Robert C. Pianta is Associate Professor of Clinical and School Psychology in the Curry School of Education, University of Virginia. Daniel J. Walsh is Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

"...I applaud this volume's emphases and hope that these ideas will become more prevalent and more practiced...the more general context point of view is well highlighted and should be a part of every well informed mental health consultant's awareness." -- Irving H. Berkovitz, ClinicalProfessor in Psychiatry, UCLA"In this gem of a book, Pianta and Walsh offer a fresh and stimulating perspective on children's schooling, the nature of risk, and the importance of the relationship between the child/family system and schools/schooling. ...This volume would be an excellent supplementary text in coursesin child development, child psychopathology, exceptional children, educational foundations, and school consultation." -- School Psychology Quarterly

• Introduction; Part 1 Risk; Chapter 1 Contemporary Children And Risk; Chapter 2 The Discourse On Risk And Early Schooling; Chapter 3 The Invidious Triangle; Part 2 Systems; Chapter 4 A New Lens; Chapter 5 General Systems Approaches To Understanding Early Schooling And Risk; Chapter 6 The Child As A Developing System; Chapter 7 Life Hazards Contributing To Educational Risk; Part 3 Schooling; Chapter 8 What Do High-Risk Children Come To?; Chapter 9 Conversations Between Children And Schools;

Robert C. Pianta is Associate Professor of Clinical and School Psychology in the Curry School of Education, University of Virginia. Daniel J. Walsh is Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

"...I applaud this volume's emphases and hope that these ideas will become more prevalent and more practiced...the more general context point of view is well highlighted and should be a part of every well informed mental health consultant's awareness." -- Irving H. Berkovitz, ClinicalProfessor in Psychiatry, UCLA"In this gem of a book, Pianta and Walsh offer a fresh and stimulating perspective on children's schooling, the nature of risk, and the importance of the relationship between the child/family system and schools/schooling. ...This volume would be an excellent supplementary text in coursesin child development, child psychopathology, exceptional children, educational foundations, and school consultation." -- School Psychology Quarterly

• Introduction; Part 1 Risk; Chapter 1 Contemporary Children And Risk; Chapter 2 The Discourse On Risk And Early Schooling; Chapter 3 The Invidious Triangle; Part 2 Systems; Chapter 4 A New Lens; Chapter 5 General Systems Approaches To Understanding Early Schooling And Risk; Chapter 6 The Child As A Developing System; Chapter 7 Life Hazards Contributing To Educational Risk; Part 3 Schooling; Chapter 8 What Do High-Risk Children Come To?; Chapter 9 Conversations Between Children And Schools;

Robert C. Pianta is Associate Professor of Clinical and School Psychology in the Curry School of Education, University of Virginia. Daniel J. Walsh is Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

"...I applaud this volume's emphases and hope that these ideas will become more prevalent and more practiced...the more general context point of view is well highlighted and should be a part of every well informed mental health consultant's awareness." -- Irving H. Berkovitz, ClinicalProfessor in Psychiatry, UCLA"In this gem of a book, Pianta and Walsh offer a fresh and stimulating perspective on children's schooling, the nature of risk, and the importance of the relationship between the child/family system and schools/schooling. ...This volume would be an excellent supplementary text in coursesin child development, child psychopathology, exceptional children, educational foundations, and school consultation." -- School Psychology Quarterly

• Introduction; Part 1 Risk; Chapter 1 Contemporary Children And Risk; Chapter 2 The Discourse On Risk And Early Schooling; Chapter 3 The Invidious Triangle; Part 2 Systems; Chapter 4 A New Lens; Chapter 5 General Systems Approaches To Understanding Early Schooling And Risk; Chapter 6 The Child As A Developing System; Chapter 7 Life Hazards Contributing To Educational Risk; Part 3 Schooling; Chapter 8 What Do High-Risk Children Come To?; Chapter 9 Conversations Between Children And Schools;