# Effective Early Intervention

## The Developmental Systems Approach

[Michael J. Guralnick, Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_Contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3980&Name=Michael+Guralnick,Ph.D.)

An invaluable reference for early childhood researchers, faculty, and policy makers, this forward-thinking book is the key to establishing inclusive community-based early intervention systems that nurture each family's strengths and promote child development.

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| 52889 | 978-1-68125-288-9 |
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| 2019 | 384 |
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After decades of rapid evolution and groundbreaking research, the field of early intervention can be understood within a common framework: the Developmental Systems Approach (DSA). Created by a highly influential leader in the field, Michael Guralnick, this **evidence-based, relationship-oriented, family-centered framework** focuses on strengthening the quality of **key family patterns of interaction** that influence a child's development. The overall integration of developmental science, our knowledge of risk and disability, intervention science, and practice provides the structure for the DSA.

In this important volume, Guralnick organizes and analyzes the most current research and developments in early intervention through the lens of the DSA. Starting with a clear explanation of the foundations of early intervention, the book then applies the DSA to four vulnerable populations: children at risk due to **biological factors, specifically preterm birth, children at environmental risk, children with developmental delays,** and **children with autism spectrum disorder.** Readers will discover how the DSA can guide the development of effective services and supports for diverse young children and families, and they’ll come away with insights on how to use this framework to improve early intervention programs in their own communities. An invaluable reference for early childhood researchers, faculty, and policy makers, this forward-thinking book is the key to establishing inclusive community-based early intervention systems that nurture each family's strengths and promote child development.

**READERS WILL:**

- Understand the developmental science that applies to all children
- Learn how child development is influenced by three critical family patterns of interaction—parent–child transactions, family-orchestrated child experiences, and parent promotion of child health and safety
- Explore the influence of family resources as well as child-specific risk and protective factors on a child’s health and development in the context of early intervention
- Discover ways to select interventions that are most effective for children and families based on intervention science and the DSA conceptual framework
- Learn the fundamentals of applying the DSA framework to designing and implementing inclusive community-based systems of early intervention

## Reviews

Helen Dumont, Reviewer, Midwest Book Review \- April 22, 2019

"A seminal, ground-breaking work"

Steven Warren, Ph.D., Investigator, Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies at the University of Kansas \- November 2, 2018

"Effective Early Intervention: The Developmental Systems Approach is a comprehensive, thoroughly updated volume that builds on Mike Guralnick’s previous books on this topic. Amongst its strengths are the way it weaves the developmental approach together with empirical research to create a cutting-edge tool for practitioners, scientists, and most of all students from a wide range of disciplines."

Ann Turnbull, Ph.D., University of North Carolina \- November 2, 2018

"Dr. Guralnick analyzes the "parts" and synthesizes the "whole." The "parts" are the domains of developmental science, knowledge of risk/disability, intervention science, and early intervention practice. The "whole" is his brilliant Developmental Systems Framework through which he verifies Aristotle’s wisdom–"the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.""

Sally Rogers, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, MIND Institute at the University of California, Davis \- October 31, 2018

"Guralnick provides the reader with state of the science knowledge in learning characteristics of children within various types of developmental disorders, and in applying his DSA model, he also opens up new ways of organizing existing information, new ways of considering intervention targets, and new ideas about individual variation in longitudinal trajectories."

Laurie Dinnebeil, Ph.D., Distinguished University Professor and Judith Daso Herb Chair, The University of Toledo \- October 29, 2018

"Clearly a book that should be on the bookshelf for scholars who are committed to supporting the development and well-being of young children with disabilities and their families."

Author: [Michael J. Guralnick Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3980&Name=Michael+J.+Guralnick+Ph.D.)

**Read the excerpt**

[Introduction to Effective Early Intervention: The Developmental Systems Approach](/content/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Guralnick_Excerpt.pdf)