of research on neurobiological functioning in maltreated children. Dante Cicchetti
Chapter 11: The sexually mature teen as whole person: New directions in prevention and intervention for teen pregnancy and parenthood. Joseph P. Allen, Victoria Seitz & Nancy H. Apfel
Chapter 12: Children in foster care. Ellen E. Pinderhughes, Brenda Jones Harden & Amanda E. Schweder
Part 4. Strengthening Children, Families, and Communities
Chapter 13: Parent education: Lessons inspired by Head Start. LaRue Allen, Anita Sethi, Sheila Smith & Jennifer Astuto.
Chapter 14: Mental health: A neglected partner in the healthy development of young children. Kathryn Taaffe McLearn, Jane Knitzer & Alice S. Carter
Chapter 15: Family support: A force for change. Sharon Lynn Kagan & Bernice Weissbourd
Chapter 16: Knowledge is power: Using the web to disseminate research and affect public policy. Fred Rothbaum, Nancy F. Martland & Sandra J. Bishop-Josef
Epilogue: Edward F. Zigler
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