For our babies : ending the invisible neglect of America's infants / by J. Ronald Lally ; foreword by T. Berry Brazelton & Joshua Sparrow.

Author/creator Lally, J. Ronald
Format Book
PublicationNew York : Teachers College Press, [2013]
Descriptionxvii, 169 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Child care workers--United States.
Infants--Care. --United States.
Child care--United States.
Day care centers--United States.

Contents Machine generated contents note: pt. I RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORT FOR BABIES AND THEIR FAMILIES -- 1.A Society Changes; Its Thinking and Policies Don't -- Commonly Held Theories of Child Rearing -- The Changing American Family -- A Look at Families with Babies Today -- The Needs of the Changed Family -- 2.How the New Brain Research Changes Everything! -- The Brain's Need for a "Social Womb" -- How Did Scientists Learn About the Infant Brain? -- Making Crucial Information About Infancy Available to the General Public -- Discovering Critical and Sensitive Periods in Brain Development -- Given What We Know, We Must Respond -- pt. II UNDERSTANDING BABIES' NEEDS -- 3.Supporting Growth During Preconception and Pregnancy -- The Development of the Brain While in the Womb -- Needed Attention to Preconception Health -- Needed Attention to Prenatal Development During Pregnancy -- Necessary Supports During Preconception -- Necessary Supports During Pregnancy -- 4.What a Newborn Needs from Birth to 9 Months: The Bonding Period -- The Social Womb, Part 1: The Time of Bonding -- Supports Necessary to Sustain Development During the First 9 Months of Life -- How U.S. Policies Negatively Impact Babies -- 5.What the Infant Needs from 7 to 18 Months: The Exploration Stage -- The Social Womb, Part 2: The Time of Exploration -- What Babies Need to Get from Relationships -- Supports Necessary to Sustain Development from 7 to 18 Months -- The Low Quality of Child Care in the United States -- Babies at Risk -- 6.What the Toddler Needs from 15 to 36 Months: The Stage of Self-Definition -- The Social Womb, Part 3: A Time of Identity Building -- Supports Necessary to Sustain Development Between 15 and 36 Months -- 7.Recommended Supports and Services for Babies and Their Families -- Preconception -- Pregnancy -- The First 9 Months -- From 7 to 18 Months -- From 15 to 36 Months -- Supporting Babies' Healthy Development -- pt. III WHY IT MAKES SENSE TO HELP FAMILIES MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR BABIES -- 8.Economic Benefits of Investment in U.S. Babies -- Preconception Health Services -- Pregnancy Services -- Well-Baby Care Services -- Guaranteed Health-Care Coverage for Families with Children Under Age 3 -- Paid Leave and Quality Infant/Toddler Care -- 9.A Final Message.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 135-152) and index.
LCCN 2012048329
ISBN9780807754245 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0807754242 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Standard identifier# 40022233544

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HQ778.63 .L35 2013 ✔ Available Place Hold