The first three years & beyond : brain development and social policy

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

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 incl...

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Main Authors: Zigler, Edward, 1930-2019 (Author), Finn-Stevenson, Matia (Author), Hall, Nancy Wilson (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2002]
Series:Current perspectives in psychology.
Subjects:
Child development.
Infants > Development.
Brain > Research > Social aspects.
Child welfare > United States.
Family policy > United States.
Preschool children.
Infants.
Child psychology.
infants.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Child Development.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > Child.
Preschool children
Infants
Child psychology
Brain > Research > Social aspects
Child development
Child welfare
Family policy
Infants > Development
Social policy > Evaluation
Kinderen.
Psychosociale ontwikkeling.
Neurowetenschappen.
Sociale politiek.
Ouders.
United States > Social policy > Evaluation.
United States
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Table of 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.

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