Full Description
This book examines the importance of prenatal, birth, and postnatal factors in determining the extent of "risk" that may be predicted for an infant in the first year of life and in early childhood. It highlights the multiplicity of factors that contribute to "survival" in the developmental process.
Contents
Foreword -- Preface -- The Human Infant and the Processes of Development -- Perinatal Indicators and Psychophysiological Precursors of Crib Death -- Controlling Food Preferences in Children -- The Critical Period Hypothesis Revisited -- Caretaking or Reproductive Casualty? -- Epilogue: Safeguarding the Developmental Journey
