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Innovative Approaches to Supporting Families of Young Children

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Editors:
  1. Cheri J. Shapiro

    1. University of South Carolina, Institute for Families in Society University of South Carolina, COLUMBIA, USA

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  2. Charlyn Harper Browne

    1. Center for the Study of Social Policy , Washington, USA

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  • Examines family support approaches across multiple levels of the social ecology

  • Proposes accessible and relevant constructs that are not traditionally addressed

  • Includes issues related to families of children with special needs

  • Outlines policy and funding strategies to support the well-being of families with young children

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. The Strengthening Families Approach and Protective Factors Framework™: A Pathway to Healthy Development and Well-Being

    • Charlyn Harper Browne
    Pages 1-24

  3. Parent- and Community-focused Approaches to Supporting Parents of Young Children: The Family Networks Project

    • Cheri J. Shapiro
    Pages 25-42

  4. Honoring Parenting Values, Expectations, and Approaches Across Cultures

    • Charlyn Harper Browne, Chrissie Castro, Panu Lucier
    Pages 43-56

  5. Strong Start for Families: An Innovative Use of High Fidelity Wraparound with Mothers in Early Recovery from Substance Use Disorders

    • M. Kay Teel
    Pages 57-85

  6. Building Young Children’s Social–Emotional Competence at Home and in Early Care and Education Settings

    • Charlyn Harper Browne, Cheri J. Shapiro
    Pages 87-105

  7. Promoting Early Childhood Development in the Pediatric Medical Home

    • John C. Duby
    Pages 107-126

  8. Neighborhood Approaches to Supporting Families of Young Children

    • Joyce Elizabeth Dean, James T. Seymour, Steven Rider
    Pages 127-142

  9. Public Policy Strategies to Promote the Well-Being of Families with Young Children

    • Megan C. Martin
    Pages 143-169

  10. From Thought to Action: Bridging the Gap in Early Childhood for Our Most Vulnerable Children and Families

    • Melissa Lim Brodowski, Shannon Rudisill
    Pages 171-194

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 195-197
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About this book

This invaluable reference introduces successful strengths-based programs for aiding families of young children in critical social contexts: family, school, community, and policy. The wide range of systems/contextual approaches described here are based in current understanding of children’s development, stress and resilience in families, cultural competence, and the two-generational approach to intervention. Research-based examples across early care and early learning platforms illustrate the links between parental protective factors and children’s academic and social outcomes, and between family stability and larger social goals. By supporting parents and children equally, the contributors assert, these interventions more fully address developmental and family issues than programs that mainly serve one generation or the other.


Included in the coverage:
• Parent and community focused approaches to supporting parents of young children: the Family Networks Project.
• Honoring parenting values, expectations, and approaches across cultures.
• Building young children's executive functions at home and in early care and education settings.
• Promoting early childhood development in the pediatric medical home.
• Neighborhood approaches to supporting families of young children.
• Public policy strategies to promote the well-being of families with young children.


Innovative Approaches for Supporting Parents of Young Children benefits professionals and practitioners working to support families of young children, particularly those interested in social work, psychology, public policy, and public health.


Editors and Affiliations

  • University of South Carolina, Institute for Families in Society University of South Carolina, COLUMBIA, USA

    Cheri J. Shapiro

  • Center for the Study of Social Policy , Washington, USA

    Charlyn Harper Browne

About the editors

Cheri Shapiro, PhD, is a Research Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Institute for Families in Society at the University of South Carolina. She is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience in direct service, administrative, and research settings. Her research interests include implementation of evidence-based parenting interventions and prevention of a range of maladaptive outcomes in youth including behavioral problems, child maltreatment, and delinquency. Dr. Shapiro served as Project Director of the federally funded U.S. Triple P System Population Trial and Principal Investigator of The Family Networks Project, a federally funded research and demonstration project designed to examine strategies for strengthening families and preventing child maltreatment in young children with disabilities. Recent projects include examining the impact of incarceration on families, risk factors in criminal justice populations, evidence-based parenting programs for children with disabilities, and brief parenting interventions. 

Charlyn Harper Browne, PhD, is a Senior Associate at the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP). At CSSP, Dr. Browne has served as Project Director of the National Quality Improvement Center on Early Childhood and is a member of two other project teams: the “Strengthening Families Initiative” and the “Youth Thrive—Healthy Adolescent Development and Well-Being” project. In both cases, she is primarily responsible for synthesizing and contributing to the research base that is foundational to the projects. Prior to joining CSSP, Browne served as a college professor and administrator for 32 years teaching in undergraduate psychology departments and graduate counseling departments. Her educational background includes extensive post-graduate studies in clinical child and family psychology after earning a doctoral degree in early childhood education.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Innovative Approaches to Supporting Families of Young Children

  • Editors: Cheri J. Shapiro, Charlyn Harper Browne

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39059-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-39057-4Published: 11 August 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81807-8Published: 12 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-39059-8Published: 02 August 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 197

  • Topics: Social Work, Developmental Psychology, Social Policy

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