Handbook of Early Childhood Intervention

This 2000 book provides a comprehensive overview of this complex and continually evolving field by an outstanding group of contributing authors. It combines rigorous scholarship with state-of-the-art content on policy and service delivery. It is designed to address a broad, multi-disciplinary audience and is a valuable resource for graduate students and experienced professionals.

Eighteen new chapters have been added to the 2000 edition of this valuable Handbook, which serves as a core text for students and experienced professionals who are interested in the health and well being of young children. It serves as a comprehensive reference for graduate students, advanced trainees, service providers, and policy makers in such diverse fields as child care, early childhood education, child health, and early intervention programs for children with developmental disabilities and children in high risk environments. This book will be of interest to a broad range of disciplines including psychology, child development, early childhood education, social work, pediatrics, nursing, child psychiatry, physical and occupational therapy, speech and language pathology, and social policy. A scholarly overview of the underlying knowledge base and practice of early childhood intervention, it is unique in its balance between breadth and depth and its integration of the multiple dimensions of the field.