The First Three Years & Beyond – Brain Development & Social Policy (Current Perspectives in Psychology) - Hardcover

Zigler, Edward

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300093640 ISBN 13: 9780300093643

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2003

Synopsis

How much do children's early experiences affect their cognitive and social development? How important is the parent's role in child development? Is it possible to ameliorate or reverse the consequences of early developmental deficits? This study draws on research from the social sciences and studies on the brain to answer these questions and to explore what they mean for social policy and child and family development. The authors affirm that sound social policy providing for safe and appropriate early care, education, health care and parent support is critical not only for the optimal development of children, but also for strengthening families, communities and the nation as a whole. Offering a wealth of advice and recommendations, they explain: the benefits of family leave, child care, and home visitation programmes; the damage that child abuse inflicts; the vital importance of nutrition (and breast feeding) for pregnant women and young children; and the adverse effects that occur in misguided efforts to disseminate research too early.

About this title

About the Author

Edward F. Zigler is the Sterling Professor of Psychology at Yale University, director of the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy, head of the psychology section of the Child Study Center at Yale University, and one of the founders of Head Start.

Edition details

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300093640
• ISBN 13: 9780300093643
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256