Cover -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE: FAMILIES -- 1 THE PARENTAL EMPOWERMENT PROCESS: BUILDING ON FAMILY STRENGTHS -- 2 PRESENTING PSYCHOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE TO MOTHERS OF YOUNG CHILDREN -- 3 ADVISING PARENTS OF YOUNG DEAF CHILDREN: IMPLICATIONS AND ASSUMPTIONS -- 4 WAYS OF INCREASING PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION -- PART TWO: SCHOOLS -- 5 FROM PSYCHOLOGY TO INSTRUCTION -- 6 DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY AND THE PRE-SCHOOL CURRICULUM -- 7 THE CONTRIBUTION OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY TO THE EDUCATION OF MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IN SPECIAL SCHOOLS -- 8 THE DERBYSHIRE LANGUAGE SCHEME: RESEARCH TO PRACTICE IN REMEDIAL LANGUAGE TEACHING -- 9 POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE USE OF RESEARCH FINDINGS IN SCHOOLS: EXPERIENCE IN ENGLAND AND NEW ZEALAND -- PART THREE: PROFESSIONAL TRAINING -- 10. DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY APPLIED TO TEACHER TRAINING -- 11 EVOLVING CLINICAL PRACTICE FROM RESEARCH FINDINGS: THE PROBLEM OFPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION -- 12 SERVICE-BASED RESEARCH -- OVERVIEW -- CONTRIBUTORS -- AUTHOR INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX