{"id":6668,"date":"2025-11-10T19:53:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.scienceofecd.com\/secd-preview\/?page_id=6668"},"modified":"2025-11-14T21:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T21:17:07","slug":"introductory-edition-table-of-contents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/content.scienceofecd.com\/secd-preview\/introductory-edition-table-of-contents\/","title":{"rendered":"Introductory Edition Table of Contents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brain Development<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><br>1. Early brain development<br>1.1 Brain architecture<br>1.2 Experience-based brain development<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research<\/strong><br>2. Brain development research<br>2.1 Nurturing relationships<br>2.2 Stress<br>2.3 Memory<br>2.4 Research review<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Links to practice<\/strong><br>3. Practices for healthy brain development<br>3.1 Advancing maternal and prenatal health<br>3.2 Observing child development<br>3.3 Caring through everyday experience<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coping and Competence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><br>1. Coping and competence in early childhood<br>1.1 Self-regulation<br>1.2 Individual differences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research<\/strong><br>2. Coping and competence research<br>2.1 Early regulatory systems<br>2.2 Family relationships<br>2.3 Emotional learning<br>2.4 Play, coping and competence<br>2.5 Research review<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Links to practice<\/strong><br>3. Supports for coping and competence<br>3.1 Understanding feelings and behaviour<br>3.2 Getting along with others<br>3.3 Valuing play<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Communicating and Learning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><br>1. Communicating and learning in early childhood<br>1.1 Acquiring language<br>1.2 Thinking and learning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research<\/strong><br>2. Communicating and learning research<br>2.1 Early language development<br>2.2 Literacy<br>2.3 Early mathematics<br>2.4 Research review<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Links to practice<\/strong><br>3. Opportunities for communicating and learning<br>3.1 Guiding and teaching<br>3.2 Planning environments for learning<br>3.3 Creating curriculum<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Ecology of Childhood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><br>1. Ecology of childhood<br>1.1 Contexts<br>1.2 Children&#8217;s rights<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research<\/strong><br>2. Ecology of childhood research<br>2.1 Families<br>2.2 Early childhood education<br>2.3 Early intervention<br>2.4 Research review<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Links to practice<\/strong><br>3. Environments for children<br>3.1 Sustaining home life<br>3.2 Strengthen early child development programs<br>3.3 Creating child-friendly communities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Developmental Health<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><br>1. The developmental health perspective<br>1.1 Life course trajectories<br>1.2 Growing up in poverty<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research<\/strong><br>2. Developmental health research<br>2.1 Social determinants of health<br>2.2 The gradient effect<br>2.3 The economic impact<br>2.4 Research review<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Links to practice<\/strong><br>3. Advocacy<br>3.1 Advocating for early child development<br>3.2 Shaping public policies<br>3.3 Closing the gap<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brain Development Overview1. Early brain development1.1 Brain architecture1.2 Experience-based brain development Research2. Brain development research2.1 Nurturing relationships2.2 Stress2.3 Memory2.4 Research review Links to practice3. Practices for healthy brain development3.1 Advancing maternal and prenatal health3.2 Observing child development3.3 Caring through everyday experience Coping and Competence Overview1. Coping and competence in early childhood1.1 Self-regulation1.2 Individual differences Research2. 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