An authoritative new work exploring the themes of communication and implementation of research within developmental psychology -- a scientific field with extensive real world value in addressing problems faced by individuals, families and services

Table of Contents

• Notes on Contributors
• In Memoriam
• Part I Family Processes and Child Rearing Practices
• 1 On Giving Away Developmental Psychology - Kevin Durkin and H. Rudolph Schaffer
• 2 The Role of Popular Literature in Influencing Parents' Behavior - Penelope Leach
• 3 Opportunities and Obstacles in Giving Away Research on Marital Conflict and Children - E. Mark Cummings, W. Brad Faircloth, Patricia M. Schacht, Kathleen P. McCoy, and Alice C. Schermerhorn
• 4 Implementing a Preventive Parenting Program with Families of Young Children: Challenges and Solutions - Angela D. Moreland and Jean E. Dumas
• 5 Parenting Information and Advice and the Mass Media - Matthew R. Sanders and Rachel Calam
• 6 Children of Lesbian and Gay Parents: Reflections on the Research-Policy Interface - Charlotte J. Patterson and Rachel H. Farr
• 7 Child Care at the Nexus of Practice, Policy, and Research - Christina Hardway and Kathleen McCartney
• 8 Teenage Childbearing in the United States: Do Our Programs and Policies Reflect Our Knowledge Base? - Anne Martin and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
• Part II Educational Aspects
• 9 The Trials and Tribulations of Changing How Reading is Taught in Schools: Synthetic Phonics and The Educational Backlash - Rhona S. Johnston and Joyce E. Watson
• 10 Giving Away Early Mathematics: Big Math for Little Kids Encounters the Complex World of Early Education - Herbert P. Ginsburg and Barbrina B. Ertle
• 11 Toward a Truly Democratic Civics Education - Charles C. Helwig and Shaogang Yang
• 12 Research and Practice in the Study of School Bullying - Peter K. Smith
• 13 Promoting Pedestrian Skill Development in Young Children: Implementation of a National Community-Centered Behavioral Training Scheme - James A. Thomson
• 14 Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships in the Development of Intervention to Reduce Prejudice Among Children - Lindsey Cameron and Adam Rutland
• Part III Clinical Aspects
• 15 What Do We Know and Why Does It Matter? The Dissemination of Evidence-Based Interventions for Child Maltreatment - Dante Cicchetti, Sheree L. Toth, Wendy J. Nilsen, and Jody Todd Manly
• 16 Language Impairment and Adolescent Outcomes - Gina Conti-Ramsden and Kevin Durkin
• 17 Translating Models of Adolescent Problem Behavior into Effective Intervention: Trials, Tribulations and Future Directions - Thomas J. Dishion and Miwa Yasui
• 18 Giving Knowledge about Children's Mental Health Away: Challenges and Opportunities - Janice Cooper and Jane Knitzer