Encyclopedia Of Applied Developmental Science (2 Vol)

Description:
'The Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science' is an important and timely contribution to this burgeoning field. This two-volume set is the authoritative source that encompasses the entire range of concepts and topics involved in the study of applied developmental science. Its contents and levels have broad appeal across the diverse audiences interested in how the application of knowledge about human development can be used to enhance the lives of individuals, families, and communities. The breadth of activity in applied developmental science makes adequate representation of its concepts and topics a daunting challenge.To this end, the Encyclopedia seeks to answer the following questions: How may information about this field be integrated in a manner accessible, meaningful, and useful to the next generation of the leaders of our nation and world? How may we best convey the knowledge necessary for them to understand the nature of their development and the way that they may contribute positively to their own lives, to their families and communities, and to the designed and natural environments of which they will be stewards? 'The Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science' provides the most effective way to address these questions. It includes entries written in an authoritative but not overly technical manner by the broad range of scholars and practitioners involved in applied developmental science. In addition to an alphabetical table of contents, there is a readers' guide that organizes the entries into 30 content categories to help the reader locate similarly themed entries with ease.This title includes topics such as: Adolescent Development; ADS Training and Education; Adult Development; Biographies of Applied Developmental Scientists; Child Development; Civic Engagement; Culture and Diversity Development; Promoting Interventions; Developmental Assessment; Developmental Disorders; Developmental Processes; Developmental Risks; Ecology of Human Development; Emotional and Social Development; Ethics; Families; Foundations; Health; Historical Influences; Infant Development; Organizations; Parenting; Personality Development; Religiosity and Spirituality; Research Methodology; Schools; Social Issues; Theory; Universities; and, Youth Programs.

Review:
'The most comprehensive, one-stop source for the latest in applied developmental science.' -- Don Floyd

Author Biography:
Celia B. Fisher, Ph.D., Marie Ward Doty Professor of Psychology and Director of the Fordham University Center for Ethics Education has provided national leadership in developing guidelines for graduate education in applied developmental science (ADS) and ethical standards for the science and practice of psychology and federal guidelines for human subjects research. She is a member of the DHHS Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP) and the Ethics Working Group of the National Children's Study, She Chaired the first National Conference on Graduate Education in ADS, the American Psychological Association's (APA) Ethics Code Task Force and the New York State Board for Psychology. And was a member of the NIMH Data Safety Monitoring Board and the Institute of Medicine Committee on Clinical Research Involving Children. Dr. Fisher is a founding co-editor of the journal Applied Developmental Science. She has over 100 publications 5 books covering topics in developmental psychology and in ethics, including developmental correlates of racial/ethnic discrimination; child and parental attitudes toward privacy and research ethics; the ability of children, adults with mental retardation and other vulnerable population to consent to treatment and research; guidelines for mental health research involving ethnic minority children and youth. Her most recent book, Decoding the Ethics Code: A Practical Guide for Psychologists (2003) Sage Publications has become a required text for graduate psychology programs across the country. Dr. Fisher's research and the ethics workshops and educational materials developed through the Fordham University Center for Ethics Education have received support from the National Science Foundation, the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute for Mental Health, and the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases. Richard M. Lerner is the Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science and the Director of the Applied Developmental Science Institute in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development at Tufts University. A developmental psychologist, Lerner received a Ph.D. in 1971 from the City University of New York. He has been a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association, and American Psychological Society. Prior to joining Tufts University, he held administrative posts at Michigan State University, Pennsylvania State University, and Boston College, where he was the Anita L. Brennan Professor of Education and the Director of the Center for Child, Family, and Community Partnerships. In 1994-95, he held the Tyner Eminent Scholar Chair in the Human Sciences at Florida State University. He is author or editor of 55 books and more than 360 scholarly articles and chapters. He edited Volume 1 (Theoretical Models of Human Development) for the fifth edition of the Handbook of Child Psychology. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Research on Adolescence and Applied Developmental Science. He is known for his theory of, and research about, relations between life-span human development and contextual or ecological change. Lerner has done foundational studies of adolescents' relations with their peer, family, school, and community contexts and is a leader in the study of public policies and community-based programs aimed at the promotion of positive youth development. With Sage, he authored America's Youth in Crisis: Challenges and Options for Programs and Policies (1995), co-edited the four-volume Handbook of Applied Developmental Science, and is co-editing the two-volume Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science.