A definitive reference on the thriving interdisciplinary field of applied early childhood development The cumulative scientific knowledge on early childhood is greater than at any other point across the life span, and the formative role of early experience is well-recognized.

Notes on Contributors viii Foreword xx Preface xxv Part I The State of Young Children in the United States 1 1 The State of Young Children in the United States: School Readiness 3Terri J. Sabol and Robert C. Pianta 2 The State of Young Children in the United States: A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective on the Mental Health of Preschool Children 18Susan B. Campbell 3 Early Childhood Health Disparities, Biological Embedding, and Life]Course Health 35Daniel Berry 4 Social and Contextual Risks 66Robert H. Bradley Part II Theoretical and Empirical Contexts of Applied Developmental Science of Early Childhood 97 5 From the Lab to the Contexts in which Children Live and Grow: Historical Perspectives on the Field 99Pamela A. Morris and Maia C. Connors 6 What Does it Mean to be Evidence]based? 118Margaret R. Burchinal and Nina E. Forestieri 7 Neural Development in Context: Differences in Neural Structure and Function Associated with Adverse Childhood Experiences 135Emily C. Merz and Kimberly G. Noble Part III Early Childhood Education and Care 161 8 Publicly Supported Early Care and Education Programs 163W. Steven Barnett, Elizabeth Votruba]Drzal, Eric Dearing, and Megan E. Carolan 9 Early Childhood Education and Care for Dual Language Learners 187Lianna Pizzo and Mariela Páez 10 Early Childhood Education and Care for Children with Disabilities 211Penny Hauser]Cram, Miriam Heyman, and Kristen Bottema]Beutel 11 Classroom based Early Childhood Interventions 237Stephanie Jones, Dana Charles McCoy and Lauren Hay 12 Child Care and Child Development in the United States: Where Have We Come From, What Do We Know Now, and Where Are We Going? 261Anna D. Johnson Part IV Parenting, Family, and Dual]generation Programs 287 13 Family School Partnerships in Early Childhood 289Susan M. Sheridan, Amanda L. Moen, and Lisa L. Knoche 14 Parenting and Home Visiting Interventions 310Nancy Donelan]McCall 15 The Two Generation Approach to Building Human Capital: Past, Present, and Future 330Margo Gardner, Jeanne Brooks]Gunn, and P. Lindsay Chase]Lansdale Part V Public Policy and Young Children 363 16 Immigration Policy and Early Childhood Development 365Soojin Oh Park and Hirokazu Yoshikawa 17 Marriage Policy and Early Childhood Development 385Rebekah Levine Coley 18 Child Welfare Policy 403Kristen S. Slack and June Paul 19 Effects of United States Income and Work Supports Policies on Children in Low]Income Families 424Aletha C. Huston 20 The Role of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs in Promoting Early Childhood Development in the United States 447Sharon Wolf, Juliette Berg, Pamela A. Morris, and J. Lawrence Aber 21 Work Family Policies 469Anna Gassman]Pines and Rachel Goldstein Index 48

The Wiley Handbook of Early Childhood Development Programs, Practices, and Policies provides a comprehensive critical review of current thinking, evidence and practice in early childhood development within the contexts of family, school, community, and society at large. It is a valuable resource for practitioners, scholars, graduate students, and advanced undergraduate students across the social sciences who are interested in strengthening their understanding of current strategies for promoting early childhood development and the science informing them.