The First Three Years and Beyond; Brain Development and Social Policy

by Edward F. Zigler, Matia Finn-Stevenson, and Nancy W. Hall

• ISBN13: 9780300093643
• ISBN10: 0300093640
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2002-12-11
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

Yale Univ., New Haven, CT. Consumer text provides information and advice on issues in child development. Topics include the benefits of family leave, child care, home visitation programs, child abuse, nutrition, and much more. For parents, educators, and policymakers.

Author Biography

Edward F. Zigler is the Sterling Professor of Psychology at Yale University, director of the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy, head of the psychology section of the Child Study Center at Yale University, and one of the founders of Head Start.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
The More Things Change: Politics and PET Scans	p. 1
The Science of Brain Research	p. 19
Family Leave	p. 44
Early Intervention and Child Care	p. 65
Home Visitation and Parent Education	p. 96
Child Abuse and the Brain	p. 123
The Mozart Effect: Not Learning from History	p. 139
The Brain, Prenatal Development, and Nutrition	p. 156
The Brain Campaign: Brain Development and the Media	p. 185
Epilogue: Implications of the Infant Brain Debate	p. 199
References	p. 213
Index	p. 253
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