Handbook of Early Childhood Intervention
Jack P Shonkoff editor Samuel J Meisels editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:26th Jan '90
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Early in childhood intervention is a young and rapidly growing field. In little more than a decade it has been transformed from an emerging service with a primitive empirical base, scant funding, and virtually no public mandate to a robust area of theory, research, and practice. Moreover, since the passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act Amendments of 1986 (Public Law 99-497), early intervention has acquired a growing national audience, increased funding, a promise of more comprehensive programmes and services, and unprecedented attention from major state and federal policymaking groups. The Handbook of Early Childhood Intervention has been designed to serve as a core textbook for those who are interested in young children with disabilities or developmental vulnerabilities, and their families. Its intent is to integrate the theory, research, and practical knowledge that guide current practice in this field and to frame the agenda for its continued growth and maturation. The editors of this volume have brought together an outstanding collection of contributions from many of the most creative thinkers and influential leaders in the field. The overall goal of the Handbook is to present sophisticated, state-of-the-art material in a format that is accessible to a broad audience that cuts across such diverse disciplines as education, psychology, social service, pediatrics, nursing, speech and language, pathology, occupational and physical therapy, public health, and child care. Within and across each of these professional domains, the Handbook of Early Childhood Intervention can serve as a definitive source for those involved in academic training programmes, research and scholarly endeavours, policy development, and service provision.
"Overall this is a very useful volume." Canadian Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Review
"The book is quite amazing in that it attempts and succeeds in summarizing and synthesizing the vast knowledge base of the early intervention field. The list of those who have contributed to this volume comprises a "Who's Who" roster of the early intervention field, and their efforts have been bound together to create a Handbook which includes no less than the state-of-the-art knowledge of this field." Ed Zigler, Yale University
"An outstanding state-of-the-art collection of articles representing diverse disciplines, and a definitive resource." The Brown University Child Behavior and Development Letter
"...will help guide new and established practitioners, as well as those professionals responsible for training and program delivery." Readings
"This important volume will become a standard reference tool for years to come for those involved in personnel preparation, research, policy development and service provision." Early Intervention
"An impressive compendium of the evidence substantiating the view `among behavioral scientists, policymakers, and even taxpayers that early intervention is a cost-effective method for combatting the effects of poverty experienced early in life.'" The Key Reporter
"...provides a comprehensive and integrative overview of theory, research, and clinical applications of knowledge relevant to the field(s) of early childhood intervention....the volume is well-organized, and, in the main, chapters are written in styles that are both scholarly and engaging." Brian E. Vaughn, American Journal of Mental Retardation
"...should be on every reference shelf and in the personal library of every researcher and practitioner concerned with designing, operating, or evaluating early intervention programs... a handbook to which one will return time after time to extract relevant information needed for a particular task... bears the hallmark of good writing as well as good editing....It will be invaluable for at least the next 10 years." Bettye M. Caldwell, Contemporary Psychology
"...one of the most potent influences on the future of early intervention practice." Richard P. Brinker, Topics in Early Childhood Special Education
ISBN: 9780521343718
Dimensions: 230mm x 158mm x 48mm
Weight: 1193g
784 pages