Child Development And Social Policy

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

• ISBN13: 9781591474258
• ISBN10: 1591474256
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-30
• Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Contributors	xi
Foreword	xv
Acknowledgments	xvii
Introduction	3	(6)
J. Lawrence Aber
Deborah A. Phillips
Part I. Making History: Child Development and Social Policy	9	(68)
Child Development Research and Public Policy: Triumphs and Setbacks on the Way to Maturity	11	(18)
Deborah A. Phillips
Sally J. Styfco
Policy Looking to Research	29	(14)
Olivia Golden
Bridging the Gap Between Research and Child Policy Change: The Role of Strategic Communications in Policy Advocacy	43	(16)
Janice Gruendel
J. Lawrence Aber
Data for a Democracy: The Evolving Role of Evaluation in Policy and Program Development	59	(18)
Kathleen McCartney
Heather B. Weiss
Part II. Ensuring Good Beginnings for All Children	77	(70)
Forty Years of Research Knowledge and Use: From Head Start to Early Head Start and Beyond	79	(18)
John M. Love
Rachel Chazan-Cohen
Helen Raikes
Beyond Baby Steps: Promoting the Growth and Development of U.S. Child-Care Policy	97	(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