The Effectiveness of Early Intervention for At-Risk and Handicapped Children Book

	Contributors
	Foreword
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction: Directions for Second-Generation Research
1	Second-Generation Research in the Field of Early Intervention	3
2	The Effectiveness of Early Intervention for Disadvantaged Children	23
3	Earliest Intervention for Preterm Infants in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit	47
4	Early Intervention for Low-Birth-Weight Infants and the Path to Second-Generation Research	77
5	Early Intervention for Children at Risk for Neuromotor Problems	99
6	Early Intervention for Children Prenatally Exposed to Alcohol and Other Drugs	109
7	The Effects of Early Intervention on Maltreating Parents and Their Children	147
8	The Effectiveness of Early Intervention for Children of Parents with Mental Retardation	171
9	Early Intervention for Children with HIV Infection	193
10	The Effectiveness of Providing Social Support for Families of Children at Risk	209
11	Evaluating the Effectiveness of Curriculum Alternatives for Infants and Preschoolers at High Risk	227
12	Influencing Parent-Child Interactions for Children at Risk	249
13	The Effectiveness of Early Intervention for Children with Down Syndrome	271
14	Early Intervention in Autism	307
15	The Effectiveness of Early Intervention for Children with Cerebral Palsy and Related Motor Disabilities	327
16	The Effectiveness of Early Intervention for Children with Communication Disorders	349
17	Early Intervention for Families of Preschool Children with Conduct Problems	429
18	The Effectiveness of Early Intervention for Deaf Children and Children with Hearing Loss	455
19	The Effectiveness of Early Intervention for Children with Visual Impairments	483
20	Influences of Social Support on Children with Disabilities and Their Families	499
21	The Effectiveness of Specific Educational/Developmental Curricula for Children with Established Disabilities	523
22	Parent-Child Interaction Intervention When Children Have Disabilities	549
23	Designing Early Intervention Programs to Promote Children's Social Competence	579
24	Two Generations of Family Research in Early Intervention	611
25	Are Parents' Beliefs About Their Children with Special Needs a Framework for Individualizing Intervention or a Focus of Change?	625
	Author Index	641
	Subject Index	647