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Weinberger DR, Elvevag B, Giedd JN. 2005. The adolescent brain: A work in progress. Washington, DC: National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, 24 pp.

Annotation: This paper explores neurological development as an important dimension of overall adolescent development, and the need for a deeper appreciation of adolescent neurobiology on which to base efforts to understand, guide, and help adolescents. Section topics include (1) changes in the cellular architecture of the brain in adolescence, (2) changes in the adolescent brain revealed through neuroimaging techniques, and (3) behavioral evidence of a brain still developing. Additional sections are provided including a summary and key findings, an introduction, information about the authors, and references.

Contact: National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy = Power to Decide, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036, Telephone: (202) 478-8500 Fax: (202) 478-8588 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.thenationalcampaign.org $10.00, plus shipping and handling; also available from the website.

Keywords: Adolescent behavior, Adolescent development, Adolescent health, Brain, Cognitive development, Neural development, Psychosocial development, Puberty, Youth development

Athey J, Kavanagh L, Bagley K, Hutchins V. 2000. Building the future: The Maternal and Child Health Training Program. Arlington, VA: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, 87 pp.

Annotation: This report describes the role of the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Training Program in planning and supporting training designed to produce state, community, university, and professional association leaders who can advocate for children and mothers and continue to effect change that saves lives and enhances health. The report concentrates on MCH Training Program accomplishments in four areas: training students for leadership, developing new fields and providing information and expertise, supporting faculty, and enhancing collaboration. The report also includes a more in-depth discussion of two training priorities; Adolescent Health, and Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND). Appendices include a list of MCH Training Program Evaluation Advisory Committee members, information about 1999 training grants, a history of MCH funding, and training program fact sheets. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, Georgetown University, Telephone: (202) 784-9770 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.ncemch.org Available from the website. Document Number: ISBN 1-57285-062-0.

Keywords: Adolescent health, Advocacy, Collaboration, Developmental disabilities, Evaluation, Federal MCH programs, Financing, Leadership training, MCH training programs, Neural development, Professional education

U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Division of Research, Training and Education. 2000. Maternal and child health training program: [Fact sheets]. Rockville, MD: U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Division of Research, Training and Education, 15 pp.

Annotation: These fact sheets describe the fifteen leadership training programs in maternal and child health. The training programs are in the following areas: continuing education and development, social work, pediatric occupational therapy, pediatric physical therapy, graduate medical education in historically black colleges and universities, adolescent health, maternal and child health leadership education in neurodevelopmental and related disabilities, behavioral pediatrics, nursing, schools of public health, pediatric pulmonary centers, the maternal and child health training program, nutrition, communication disorders, and pediatric dentistry. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Adolescent health, Behavioral sciences, Blacks, Communication disorders, Continuing education, Graduate education, Leadership training, Lung diseases, MCH training programs, Medical education, Neural development, Nursing, Nutrition, Pediatric dentistry, Pediatric occupational therapy, Physical therapy, Public health education, Social work

Shonkoff JP, Phillips DA, eds. and Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development. 2000. From neurons to neighborhoods: The science of early childhood development. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 588 pp.

Annotation: This book is a report of a two- and-a-half year project in which the Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development, established by the Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine, was given the task of updating and evaluating the current science of early childhood development. The committee reviewed a body of research covering the period from before birth to the first day of kindergarten. The report introduces the concepts of the study. It discusses the nature and tasks of early development and the context for early development. The report includes conclusions, recommendations, references and an index. The appendices include: A. Related reports from the National Academies; B. Defining and estimating causal effects; C. Technologies for studying the developing human brain; and D. Biographical sketches of committee members. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Keck 360, Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 334-3313 Secondary Telephone: (888) 624-8373 Fax: (202) 334-2451 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nap.edu Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 0-309-06988-2.

Keywords: Behavioral sciences, Developmental psychology, Early childhood development, Genetics, Infants, Neural development, Social sciences, Studies, Young children

Eliot L. 1999. What's going on in there?: How the brain and mind develop in the first five years of life. New York: Random House, Bantam Books, 533 pp.

Annotation: This book explores neural and psychological development from conception to age five. It covers topics such as critical prenatal influences, infant stimulation, sex linked developmental differences, and the nature nurture controversy. The author devotes a chapter each to the development of touch, balance and motion, smell, taste, vision, hearing, motor skills, social and emotional growth, and the emergence of memory. The final chapter is suggestions for raising a smarter child.

Contact: Random House, Bantam Books, 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.randomhouse.com Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 0-553-10274-5.

Keywords: Brain, Child development, Cognitive development, Early childhood development, Infant development, Infant stimulation, Intellectual development, Language development, Memory, Nature nurture controversy, Neural development, Prenatal influences, Psychological development, Sex linked developmental differences

Education Commission of the States. 1996. Bridging the gap between neuroscience and education: Summary of a workshop. Denver, CO: Education Commission of the States, 28 pp.

Annotation: This report summarizes a workshop that brought together neuroscientists, cognitive psychologists, education researchers and practitioners, and policymakers to talk about what each sector has learned that has implications for the others' work and to explore ways to connect early brain development to strategies for improving the education of young children. The workshop was designed to lay the foundation for a continuing exchange between these groups—who normally don't work together—and to spur research on early childhood education. The report consists of presentations from the neurological field and the education field and the others' responses. A listing of workshop participants is provided at the end of the report.

Contact: Education Commission of the States, 700 Broadway, Suite 810, Denver, CO 80203-3460, Telephone: (303) 299-3600 Contact Phone: (303) 299-3692 Fax: (303) 296-8332 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ecs.org Price unknown.

Keywords: Child development specialists, Cognitive development, Collaboration, Early childhood education, Interdisciplinary approach, Learning, Learning activities, Neural development, Policy development, Teachers
   

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