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Volume 14, Issue 2
August 2005 |
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From the Bookshelf
Scientists, educators, and even leaders in the business community are focusing more and
more on the importance of supporting healthy emotional development during infancy and
early childhood as well as the necessity of being able to recognize and address mental health
disorders that occur in very young children. To meet this growing interest, MACMH is
currently preparing A Guide to Early Childhood Mental Health—watch for this publication later
in the year. Meanwhile, here are some useful titles we found during our research.
Bringing Up Baby: Three Steps to Making Good Decisions in Your Child’s First Years, by Claire
Lerner and Amy Laura Dombro, 2005. The authors outline a three-step approach to making
decisions that fit your child and your family. According to a summary on the Zero to Three
website, Lerner and Dombro explain “how parents can understand their own parenting style
and its effect on their child, how parents can observe their child to understand what she/he
is feeling and thinking, and how to use those observations to make healthy and effective
decisions.” Paperback edition available from www.zerotothree.org.
Learning & Growing Together: Understanding and Supporting Your Child’s Development, by Claire
Lerner and Amy Laura Dombro, 2000. The first parenting book to emerge from research at
Zero to Three, the “think tank” for very early childhood, this book covers developmental
milestones, temperament, brain basics, and how parents’ life experiences affect their
parenting. Paperback edition available from www.zerotothree.org.
A Good Start in Life: Understanding Your Child’s Brain and Behavior from Birth to Age 6, by
Norbert Herschkowitz and Elinore Chapman Herschkowitz, 2004. This clear and thoughtful
book for parents demonstrates how intricately a child’s early biological and psychological
development are intertwined. The authors rely on the latest research to address the most
common parental concerns, including the burning question, Is there a ‘right way’ to parent?
Available through the Dana Foundation at www.dana.org/books/.
From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development, from the Committee
on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development and edited by Jack P. Shonkoff
and Deborah A. Phillips, 2000. This book presents the research that started a whole new
dialogue about the importance of the paying attention to children’s development during the
earliest years of life. The committee presents thorough, research-based findings on a wide
range of topics, including brain development, relationships, childcare, community issues,
and interventions. Available through the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy
Press, www.nap.edu.
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