Material Listing

This "contract" includes a list of questions to consider when defining the terms of a healthy dating relationship. Generates discussion about preferences and rights.

Available in English, Spanish, and French, these handouts describe developmental assets for early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence.

Provides a detailed chart that illustrates the impact of exposure to domestic violence on 5 stages of child development as defined by Erikson. Describes general impact, specific signs/symptoms, and children's perspectives from infancy through adolescence.

Note this caution from the author regarding the implications of the research findings: "As with all research, we must be cautious about overinterpreting the implications of fresh insights about the importance of fathers in the lives of young children. For example, on the basis of some of these data, some would have us rush to force fathers to stay in the lives of their children and supply support, both financial and emotional, regardless of the reasons for the fathers' absence. Yet with so much to learn about male nurture...

This resource list includes national and State organizations with information on brain development to promote healthy growth among young children and publications describing research and its implications for parenting, programming, and policy.