Early Child Development in the 21st Century : Profiles of Current Research Initiatives

by Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Fuligni, Allison Sidle; Berlin, Lisa J.

• ISBN13: 9780807743362
• ISBN10: 0807743364
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

Twenty-eight studies are profiled, addressing such issues as early childhood interventions for children in poverty, neighbourhood characteristics and residence patterns of children and their families, the role of fathers in families, school readiness and the transition to school, and maternal employment issues including child care and welfare reform.

Author Biography

Jeanne Brooks-Gunn is the Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Child Development and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University Allison Sidle Fuligni is a Research Scientist at the UCLA Center for the Improvement of Child Care Quality Lisa J. Berlin is a Research Scholar at the Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University

Table of Contents

List of Research Initiatives	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Themes in Developmental Research: Historical Roots and Promise for the Future	1	(15)
Allison Sidle Fuligni
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Lisa J. Berlin
The Profiles Project	16	(49)
Allison Sidle Fuligni
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Early Childhood Intervention Research Initiatives	65	(25)
Lisa J. Berlin
Colleen R. O'Neal
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Initiatives on the Transition to School	90	(25)
Allison Sidle Fuligni
Christy Brady-Smith
Family Support Initiatives	115	(30)
Allison Sidle Fuligni
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Pre- and Perinatal Home Visitation Interventions	145	(18)
Lisa McCabe
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Child Welfare and Mental Health Initiatives	163	(18)
Janis Kupersmidt
Lisa McCabe
Donna Bryant
Early Child Care Initiatives	181	(44)
Part I: NICHD Study of Early Child Care	182	(19)
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network
Part II: Three Early Child Care Initiatives	201	(24)
Phyllis Gyamfi
Natasha Cabrera
Jodie Roth
Welfare-to-Work Initiatives	225	(54)
Christy Brady-Smith
Martha Zaslow
Tama Leventhal
Greg Duncan
Kerry Richter
Neighborhood-Based Initiatives	279	(17)
Tama Leventhal
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Initiatives on Children with Special Needs	296	(30)
Kathleen Hebbeler
Donna Spiker
Four New National Longitudinal Surveys on Children	326	(34)
Allison Sidle Fuligni
Lisa McCabe
Sara McLanahan
Jodie Roth
Synthesis: Issues and Imperatives in Research on Early Childhood Development	360	(9)
Allison Sidle Fuligni
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
References	369	(34)
About the Editors and the Contributors	403	(8)
Index	411