From Neurons to Neighborhoods:

The Science of Early Childhood Development

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Jack P. Shonkoff and Deborah A. Phillips, Editors; Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development, Board on Children, Youth, and Families
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How we raise young children is one of today's most highly personalized and sharply politicized issues, in part because each of us can claim some level of "expertise." The debate has intensified as discoveries about our development-in the womb and ...
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-- Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, January 1, 2004

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Table of Contents
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Front Matter	i-xx
Executive Summary	1-16	(skim)
I. Setting the Stage	17-38	(skim)
Rethinking Nature and Nurture	39-56	(skim)
The Challenge of Studying Culture	57-69	(skim)
Making Causal Connections	70-88	(skim)
II. The Nature and Tasks of Early Development	89-92	(skim)
Acquiring Self-Regulation	93-123	(skim)
Communicating and Learning	124-162	(skim)
Making Friends and Getting Along with Peers	163-181	(skim)
The Developing Brain	182-218	(skim)
III. The Context for Early Development	219-224	(skim)
Nurturing Relationships	225-266	(skim)
Family Resources	267-296	(skim)
Growing Up in Child Care	297-327	(skim)
Neighborhood and Community	328-336	(skim)
Promoting Healthy Development Through Intervention	337-380	(skim)
IV. Knowledge into Action	381-416	(skim)
References	417-534	(skim)
Appendix A: Related Reports from the National Academies	535-544	(skim)
Appendix B: Defining and Estimating Causal Effects	545-548	(skim)
Appendix C: Technologies for Studying the Developing Human Brain	549-552	(skim)
Appendix D: Biographical Sketches	553-560	(skim)
Index	561-588	(skim)

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How we raise young children is one of today's most highly personalized and sharply politicized issues, in part because each of us can claim some level of "expertise." The debate has intensified as discoveries about our development-in the womb and in the first months and years-have reached the popular media.

How can we use our burgeoning knowledge to assure the well-being of all young children, for their own sake as well as for the sake of our nation? Drawing from new findings, this book presents important conclusions about nature-versus-nurture, the impact of being born into a working family, the effect of politics on programs for children, the costs and benefits of intervention, and other issues.

The committee issues a series of challenges to decision makers regarding the quality of child care, issues of racial and ethnic diversity, the integration of children's cognitive and emotional development, and more.

Authoritative yet accessible, From Neurons to Neighborhoods presents the evidence about "brain wiring" and how kids learn to speak, think, and regulate their behavior. It examines the effect of the climate-family, child care, community-within which the child grows.

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"...an excellent compendium... crisp, well-written, and carefully documented... Readers will find this volume a useful compass to guide their work for the 21st century."
-- Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, January 1, 2004

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