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  • Welfare reform, family support, and child development: Perspectives from policy analysis and developmental psychopathology

  • JANE KNITZER, HIROKAZU YOSHIKAWA, NANCY K. CAUTHEN, J. LAWRENCE ABER
  • Journal:
    Development and Psychopathology / Volume 12 / Issue 4 / December 2000
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    16 January 2001, pp. 619-632

  • This article explores the implications of recent welfare-related policy change for the well-being of children in low-income families, and for research investigating child development processes and outcomes. It provides an overview of current welfare-related policies and explores the implications for developmental researchers. The article also synthesizes early findings from research, highlighting both overall impacts and the more nuanced evidence that while families are transitioning off welfare, only a small number are transitioning out of poverty, and a subgroup of families at risk are not faring well. It then examines, from a theoretical and methodological framework, what developmental psychopathology might bring to the study of welfare-related impacts on children in the context of this complex and changing policy landscape, and what welfare researchers might bring to the field of developmental psychopathology. The article concludes with broad recommendations for both research and policy.

  • 19 - Early Childhood Mental Health Services: A Policy and Systems Development Perspective

  • Edited by Jack P. Shonkoff, Brandeis University, Massachusetts, Samuel J. Meisels, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • Foreword by Edward F. Zigler, Yale University, Connecticut
  • Book:
    Handbook of Early Childhood Intervention
    Published online:
    05 November 2011
    Print publication:
    22 May 2000, pp 416-438

  • Summary

    Knowledge about how young children develop and thrive has been growing over the past decades. So too have understandings about how environmental and biological risks can affect their cognitive, physical, and social development (Meisels & Shonkoff, 1990). This knowledge formed the basis of special education laws to create incentives for the development of family-centered services to young children with developmental delays or disabilities or, in some instances, those at risk of delays and disabilities. In theory, these laws include attention to social and emotional problems in young children. Yet, in practice, little policy or practice has focused on family-centered services to young children with emotional or behavioral disabilities or those at high risk of developing them (Knitzer, 1996a,b). Put differently, little attention has been paid to what, for the purposes of this chapter, is called “early childhood mental health.” This chapter argues that the need for early childhood mental health services and systems development is critical. To make the case, it draws on knowledge reported by practitioners and on empirical data to the extent that these are available. (Unfortunately, because this is an emerging field of public concern, it has not yet been well studied.) This chapter also highlights the potential connections between meeting publicly espoused early childhood social goals and addressing early childhood mental health issues. Finally, it argues that barriers and obstacles to creating responsive policies and nurturing a field of practice are considerable and pose some general directions for action.