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From the past to the future of developmental follow-up research;developmental theory, prediction, and the developmental equation infollow-up research; ecological perspectives on longitudinal follow-upstudies; developmental research in behavioural teratology - effects ofprenatal alcohol exposure on child development; health surveillance andthe development of children; early cognitive development and thecontribution of peer interaction - a Piagetian view; expanding theboundaries of evaluation - strategies for refining and evaluatingill-defined interventions; developmental psychopathology and multiplexdevelopmental disorder; developmental follow-up strategies - assessingchild psychopathology in developmental follow-up studies; parents asscientific observers of their children's development; assessment ofcognitive and language functioning - a developmental perspective;environmental issues in developmental follow-up research. Experimentaldesign and data analysis: the special methodological problems ofchildhood developmental follow-up studies - focus on planning;methodological considerations and strategies for studying the longtermfollow-up of early intervention; modeling duration and the timing ofevents - using survival analysis in longterm follow-up studies; towardsa developmental epidemiology; developmental epidemiology; child careand child development - the NICHD study of early child care.