The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development, Volume 2 (eBook, PDF)

Applied and Policy Issues
Redaktion: Bremner, J. Gavin; Wachs, Theodore D.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Now part of a two-volume set, the fully revised and updated second edition of The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development, Volume 2: Applied and Policy Issues provides comprehensive coverage of the applied and policy issues relating to infant development. * Updated, fully-revised and expanded, this two-volume set presents in-depth and cutting edge coverage of both basic and applied developmental issues during infancy * Features contributions by leading international researchers and practitioners in the field that reflect the most current theories and research findings * Includes editor commentary and analysis to synthesize the material and provide further insight * The most comprehensive work available in this dynamic and rapidly growing field

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444327595
• Artikelnr.: 52975518

Autorenporträt

J. Gavin Bremner is Professor of Developmental Psychology at Lancaster University. He has investigated perception and cognition in infancy for more than 30 years, and has published numerous papers and books relating to this topic. His current research interests include infants' perception of object trajectories and infants' intersensory perception. Theodore D. Wachs is Professor of Psychological Sciences at  Purdue University. He is a member of the editorial boards of the International Journal of Behavioral Development and the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. His current research focuses on chaotic family environments and infant development; micro-nutrient deficiencies in infancy and cognitive and social-emotional development; and temperament in infancy and childhood.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Bioecological risks. Chapter 1: Fetal development (Raye-Ann deRegnier and Shivani Desai
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine). Chapter 2: Infant nutrition (Maureen M. Black and Kristen M. Hurley
University of Maryland School of Medicine). Chapter 3: Health (Robert J. Karp
SUNY-Downstate Medical Center). Chapter 4: Development of communication in children with sensory functional disabilities (Gunilla Preisler
University of Stockholm). Part II: Psychosocial risks. Chapter 5: Growing up in poverty in developed countries (Jondou J. Chen
Nina Philipsen Hetzner
and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Columbia University). Chapter 6: Infant Development in the Developing World (Patrice Engle
California Polytechnic State University). Chapter 7: Child abuse and neglect (Kelli Connell-Carrick
University of Houston). Chapter 8: Effects of postnatal depression on mother-infant interactions
and child development (Lynne Murray
Sarah Halligan and Peter Cooper
University of Reading). Part III: Developmental disorders. Chapter 9: Infant assessment (Susan P. Berger
Children's Memorial Hospital & Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
Joyce Hopkins
Illinois Institute of Technology
Hyo Bae
Illinois Institute of Technology
Bryce Hella
Illinois Institute of Technology
and Jennifer Strickland
Illinois Institute of Technology). Chapter 10: The Early Development of Autism Spectrum Disorders (Gregory S. Young and Sally Ozonoff
University of California
Davis). Chapter 11: Infant Psychosocial Disorders (Melissa R. Johnson
WakeMed Health and Hospitals & University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Karen Appleyard
Duke University). Chapter 12: Genetic Disorders Associated with Intellectual Disability: An Early Development Perspective (Deborah J. Fidler
Colorado State University
Lisa Daunhauer
Colorado State University
David E. Most
Colorado State University
and Harvey Switzky
Northern Illinois University ). Part IV: Intervention and policy issues. Chapter 13: Early intervention (Douglas R. Powell
Purdue University). Chapter 14: Childcare Research at the Dawn of a New Millennium: An update ( Sarah L. Friedman
CNA
Edward Melhuish
Birkbeck
University of London
and Candace Hill
CNA). Chapter 15: Infancy research
policy
and practice (Marguerite Barratt and Erica Fener
The George Washington University). Author Index. Subject Index. Contents of Volume 1: Basic Research.

Rezensionen

"Updated, fully-revised and expanded, this two-volume set presents in-depth and cutting edge coverage of both basic and applied developmental issues during infancy. . . the most comprehensive work available in this dynamic and rapidly growing field". (Research And Markets, 9 December 2010)