The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of infant development. Vol. 2

"Now in two volumes, the fully revised and updated second edition of The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development provides comprehensive coverage of the basic research and applied and policy issues relating to infant development. Updated, fully-revised and expanded, this two-volume set pr...

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Corporate Authors: Wiley Online Library.
Group Author: Bremner, J. Gavin, 1949-; Wachs, Theodore D., 1941-
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Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Wiley-Blackwell handbooks of developmental psychology
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444327588
Summary: "Now in two volumes, the fully revised and updated second edition of The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development provides comprehensive coverage of the basic research and 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."--Provided by publisher.
Item Description: Rev. ed. of: Blackwell handbook of infant development / edited by Gavin Bremner and Alan Fogel. 2001.
Description based on print version record; title from PDF of title page (Wiley Online Library, viewed Jan. 14, 2011).
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xiii, 445 p.)
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781444327588 (v. 2)
1444327585 (v. 2)
Index Number: RJ131
CLC: B844.1
Contents: VOLUME II: APPLIED AND POLICY ISSUES. -- 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).