Title The first three years & beyond : brain development and social policy / Edward F. Zigler, Matia Finn-Stevenson, and Nancy W. Hall.

Publication Info.	New Haven : Yale University Press, [2002]
	©2002

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	305.231 Z68F	Check Shelf

Description	viii, 263 pages ; 25 cm.
Series	Current perspectives in psychology
	Current perspectives in psychology.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The more things change : politics and pet scans -- The science of brain research -- Family leave -- Early intervention and child care -- Home visitation and parent education -- Child abuse and the brain -- The Mozart effect : not learning from history -- The brain, prenatal development, and nutrition -- The brain campaign : brain development and the media -- Implications of the infant brain debate.
Summary	Drawing on research from the social sciences and studies on the brain to answer questions and exploring what they mean for social policy and child and family development, this book offers recommendations for child care and development based on current brain research and its implications. Topics include the benefits of family leave, child care, home visitation programs, child abuse, and nutrition.
Subject	Child development.
	Infants -- Development.
	Brain -- Research -- Social aspects.
	Child welfare -- United States.
	Family policy -- United States.
	United States -- Social policy -- Evaluation.
	Child Development -- United States.
	Brain -- growth & development -- United States.
	Child, Preschool.
	Infant.
	Psychology, Child -- United States.
	Child Welfare -- United States.
	Public Policy -- United States.
Added Author	Finn-Stevenson, Matia.
	Hall, Nancy Wilson.
Added Title	First three years and beyond
ISBN	0300093640 cloth alkaline paper

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