Blackwell handbook of early childhood development/ edited by Kathleen McCartney

Part 1. Conceptual Frameworks
1, Nature and Nurture in Early Childhood 3
Kirby Deater-Decknrd and Katherine Cahill
1. Vulnerability and Resilience in Early Child Development 22
Ann S. Mas ten and Abigail H. Gewirtz
3. Family Influences on Early Development: Integrating the Science
of Normative Development, Risk and Disability, and Intervention 44
MichaelJ. Guralnick
4. Developmental Pathways and Intersections among Domains of Development 62

Catherine C. Ayoub and Kurt W. Fischer
Part II. Early Biological and Physiological Development 83
5. Early Brain Development and Plasticity 85
Jane W. Couperus and Charles A. Nelson
6. Social Regulation of Stress in Early Child Development 106
Megan R. Gunnar
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7. Temperament
Jennifer N. Martin and Nathan A. Fox
Part III. Cognitive Development
8. Early Conceptual Development
Susan A. Gelman
9. Executive Functions in Developing Children: Current
Conceptualizations and Questions lor the Future
Marilyn C Welsh, Sarah L Friedman, and Susan J. Spieker
10. Developing Social Understanding in a Social Context
Rachel Barr
11. Mathematical Thinking and Learning
Herbert P Ginsburg, Joanna Cannon. Janet hisenband, and Sandra Pappas
Part rV. Language and Communicative Development
12. Language Experience and Language Milestones During Early CHildhood 233
Erika Hojf
13. How Children Learn Language: A Focus on Resilience
Susan Goldin-Meadow
14. What Counts as Literacy in Early Childhood?
Catherine E. Snow
Part V. Social, Emotional, and Regulatory Development
15. Getting Along with Others: Social Competence in Early Childhood
Richard A. Fabes, Bridget M. Gaertner, and Tierney K. Popp
16. Feeling and Understanding: Early Emotional Development
Ross A. Thompson and Kristin H. Lagattuta
17. Temperament, Attention, and the Development of Self-Regulation
Mary K Rothbart, Michael /. Posner, and Jessica Kieras
18. Maladjustment in Preschool Children: A Developmental
Psychopathology Perspective
Susan B. Campbell

Part VI. The Social Ecology of Early Development 379
19. Family Systems
Marc H. Bornstein and Jeanette Saiiyer
20. Poverty During Early Childhood 399
Eric Dearing, Daniel Berry, and Martha /uislow
21. Orphanages as a Developmental O.context for Early Childhood 424
Charles H. Zeanah, Anna I. Stnyke, and Lisa D. Settles
22. Peer Relationships in Early Childhood 455
Deborah Lowe Vandell, Lana Nenide, and Sara J. Van Winkle
23. Child Care and Early Development 471
Deborah Phillips. Kathleen McCartney, and Amy Sussman
24. The Social Ecology of the Transition to School; Classrooms,
Families, and Children
Robert C. Pianta and Sara Rimm-Kauji?ian
25. Media and Early Development 308
Sandra L. Calvert
Part VII. Policy Issues 331
26. Evaluating Early Childhood Assessments: A DifFerential Analysis 533
Samuel J. Meisels and Sally Atkins-Burnett
27. Head Start: What Do We Know About Its Effectiveness? What Do
We Need to Know? 350
John M. Love, Louisa Banks Tarullo, Helen Raikes, and
Rachel Chazan-Cohen
28. Early Childhood Policy: A Comparative Perspective 376
Jane Waldfogel
29. Promoting Social Competence in Early Childhood: Classroom
Curricula and Social Skills Coaching Programs 395
Karen L. Bierman and Stephen A. Erath
30. Treatment and Prevention of Conduct Problems: Parent Training
Interventions for Young Children (2-7 Years Old) 616
Carolyn Webster-Stratton and M. Jamila Reid