Lead Editor
Samuel L. Odom, Ph.D.
Email: slodom@unc.edu
Editorial Team
Iheoma Iruka, Ph.D.
Email: iruka@unc.edu
Kelly Maxwell, Ph.D.
Email: maxwell@unc.edu
Managing Editor
Amy D. Glaspie
Email: aglaspie@srcd.org
Issues of the Social Policy Report from 1994-current are now available to view online in PDF format (see below). The Social Policy Report is available for reprinting with appropriate citation.
2013
| 1 | Preserving and Enhancing the Responsible Conduct of Research Involving Children and Youth: A Response to Proposed Changes in Federal Regulations Celia B. Fisher, Donald J. Brunnquell, Diane L. Hughes, Lynn S. Liben, Valerie Maholmes, Stuart Plattner, Stephen T. Russell & Elizabeth J. Susman |
2012
| 4 | Social and Emotional Learning in Schools: From Programs to Strategies Stephanie M. Jones and Suzanne M. Bouffard |
| 3 |
Children, Families and Poverty: Definitions,trends, emerging science and Implications for policy |
| 2 | The Uses of Research in Policy and Practice Vivian Tseng |
| 1 | Building the Workforce Our Youngest Children Deserve Holly Rhodes and Aletha Huston |
2011
| 4 | Promoting Equity, Tolerance, and Justice in Childhood(spr_254.pdf) Melanie Killen, Adam Rutland, and Martin D. Ruok |
| 3 | Household Food Insecurity: Serious Concerns for Child Development(spr_v253_web_final.pdf) Barbara H. Fiese, Craig Gundersen, Brenda Koester, and LaTesha Washington |
| 2 | Quality of Early Childhood Development Programs in Global Contexts(spr_v252rev.pdf) Pia Rebello Britto, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, and Kimberly Boller |
| 1 | Evidence-Based Interventions for Juvenile Offenders and Juvenile Justice Policies that Support Them(spr_25_no_1.pdf) Scott W. Henggeler & Sonja K. Schoenwald |
2010
| 4 | Safe Schools Policy for LGBTQ Students (spr_24_4_final.pdf) Stephen T. Russell, Joseph Kosciw, Stacey Horn, Elizabeth Saewyc |
| 3 | Review of Three Recent Randomized Trials of School-Based Mentoring: Making Sense of Mixed Findings (spr_24-3.pdf) Marc E. Wheeler, Thomas E. Keller, and David L. DuBois |
| 2 | Autism Spectrum Disorders Diagnosis, Prevalence, and Services for Children and Families (24-2.pdf) Catherine Lord and Somer L. Bishop |
| 1 | Protecting Children from Exposure to Lead: Old Problem, New Data, and New Policy Needs (spr_24-1.pdf) Claire Cole and Adam Winsler |
2009
| 4 | Home Visitation and Young Children: An Approach Worth Investing In? (23-4_astuto_allen.pdf) Jennifer Astuto and LaRue Allen |
| 3 | Evidence-Based Programming in the Context of Practice and Policy (23-3_mccall.pdf) Robert B. McCall |
| 2 | Early Educational Opportunities for Children of Hispanic Origins (23-2_garcia.pdf) Eugene Garcia and Bryant Jensen |
| 1 | The Difficult Transition to Adulthood for Foster Youth in the US: Implications for the State as Corporate Parent (23-1_courtney.pdf) Mark E. Courtney |
2008
| 4 | Reclaiming the Family Table: Mealtimes and Child Health and Wellbeing (22-4_fiese.pdf) Barbara H. Fiese and Marlene Schwartz |
| 3 | Children in Immigrant Families: Looking to America's Future (22_3_hernandez_final.pdf) Donald J. Hernandez, Nancy A. Denton, and Suzanne E. Macartney |
| 2 | After-School Programs and Academics: Implications for Policy, Practice, and Research (22-2_afterschool_programs.pdf) Robert C. Granger, Ed.D. |
| 1 | Mathematics Education for Young Children: What It is and How to Promote It (22-1_early_childhood_math.pdf) Herbert P. Ginsburg, Joon Sun Lee, and Judi Stevenson Boyd |
2007
| 4 | NCLB: State Interpretations, Early Effects, and Suggestions for Reauthorization (21-4_no_child_left_behind.pdf) Andrew C. Porter and Morgan S. Polikoff |
| 3 | The Benefits and Costs of Head Start (21-3_early_childhood_education.pdf) Jens Ludwig, Deborah Phillips |
| 2 | Teaching Tolerance in Schools:Lessons Learned Since Brown v.Board of Education About the Development (21-2_reduce_prejudice.pdf) Jennifer H. Pfeifer, Christia Spears Brown, and Jaana Juvonen |
| 1 | Katrina’s Children: Social Policy Considerations for Children in Disasters (21-1_hurricane_katrina.pdf) Joy D. Osofsky, Howard J. Osofsky, and William W. Harris |
2006
| 4 | Organized Activity Participation, Positive Youth Development, and the Over-Scheduling Hypothesis Joseph L. Mahoney, Angel L. Harris, and Jacquelynne S. Eccles |
| 3 | Understanding and Facilitating the Youth Mentoring Movement (20-3_youth_mentoring.pdf) Jean E. Rhodes and David L. DuBois |
| 2 | The Epidemic of Childhood Obesity: Review of Research and Implications for Public Policy (spr20-2.pdf) Jenelle S. Krishnamoorthy, Chantelle Hart, and Elissa Jelalian |
| 1 | Deviant Peer Influences in Intervention and Public Policy for Youth (spr20-1.pdf) Kenneth A. Dodge, Thomas J. Dishion, and Jennifer E. Lansford |
2005
| 4 | Connecting the Science of Child Development to Public Policy (spr19-4.pdf) Aletha Huston |
| 3 | PK-3: An Aligned and Coordinated Approach to Education for Children 3 to 8 Years Old (spr19-3.pdf) Kimber Bogard and Ruby Takanishi |
| 2 | Effects of Welfare and Employment Policies on Young Children: New Findings on Policy Experiments Conducted in the Early 1990s (spr19-2.pdf) Pamela A. Morris, Lisa A. Gennetian, and Greg J. Duncan |
| 1 | Using Scientific Knowledge to Inform Preschool Assessment: Making the Case for "Empirical Validity" (spr19-1.pdf) Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Anita Kochanoff, Nora S. Newcombe, and Jill de Villiers |
2004
| 4 | From Baby Einstein to Leapfrog, From Doom to Sims, From Instant Messaging to Internet Chat Rooms: Public Interest in the Role of Interactive Media in Children's Lives (spr18-4.pdf) Ellen Wartella, Allison G. Caplovitz, and June H. Lee |
| 3 | Putting the Child Back Into Child Care: Combining Care and Education for Children Ages 3-5 (spr18-3.pdf) Jessica Brauner, Bonnie Gordic, and Edward Zigler |
| 2 | Beyond the Methodological Gold Standards of Behavioral Research: Considerations for Practice and Policy (spr18-2.pdf) Robert B. McCall, University of Pittsburgh, Beth L. Green, NPC Research, Inc. |
| 1 | Stimulation Programs for Preterm Infants (spr18-1.pdf) Tiffany Field, Maria Hernandez-Reif, and Julia Freedman |
2003
| 4 | Juveniles’ Competence to Stand Trial as Adults Laurence Steinberg, Thomas Grisso, Jennifer Woolard, Elizabeth Cauffman, Elizabeth Scott, Sandra Graham, Fran Lexcen, N. Dickon Reppucci, and Robert Schwartz (spr17-4.pdf) |
| 3 | Toward an Understanding of Youth in Community Governance: Policy Priorities and Research Directions (spr17-3.pdf) Shepherd Zeldin, Linda Camino, and Matthew Calvert |
| 2 | Kindergarten: An Overlooked Educational Policy Priority (spr17-2.pdf) Sara Vecchiotti |
| 1 | Do You Believe In Magic?: What We Can Expect From Early Childhood Intervention Programs (spr17-1.pdf) Jeanne Brooks-Gunn |
2002
| 4 | Towards an Understanding of the Impact of Welfare Reform on Children with Disabilities (spr16-4.pdf) Elisa A. Rosman, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, and Jane Knitzer |
| 3 | Emotions Matter: Making the Case for the Role of Young Children’s Emotional Development for Early Sc (spr16-3.pdf) C. Cybele Raver |
| 2 | At What Age Should Children Enter Kindergarten? A Question for Policy Makers and Parents (spr16-2.pdf) Deborah Stipek |
| 1 | The Effects of Welfare Reform Policies on Children (spr16-1.pdf) Pamela A. Morris |
2001
| 4 | Adolescents as Adults in Court: A Developmental Perspective on the Transfer of Juveniles to Criminal (spr15-4.pdf) Laurence Steinberg and Elizabeth Cauffman |
| 3 | Strategic Frame Analysis: Reframing America’s Youth (spr15-3.pdf) Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr. and Susan Nall Bales |
| 2 | Self-Sufficiency Programs and Parent Interventions: Lessons from New Chance and the Teenage Parent Demonstration (spr15-2.pdf) Nancy E. Reichman and Sara S. McLanahan |
| 1 | Youth Civic Development: Implications of Research for Social Policy and Programs (spr15-1.pdf) Constance A. Flanagan and Nakesha Faison |
2000
| 2 | Parental Leave Policies: An Essential Ingredient in Early Childhood Education and Care Policies (spr14-2.pdf) Sheila B. Kamerman |
| 1 | What Do Adolescents Need for Healthy Development? Implications for Youth Policy (spr14-1.pdf) Jodie Roth and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn |
1999
| 4 | Service Learning: Who Benefits and Why Arthur A. Stukas, Jr., E. Gil Clary, and Mark Snyder |
| 3 | Evaluating the Effectiveness of School-Based Violence Prevention: Developmental Approaches Christopher C. Henrich, Joshua L. Brown, and J. Lawrence Aber |
| 2 | Perspectives on Father Involvement: Research and Policy (spr13-2.pdf) Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda and Natasha Cabrera |
| 1 | Beyond "Giving Science Away": How University-Community Partnerships Inform Youth Programs, Research, and Policy (spr13-1.pdf) Jill Denner, Catherine R.Cooper, Edward M. Lopez and Nora Dunbar |
1998
| 4 | Improving the Life Chances of Children in Poverty: Assumptions and What We Have Learned (spr12-4.pdf) Robert G. St.Pierre & Jean I. Layzer |
| 3 | Implications of the 1996 Welfare Legislation for Children: A Research Perspective (spr12-3.pdf) Martha Zaslow, Kathryn Tout, Sheila Smith, & Kristin Moore |
| 2 | Investigating Child Care Subsidy: What Are We Buying? Helen Raikes |
| 1 | Fathers’ Involvement with Children: Perspectives from Developing Countries (spr12-1.pdf) Patrice L. Engle & Cynthia Breaux |
1997
| 3 | Public Policy Schools as Opportunities for Developmental Scientists: An Overview and Illustration (spr11-3.pdf) Rachel A. Gordon & P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale |
| 2 | Training the Applied Developmental Scientist for Prevention and Practice: Two Current Examples (spr11-2.pdf) Celia B. Fisher & Joy D. Osofsky |
| 1 | Schooling, the Hidden Curriculum, and Children’s Conceptions of Poverty (spr11-1.pdf) Judith A. Chafel |
1996
| 5 | A Reconceptualiztion of the Effects of Undernutrition on Children's Biological, Psychosocial, and Behavioral Development (spr10-5.pdf) Ernesto Pollitt, chair; Mari Golub, Kathleen Gorman, Sally Grantham- McGregor, David Levitsky, Beat Schürch, Barbara Strupp, & Theodore Wachs |
| 4 | Building Research and Policy Connections: Training and Career Options for Developmental Scientists (spr10-4.pdf) Amy Susman-Stillman, Joshua L. Brown, Emma K. Adam, Clancy Blair, Robin Gaines, Rachel A. Gordon, Ann Marie White, & Sheri R. Wynn |
| 3 | Inclusion at the Preschool Level: An Ecological Systems Analysis Samuel Odom et al. |
| 2 | Has the Emperor No Clothes? Social Policy Issues and the Empirical Support for Full Inclusion of Children with Disabilities in the Preschool and Early Elementary Grades Bryna Siegel |
| 1 | Latin American Immigration and U.S. Schools (spr10-1.pdf) Claude Goldenberg |
1995
| 3 | Children Who Witness Domestic Violence: The Invisible Victims (PDF) Joy D. Osofsky |
| 2 | The U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: Its Relevance for Social Scientists (spr9-2.pdf) Susan P. Limber & Malfrid Grude Flekkoy< |
| 1 | Escaping Poverty: The Promise of Higher Education (PDF) Erika Kates |
1994
| 4 | Resiliency Research: Models, Issues, and Policy Implications (spr8-4.pdf) Marc A. Zimmerman & Revathy Arunkumar |
| 3 | Developmental Effects of Lead Exposure in Children (spr8-3.pdf) Johanna Rich Tesman & Amanda Hills |
| 2 | Children in Poverty: Designing Research to Affect Policy (spr8-2.pdf) Aletha C. Husto |
| 1 | Children's Changing Access to Resources: A Historical Perspective (spr8-1.pdf) Donald J. Hernandez |
1993
| 4 | Integrating Science and Ethics in Research with High-Risk Children and Youth Celia B. Fisher |
| 3 | Child Witnesses: Translating Research into Policy Stephen J. Ceci & Maggie Bruck |
| 2 | Using Research and Theory to Justify and Inform Head Start Expansion Edward Zigler & Sally J. Styfco |
| 1 | Canadian Special Education Policies: Children with Learning Disabilities in a Bilingual and Multicultural Society Linda S. Siegel & Judith Wiener |
1992
| 4 | Crack's Children: The Consequences of Maternal Cocaine Abuse Theresa Lawton Hawley & Elizabeth R. Disney |
| 3 | The States and the Poor: Child Poverty Rises as the Safety Net Shrinks Julie Strawn |
| 2 | Testing in American Schools: Issues for Research and Policy Patricia Morrison |
| 1 | Mother-Headed Families: An International Perspective and the Case of Australia Alisa Burns |
1991
| 4 | Rhetoric or Reality? Child and Family Policy in the United States Francine H. Jacobs & Margery W. Davies |
| 3 | The Migrant Head Start Program Mary Lou de Leon Siantz |
| 2 | Infant Mortality and Public Policy Ann L. Wilson & Gary Neidich |
| 1 | Two-Generation Program Models: A New Intervention Strategy Sheila Smith |
1990
| 4 | Antecedents of Illiteracy Barbara J. Fox |
| 3 | Pediatric AIDS and HIV Infection in the United States: Recommendations for Research, Policy, and Programs Linda A. Valleroy |
| 2 | Child Mental Health: Service System and Policy Issues Judith H. Jacobs |
| 1 | Social Science and the Prevention of Children's Injuries Penelope H. Brooks & Michael C. Roberts |
1988
| 4 | Homelessness: Implications for Children and Youth Andrea L. Solarz |
| 3 | Implications of Public Law 99-457 for Early Intervention Services for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities Penny Hauser-Cram, Carole C. Upshur, Marty Wyngaarden Krauss, & Jack P. Shonkoff |
| 2 | Head Start: A Backward and Forward Look Diana T. Slaughter , Valora Washington , Ura Jean Oyemade, & Rachel Washington Lindsey |
| 1 | Children and the Uninsured Charles N. Oberg |
1987
| 4 | Child Care: Quality, Regulation, and Research Karen S. Weintraub & Laurie N. Furman |
| 3 | School Dropout: A Federal Perspective Brian L. Wilcox & Trudy Vincent |
| 2 | The National Center for Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health Angela Barron McBride |
| 1 | The Juvenile Justice and Deliquency Prevention Act Ellen Greenberg Garrison |
1984-1986
| 5 | Bilingual Education Act, Title II of the Education Amendments of 1984 Diane L. August |
| 4 | Children and Television Dale L. Kunkel & Bruce A. Watkins |
| 3 | The Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Lindsay Chase-Landsdale, Patrick Casey, Kathleen, McCluskey, Ernesto Pollitt, Jill Reich, Henry Ricciuti, Maris Vinovskis, Valora Washington, & Ann Wilson |
| 2 | Adolescent Pregnancy Barbara Everett, Wendy Baldwin, Urie Bronfenbrenner, Patrick Casey, Susan Crockenberg, Frank Furstenberg, Jr., Hariette McAdoo, Craig Perry, Maris Vinovskis, & Valora Washington |
| 1 | The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1983 Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Patrick Casey, Byron Egeland, Eli Newberger, Diana T. Slaughter, Maris Vinovskis, & Valora Washington |