Nurturing Children and Families

Notes on Contributors ix Preface xxiv Joshua D. Sparrow and Barry M. Lester Acknowledgments xxx About T. Berry Brazelton xxxii A Tribute to T. Berry Brazelton xxxv Geoffrey Canada Part I A Scientific Revolution in Behavioral and Developmental Research 1 Section I Changing Paradigms 3 1 Transforming the Research Landscape 3 Barry M. Lester 2 Aligning Systems of Care with the Relational Imperative of Development: Building Community through Collaborative Consultation 15 Joshua D. Sparrow Section II Advances in Understanding Fetal and Newborn Behavior 29 3 Before Infant Assessment: Fetal Neurobehavior 29 Amy L. Salisbury 4 The Development of the NBAS: A Turning Point in Understanding the Newborn 42 J. Kevin Nugent 5 Keys to Developing Early Parent-Child Relationships 53 Kathryn E. Barnard 6 Prenatal Depression Effects on Neurobehavioral Dysregulation 64 Tiffany Field Section III Self-Regulatory and Relational Processes 73 7 A New Look at Parent-Infant Interaction: Infant Arousal Dynamics 73 Daniel N. Stern 8 Infants and Mothers: Self- and Mutual Regulation and Meaning Making 83 Ed Tronick Section IV Regression and Reorganization in Relational Models of Development 95 9 Patterns of Instability and Change: Observations on Regression Periods in Typically Developing Infants 95 Mikael Heimann 10 The Four Whys of Age-Linked Regression Periods in Infancy 107 Frans X. Plooij Section V Relational and Contextual Developmental Models 121 11 An Ethical Framework for Educating Children with Special Needs and All Children 121 Stanley I. Greenspan 12 Protective Environments in Africa and Elsewhere 132 Robert A. LeVine Section VI Neuroscience Perspectives on Relational and Developmental Models 141 13 A Neurobiological Perspective on the Work of Berry Brazelton 141 Allan N. Schore 14 Hidden Regulators Within the Mother-Infant Interaction 154 Myron Hofer 15 Temperaments as Sets of Preparedness 164 Jerome Kagan Part II From Theory to Practice: Innovations in Clinical Intervention 175 Section I Preventive Interventions: Home Visitation 177 16 Touchpoints in a Nurse Home Visiting Program 177 Kristie Brandt and J. Michael Murphy 17 The Nurse-Family Partnership 192 David L. Olds Section II Early Interventions: The Care of Infants Born Preterm 205 18 Advances in the Understanding and Care of the Preterm Infant 205 Heidelise Als 19 Fueling Development by Enhancing Infant-Caregiver Relationships: Transformation in the Developmental Therapies 219 Rosemarie Bigsby Section III Infant Mental Health and the Treatment of Early Trauma 231 20 Infant Mental Health 231 Charles H. Zeanah and Paula Doyle Zeanah 21 Ghosts and Angels in the Nursery: Conflict and Hope in Raising Babies 242 Alicia F. Lieberman and William W. Harris 22 Understanding and Helping Traumatized Infants and Families 254 Joy D. Osofsky and Howard J. Osofsky 23 Child Maltreatment: The Research Imperative and the Exportation of Results to Clinical Contexts 264 Dante Cicchetti and Sheree L. Toth Part III Translational Science: Implications for Professional Development, Systems of Care, and Policy 275 Section I Changing Practice and Improving Care through Professional Development 277 24 Developing the Infant Mental Health Workforce: Opportunities, Challenges, and Strengths for Translating Research to Professional Development and Practice 277 Libby Zimmerman 25 The Touchpoints Approach for Early Childhood Care and Education Providers 288 Jayne Singer and John Hornstein 26 Early Innovations in Behavioral/Developmental Pediatric Fellowship Training: A Fresh Approach to Medical Professional Development 300 Constance H. Keefer Section II Innovating Change in Service Delivery, Systems of Care, and Policy 309 27 The Birth of Child Life: Creating a Child-Friendly, Developmental Hospital Environment 309 Myra D. Fox 28 Improving Healthcare Service Delivery Systems and Outcomes with Relationship-based Nursing Practices 321 Ann C. Stadtler, Julie C. Novak, and Joshua D. Sparrow 29 Translating the Science of Early Childhood Development into Policy and Practice 332 Daniel Pedersen and Jack P. Shonkoff 30 Placing Relationships at the Core of Early Care and Education Programs 341 Francine Jacobs, Mallary I. Swartz, Jessica Dym Bartlett, and M. Ann Easterbrooks Section III Changing Ways of Being 353 31 Respect and Healing 353 Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Index 363