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The formative years – ages three through five – are critical to building a solid foundation for children’s long-term success. And although the relationship between children and parents is central to healthy development, a variety of community members and
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The Search Institute Series on Developmentally Attentive Community and Society Series Editor Peter L. Benson, Search Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota Series Mission To advance interdisciplinary inquiry into the individual, system, community, and societal dynamics that promote developmental strengths; and the processes for mobilizing these dynamics on behalf of children and adolescents.
DEVELOPMENTAL ASSETS AND ASSET-BUILDING COMMUNITIES: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice Edited by Richard M. Lerner and Peter L. Benson
OTHER PEOPLE’S KIDS:
Social Expectations and American Adults’ Involvement with Children Peter C. Scales with Peter L. Benson, Marc Mannes, Nicole R. Hintz, Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, and Theresa K. Sullivan
WHAT DO CHILDREN NEED TO FLOURISH?
Conceptualizing and Measuring Indicators of Positive Development Edited by Kristin Anderson Moore and Laura H. Lippman
MOBILIZING ADULTS FOR POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT:
Strategies for Closing the Gap between Beliefs and Behaviors Edited by E. Gil Clary and Jean E. Rhodes
AUTHORITATIVE COMMUNITIES:
The Scientific Case for Nurturing the Whole Child Edited by Kathleen Kovner Kline
PROMOTING POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD Building Blocks for a Successful Start Karen VanderVen
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Karen VanderVen
Promoting Positive Development in Early Childhood Building Blocks for a Successful Start
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Karen VanderVen University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA [email protected]
ISBN: 978-0-387-79921-6
e-ISBN: 978-0-387-79922-3
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Series Preface
This new volume in the Search Institute Series on Developmentally Attentive Community and Society represents a milestone in Search Institute’s signature work on the Developmental Assets that children and adolescents need in their lives to succeed. Through the research behind this book, Karen VanderVen links this strength-based, community-based approach to human development to early childhood development and pra
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