Now part of a two-volume set, the fully revised and updated second edition of The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development, Volume 2: Applied and Policy Issues provides comprehensive coverage of the applied and policy issues relating to infant development.* Updated, fully-revised and expanded, this two-volume set presents in-depth and cutting edge coverage of both basic and applied developmental issues during infancy* Features contributions by leading international researchers and practitioners in the field that reflect the most current theories and research findings* Includes editor commentary and analysis to synthesize the material and provide further insight* The most comprehensive work available in this dynamic and rapidly growing field

Part I: Bioecological risks.Chapter 1: Fetal development (Raye-Ann deRegnier and ShivaniDesai, Northwestern University Feinberg School ofMedicine).Chapter 2: Infant nutrition (Maureen M. Black and Kristen M.Hurley, University of Maryland School of Medicine).Chapter 3: Health (Robert J. Karp, SUNY-Downstate MedicalCenter).Chapter 4: Development of communication in children with sensoryfunctional disabilities (Gunilla Preisler, University ofStockholm).Part II: Psychosocial risks.Chapter 5: Growing up in poverty in developed countries(Jondou J. Chen, Nina Philipsen Hetzner, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn,Columbia University).Chapter 6: Infant Development in the Developing World(Patrice Engle, California Polytechnic StateUniversity).Chapter 7: Child abuse and neglect (Kelli Connell-Carrick,University of Houston).Chapter 8: Effects of postnatal depression on mother-infantinteractions, and child development (Lynne Murray, SarahHalligan and Peter Cooper, University of Reading).Part III: Developmental disorders.Chapter 9: Infant assessment (Susan P. Berger, Children'sMemorial Hospital & Northwestern University, Feinberg School ofMedicine, Joyce Hopkins, Illinois Institute of Technology, Hyo Bae,Illinois Institute of Technology, Bryce Hella, Illinois Instituteof Technology, and Jennifer Strickland, Illinois Institute ofTechnology).Chapter 10: The Early Development of Autism Spectrum Disorders(Gregory S. Young and Sally Ozonoff, University of California,Davis).Chapter 11: Infant Psychosocial Disorders (Melissa R.Johnson, WakeMed Health and Hospitals & University of NorthCarolina - Chapel Hill, Karen Appleyard, DukeUniversity).Chapter 12: Genetic Disorders Associated with IntellectualDisability: An Early Development Perspective (Deborah J. Fidler,Colorado State University, Lisa Daunhauer, Colorado StateUniversity, David E. Most, Colorado State University, and HarveySwitzky, Northern Illinois University).Part IV: Intervention and policy issues.Chapter 13: Early intervention (Douglas R. Powell, PurdueUniversity).Chapter 14: Childcare Research at the Dawn of a New Millennium:An update (Sarah L. Friedman, CNA, Edward Melhuish, Birkbeck,University of London, and Candace Hill, CNA).Chapter 15: Infancy research, policy, and practice(Marguerite Barratt and Erica Fener, The George WashingtonUniversity).Author Index.Subject Index.Contents of Volume 1: Basic Research.