Where Children Live: Solutions for Serving Young Children and Their Families

by Richard N. Roberts (Editor), Phyllis R. Magrab (Editor)

Overview

Where Children Live is a natural extension of the Advances in Applied Developmental Psychology Series. It extends our coverage and concerns for children and families in their natural habitats. The message of this volume is that effective delivery of child and family services, a comprehensive theoretical model, is needed so that efficient delivery can take place, as well as an evaluation of the quality of those services.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781567504415
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/10/1999
Series:	Advances in Applied Developmental Psychology Series
Pages:	382
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

RICHARD ROBERTS is Director of the Early Intervention Research Institute at Utah State University.

PHYLLIS MAGRAB is Director of the Georgetown University Children's Development Center, Department of Pedicatrics.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
Foreword, Irving Sigel
Section I: Introduction to the Concept of Community: The Meaning of Community, Phyllis R. Magrab
Supporting Families with Children in a Community, Richard N. Roberts
Section II: Issues in Defining Community Support for Programs
A National Coalition of Communities, Suzanne M. Bronheim and Nancy Striffler
Financing Early Intervention, Linda D. Goetze, Susan D. Mackey Andrews, and Maureen Greer
Participatory Realism: Defining the Role of Nonevaluator, Mark S. Innocenti and Richard N. Roberts
Section III: Developmental Perspectives on Community Programs. Communities Supporting the Mental Health of Young Children and their Families, Roxane Kaufmann and Amy Locke Wischmann
State-Level Supports for Community-Based Services, Gary J. De Carolis
Section IV: Examples of Community Support in Action
Supporting Families With Young Children in the Community: A Parent's Perspective, Polly Arango
International Perspectives in Community-Based Services, Peter Evans
Service Integration at the Community Level Within Early Intervention Systems, Adrienne L. Akers and Diane D. Behl
Community Efforts to Counter the Environmental Risks Children Face, Glenna C. Boyce, Diane D. Behl, and Therese R. Johnson
A Community-Based Approach to Preventing Child Maltreatment, Sharon Carnahan, Carnot E. Nelson, and Thomas R. Gordon
Author Index
Subject Index.