Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- In Memoriam -- PART I: Family Processes and Child Rearing Practices -- 1 On Giving Away Developmental Psychology -- Can we Give Away Developmental Psychology? -- Historical Shifts in Giving Away -- Implications and Implementation -- About this Book -- Conclusions -- References -- 2 The Role of Popular Literature in Influencing Parents' Behavior -- Literature for Parents, Origins and Evolution -- Some Influential Books Published Before 1920 -- Some Influential Books Published Between 1925 and the Present Day -- Reflections on the Contemporary Scene -- Can - and Should - the Balance of Influence be Shifted from Mixed Media Back Towards Popular Literature? -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Opportunities and Obstacles in Giving Away Research on Marital Conflict and Children -- Culling Key Findings, Principles and Concepts from Scholarly and Academic Directions -- Translating Basic Research into Applied Programs -- Research Design Considerations and Evaluation of Applied Programs -- Findings from Initial Marital Conflict Focused Prevention Trials -- Directions for Future Work -- Conclusions -- References -- 4 Implementing a Preventive Parenting Program with Families of Young Children -- PACE - Program Description and Conceptual Framework -- PACE - Implementation Challenges and Solutions -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 5 Parenting Information and Advice and the Mass Media -- Why the Mass Media is Important as a Parenting Intervention -- Mass Media and the Public Health Approach to Parenting Support -- A Conceptual Framework for the Use of the Media -- Case Examples of Media Strategies in Action -- Strenthening the Impact of Media-Based Parenting Programs -- Implications -- Differences in Professional Opinion and the Mass Media -- Challenges and Future Directions -- Summary.

References -- 6 Children of Lesbian and Gay Parents -- Pathways to Parenthood for Lesbians and Gay Men -- Legal Status of Lesbian and Gay Parents and Their Children -- Social Science Research on Children of Lesbian and Gay Parents -- Contributions of Research to Legal and Policy Debates -- Reflections on the Interface of Research, Law and Policy -- References -- 7 Child Care at the Nexus of Practice, Policy, and Research -- Enrollment Patterns for Early Child Care -- Quality of Child Care -- Child Care and Child Development -- Research to Policy -- Research to Public Awareness -- Reflections from Seven Developmentalists on Working at the Nexus -- Strategies for Success -- References -- 8 Teenage Childbearing in the United States -- Teenage Mothers' Parenting Skills -- Teenage Mothers' Educational Attainment -- Factors That Influence Teenage Mothers' Well-being -- Interventions for Teenage Mothers -- Obstacles Faced by Programs Serving Teenage Mothers -- Primary Prevention of Teenage Pregnancy and Childbearing -- Practical Reflections: What Helps and Where Next? -- Conclusion -- References -- PART II: Educational Aspects -- 9 The Trials and Tribulations of Changing How Reading is Taught in Schools -- Summary of Research into the Effectiveness of Synthetic Phonics Teaching -- Experiences in Implementing Synthetic Phonics Studies -- Reactions to the Introduction of Synthetic Phonics Teaching by Educationalists -- Reactions by Educationalists in Universities -- A Meta-Analysis of Studies Comparing the Effectiveness of Synthetic and Analytic Phonics Teaching -- Conclusion -- Summary -- References -- 10 Giving Away Early Mathematics -- Research and the Creation of BMLK -- The Nature of Early Mathematics Education -- Methods for Promoting Mathematics Learning -- Big Math for Little Kids -- Giving Away BMLK -- The Social and Political Context -- Teaching.

Evaluation -- Conclusions -- References -- 11 Toward a Truly Democratic Civics Education -- Democracy as the Foundation of Civics Education -- The Development of Political and Moral Understandings -- Civics Education: A Mixed Record -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 12 Research and Practice in the Study of School Bullying -- Research on School Bullying -- The Anti Bullying Alliance and Beatbullying -- The International Picture -- Reflections on the Interaction Between Research and Practice -- Summary -- References -- 13 Promoting Pedestrian Skill Development in Young Children -- Traditional Approaches to Road Safety Education -- Skills and Behavioral Competences Required to Interact with Traffic -- Hazard Perception in Children -- Detecting the Presence of Traffic -- Selective Attention and Visual Search -- Strategic Planning at the Roadside -- Children's Perception of their Traffic Competence -- Promoting the Development of Pedestrian Skills in Children -- Training Children to Recognize Dangerous Roadside Locations -- Teaching Strategies for Crossing at Specific Road Structures -- Problems in the Implementation of Practical Training Methods -- Developing a Community Approach to Road Safety Training: Kerbcraft and the Drumchapel Project -- The National Network of Child Pedestrian Training Schemes -- Impact on Road Safety Policy -- Lessons in Giving Away Developmental Psychology -- Recommendations for Giving Away Developmental Psychology -- Conclusions -- References -- 14 Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships in the Development of Intervention to Reduce Prejudice Among Children -- Interventions to Encourage Positive Out-group Orientation: The Researcher's Contribution -- Researchers' Contribution to the Design, Implementation and Evaluation of Interventions -- Practitioners' Contributions to the Researcher-Practitioner Partnership.

How can we Initiate, Develop and Manage Effective Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships? -- A Model of Designing and Implementing Prejudice-Reduction Interventions -- Conclusions -- References -- PART III: Clinical Aspects -- 15 What Do We Know and Why Does It Matter? The Dissemination of Evidence-Based Interventions for Child Maltreatment -- Goals of the Chapter -- The Impact of Maltreatment on Children's Psychological Development -- Mt. Hope Family Center -- Basic Research on the Development of Attachment and Mental Representations in Maltreated Children -- Translating Maltreatment Research Into Practice: The Implementation of Randomized Control Trials to Improve Attachment Insecurity and Negative Representational Models of Self and Other in Maltreated Youngsters -- Preventive Intervention for Maltreated Infants -- Description of the Interventions -- Preventive Interventions for Maltreated Preschoolers -- Early Intervention Development Initiative for Maltreated Preschoolers -- From Research to Practice -- Building Healthy Children -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 16 Language Impairment and Adolescent Outcomes -- LI: From Childhood to Adolescence -- The Potential Contribution of Findings to Practice -- Some Reflections on Knowledge Exchange in the Field of LI -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 17 Translating Models of Adolescent Problem Behavior into Effective Intervention -- Explaining and Preventing Antisocial Behavior: Historical Perspective -- EcoFIT Model -- Interventions with Ethnic Minority Families: Ethical and Intercultural Problems and Solutions -- Summary -- References -- 18 Giving Knowledge about Children's Mental Health Away -- Setting the Context: The Status of Children's Mental Health in the United States -- The Knowledge Explosion -- The Role of Public Policy -- Toward the Future.

Toward a Responsive Policy Framework -- Conclusion -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- End User License Agreement.