| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. |
| Series |
Decade of behavior, 2000-2010 |
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Decade of behavior.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Child development research and public policy : triumphs and setbacks on the way to maturity / Deborah A. Phillips and Sally J. Styfco -- Policy looking to research / Olivia Golden -- Bridging the gap between research and child policy change : the role of strategic communications in policy advocacy / Janice Gruendel and J. Lawrence Aber -- Data for a democracy : the evolving role of evaluation in policy and program development / Kathleen McCartney and Heather B. Weiss -- Forty years of research knowledge and use : from Head Start to Early Head Start and beyond / John M. Love, Rachel Chazan-Cohen and Helen Raikes -- Beyond baby steps : promoting the growth and development of U.S. child-care policy / Susan Muenchow and Katherine W. Marsland -- From visions to systems of universal prekindergarten / W. Steven Barnett, Kirsty C. Brown, Matia Finn-Stevenson and Christopher Henrich -- Strategies to ensure that no child starts from behind / Deborah Stipek and Kenji Hakuta -- Poverty and child development : new perspectives on a defining issue / J. Lawrence Aber, Stephanie M. Jones and C. Cybele Raver -- Intervention and policy implications of research on neurobiological functioning in maltreated children / Dante Cicchetti -- The sexually mature teen as a whole person : new directions in prevention and intervention for teen pregnancy and parenthood / Joseph P. Allen, Victoria Seitz and Nancy H. Apfel -- Children in foster care / Ellen E. Pinderhughes, Brenda Jones Harden and Amanda E. Guyer -- Parent education : lessons inspired by Head Start / LaRue Allen, Anita Sethi, Sheila Smith and Jennifer Astuto -- Mental health : a neglected partner in the healthy development of young children / Kathryn Taaffe McLearn, Jane Knitzer and Alice S. Carter -- Family support : a force for change / Sharon Lynn Kagan and Bernice Weissbourd -- Using the web to disseminate research and affect public policy / Fred Rothbaum, Nancy F. Martland and Sandra J. Bishop-Josef -- Epilogue : Combining basic and applied science in constructing sound social policy / Edward F. Zigler. |
| Subject |
Children -- Government policy -- United States.
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Children -- Services for -- United States.
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Children with social disabilities -- Services for -- United States.
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Child development -- United States.
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Child development -- Research -- United States.
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Child welfare -- United States.
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Zigler, Edward, 1930-2019
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| Added Author |
Aber, J. Lawrence.
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| ISBN |
1591474256 |
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9781591474258 |
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