From the past to the future of developmental follow-up research / Sarah L. Friedman, H. Carl Haywood, and Karen Livesey -- Developmental theory, prediction, and the developmental equation in follow-up research / Frances Degen Horowitz -- Ecological perspectives on longitudinal follow-up studies / Arnold Sameroff -- Developmental research in behavioral teratology : effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on child development / Heather Carmichael Olson [and others] -- Health surveillance and the development of children / Jack Shonkoff -- Early cognitive development and the contribution of peer interaction : a Piagetian view / Hermina Sinclair -- Expanding the boundaries of evaluation : strategies for refining and evaluating ill-defined interventions / Debra J. Rog -- Developmental psychopathology of multiplex developmental disorder / Donald J. Cohen [and others] -- Assessing child psychopathology in developmental follow-up studies / Craig Edelbrock -- Parents as scientific observers of their children's development / John E. Bates -- Assessment of cognitive and language functioning : a developmental perspective / Linda S. Siegel -- Environmental issues in developmental follow-up research / Bettye M. Caldwell and Robert H. Bradley -- Special methodological problems of childhood developmental follow-up studies : focus on planning / Helena Chmura Kraemer -- Methodological considerations and strategies for studying the long-term effects of early intervention / Carl J. Dunst and Carol M. Trivette -- Modeling duration and the timing of events : using survival analysis in long-term follow-up studies / Judith D. Singer and John B. Willett -- Toward a developmental epidemiology / Stephen L. Buka and Lewis P. Lipsitt -- Developmental epidemiology / Keith G. Scott, Kimberly H. Shaw, and Jennifer C. Urbano -- Child care and child development : the NICHD study of early child care / The NICHD Early Child Care Network.