PART I. INTRODUCTIONIntroduction, Irving E. SigelPast, Present, and Future Directions in Research on the Development of Low-Birthweight Children, Sarah L. Friedman and Marian D. SigmanPART II. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL, MEDICAL, AND THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONSThe Epidemiology of Low Birthweight, Joel C. KleinmanAdvances in Neonatal Intensive Care Technology and Their Possible Impact on the Development of Low-Birthweight Infants, Marie C. McCormickThe Concept of Risk: A Reevaluation, Frances Degen HorowitzPART III. SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENTVery-Low-Birthweight Newborns and Parents as Early Social Partners, Carol O. Eckerman and Jerri M. OehlerThe Development and Social Competence of a Preterm Sample at Age 4: Predictors and Transactional Outcomes, Mark T. Greenberg, Heather Carmichael-Olson, and Keith CrnicThe Social and Emotional Development of Low-Birthweight Infants and Their Families Up to Age 4, Klaus MindeEmotional and Behavioral Development of Low Birthweight Infants, Stephen L. Buka, Lewis P. Lipsitt, and Ming T. TsuangSchool Age Follow-up of the Development of Preterm Infants: Infants and Family Predictors, Diane Magyary, Patricia A. Brandt, Mary Hammond, and Kathryn BarnardBehavior Problems and Social Competence During Early Adolescence in Children Born Preterm, Sarale E. Cohen, Arthur H. Parmelee, Leila Beckwith, and Marian D. SigmanPART IV. INTELLECTUAL AND ACADEMIC COMPETENCEPrematurity as Well as Intraventricular Hemorrhage Influence Developmental Outcome at 5 Years, Anita Miller SostekPredicting Future Cognitive, Academic, and Behavioral Outcomes for Very-Low-Birthweight Infants, Valerie E. Barsky and Linda S. SiegelThe Prediction of Cognitive Abilities at Age 8 and 12 Years of Age from Neonatal Assessments of Preterm Infants, Marian D. Sigman, Sarale E.Cohen, Leila Beckwith, Robert Asarnow, and Arthur H. ParmeleeFurther Investigations of Intellectual Status at Age 8 Years: I. Long-Term Consequences into Adulthood. IINeonatal Predictors, Jane V. Hunt, William H. Tooley, and Bruce A. B. CooperPART V. INTERVENTIONS AND THEIR EFFECTSIndividualized, Family-Focused Developmental Care for the Very-Low-Birthweight Preterm Infant in the NICU, Heidelise AlsEvaluating Effects of Intervention with Parents of Preterm Infants, Leila Beckwith and Carol RodningEfficacy of Comprehensive Early Intervention for Low-Birthweight Premature Infants and Their Families: The Infant Health and Development Program, Ruth T. Gross, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, and Donna SpikerAn Interactionist Perspective on Interventions with Low-Birthweight Infants, Virginia A. Rauh and John BrennanAuthor IndexSubject Index
