TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shonkoff,Jack P.
AU  - Phillips,Deborah
ED  - National Research Council (U.S.).
TI  - From neurons to neighborhoods: the science of early child development 
SN  - 0309069882
AV  - HQ767.9 .F76 2000
U1  - 305.231 21
PY  - 2000///]
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - National Academy Press
KW  - Child development
KW  - United States
KW  - Preschool children
KW  - Services for
KW  - Nature and nurture
KW  - Early childhood education
N1  - "Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine."; Includes bibliographical references and index; Executive summary -- Setting the stage. Introduction -- Rethinking nature and nurture -- The challenge of studying culture -- Making causal connections -- The nature and tasks of early development. Acquiring self-regulation -- Communicating and learning -- Making friends and getting along with peers -- The developing brain -- The context for early development. Nurturing relationships -- Family resources -- Growing up in child care -- Neighborhood and community -- Promoting health development through intervention -- Knowledge into action. Conclusions and recommendations -- Appendixes. A. Related reports from the National Academies -- B. Defining and estimating causal effects -- C. Technologies for studying the developing human brain -- D. Biographical sketches
ER  -