Handbook of Early Childhood Intervention

by Edited by Jack P. Shonkoff , Samuel J. Meisels , Foreword by Edward F. Zigler

• ISBN13: 9780521585736
• ISBN10: 0521585732
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-22
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This second edition of the Handbook of Early Childhood Intervention provides a comprehensive overview of this complex and continually evolving field by an outstanding group of contributing authors. Eighteen of the twenty-eight chapters are new to this edition; chapters from the first edition have been updated. It combines rigorous scholarship with state-of-the-art content on policy and service delivery. It is designed to address a broad, multidisciplinary audience including psychologists, early childhood educators, social workers, pediatricians, nurses, child psychiatrists, physical and occupational therapists, speech and language pathologists, and professionals interested in public health and social policy. The Handbook is a valuable resource for both graduate students and experienced professionals.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Edward F. Zigler
Yale University
Preface	xvii
Contributors	xix
PART ONE. INTRODUCTION
Early Childhood Intervention: A continuing Evolution	3	(32)
Samuel J. Meisels
Jack P. Shonkoff
PART TWO. CONCEPTS OF DEVELOPMENTAL VULNERABILITY AND RESILIENCE
The Biology of Developmental Vulnerability	35	(19)
Jack P. Shonkoff
Paul C. Marshall
Adaptive and Maladaptive Parenting: Perspectives on Risk and Protective Factors	54	(22)
Joy D. Osofsky
M. Dewana Thompson
The Human Ecology of Early Risk	76	(18)
James Garbarino
Barbara Ganzel
Cultural Differences as Sources of Developmental Vulnerabilities and Resources	94	(21)
Cynthia Garcia Coll
Katherine Magnuson
Protective Factors and Individual Resilience	115	(20)
Emmy E. Werner
PART THREE. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS FOR INTERVENTION
Transactional Regulation: The Developmental Ecology of Early Intervention	135	(25)
Arnold J. Sameroff
Barbara H. Fiese
Guiding Principles for a Theory of Early Intervention: A Developmental--Psychoanalytic Perspective	160	(19)
Robert N. Emde
Joann Robinson
Behavioral and Educational Approaches to Early Intervention	179	(25)
Mark Wolery
The Neurobiological Bases of Early Intervention	204	(27)
Charles A. Nelson
PART FOUR. APPROACHES TO ASSESSMENT
The Elements of Early Childhood Assessment	231	(27)
Samuel J. Meisels
Sally Atkins-Burnett
Assessment of Parent--Child Interaction: Implications for Early Intervention	258	(32)
Jean F.
Kathryn E. Barnard
Family Assessment Within Early Intervention Programs	290	(19)
Marty Wyngaarden Krauss
Measurement of Community Characteristics	309	(18)
Felton Earls
Stephen Buka
PART FIVE. SERVICE DELIVERY MODELS AND SYSTEMS
Preventive Health Care and Anicipatory Guidance	327	(12)
Paul H. Dworkin
Early Care and Education: Current Issues and Future Strategies	339	(22)
Sharon L. Kagan
Michelle J. Neuman
Early Intervention for Low-Income Children and Families	361	(26)
Robert Halpern
Services for Young Children with Disabilities and Their Families	387	(29)
Gloria L. Harbin
R. A. McWilliam
James J. Gallagher
Early Childhood Mental Health Services: A Policy and Systems Development Perspective	416	(23)
Jane Knitzer
Paraprofessionals Revisited and Reconsidered	439	(15)
Judith Musick
Frances Stott
Personnel Preparation for Early Childhood Intervention Programs	454	(33)
Nancy K. Klein
Linda Gilkerson
PART SIX. MEASURING THE IMPACT OF SERVICE DELIVERY
An Expanded View of Program Evaluation in Early Childhood Intervention	487	(23)
Penny Hauser-Cram
Marji Erickson Warfield
Carole C. Upshur
Thomas S. Weisner
Another Decade of Intervention for Children Who Are Low Income or Disabled: What Do We Know Now?	510	(39)
Dale C. Farran
Early Childhood Intervention Programs: What About the Family?	549	(40)
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Lisa J. Berlin
Allison Sidle Fuligni
Economics of Early Childhood Intervention	589	(24)
W. Steven Barnett
PART SEVEN. NEW DIRECTIONS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Early Childhood Intervention Policies: An International Perspective	613	(17)
Sheila Kamerman
Evolution of Family--Professional Partnerships: Collective Empowerment as the Model for the Early Twenty-First Century	630	(21)
Ann P. Turnbull
Vicki Turbiville
H. R. Turnbull
Resilience Reconsidered: Conceptual Considerations, Empirical Findings, and Policy Implications	651	(32)
Michael Rutter
Name Index	683	(25)
Subject Index	708