This up-to-date and comprehensive compendium reflects the state of professional understanding, research, and experience in the field of intervention in child development. The book is intended to be of use to pediatricians, psychiatrists, neurologists, child psychologists, social workers, nurses, occupational therapists, early childhood educators,…

The development of community-based programs to support inexperienced parents through home visits by experienced mothers, who are in turned facilitated by child health and development professionals, has become an increasingly common approach in Europe and the United States. This edited volume presents proceedings from an invitational conference on…