Positive Youth Development (Volume 41) (Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Volume 41) - Hardcover

 
9780123864925: Positive Youth Development (Volume 41) (Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Volume 41)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0123864925 ISBN 13: 9780123864925
Publisher: Academic Press, 2011

Synopsis

Each chapter provides in-depth discussions and this volume serves as an invaluable resource for Developmental or educational psychology researchers, scholars, and students.

  • Includes chapters that highlight some of the most recent research in the area of Positive Youth Development
  • Each chapter provides in-depth discussions
  • An invaluable resource for developmental or educational psychology researchers, scholars, and students

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About the Author

Janette B. Benson is an Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Denver. She served for five years as the Director of the University-wide Office of Academic Assessment and co-chaired the successful University reaccreditation. Most recently she served as the Associate Dean of the Morgridge College of Education (2014-2017). Dr. Benson’s expertise is in cognitive and sensorimotor development in infancy and early childhood, and her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, The MacArthur Foundation and the March of Dimes. Dr. Benson has published several articles, book chapters and has edited or co-edited several books, including The Encyclopedia of Infancy and Early Childhood Development. She has been the recipient of several awards and honors, including the University of Denver Scholar – Teacher of the Year (1993), the 2000 CASE Colorado Professor of the Year, a Carnegie Scholar, a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, member of the Board of Directors of Shortridge Academy, and the serial editor of Advances in Child Development and Behavior.

From the Back Cover

Volume 41 of the Advances in Child Development and Behavior series includes chapters that highlight some of the most recent research in the area of Positive Youth Development.
Each chapter provides in-depth discussions and this volume serves as an invaluable resource for Developmental or educational psychology researchers, scholars, and students.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Academic Press
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0123864925
ISBN 13 
9780123864925
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
444
Editor
Lerner Richard, Lerner Jacqueline, Benson Janette B.