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Infant developmental assessment
Infant developmental assessment Developmental assessment can be included, when appropriate, as part of the therapeutic intervention. There are many different kinds of developmental assessment undertaken, depending on the purpose of the assessment, the clinician’s skills and abilities, and the family’s needs and concerns. Involving parents in the assessment process can provide them with useful information […]
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Assessment of infant–parent interaction
Assessment of infant–parent interaction Even in a brief interview with a family, many useful observations can be made that provide information about the ‘quality’ of the interaction and relationship. Relationship factors The interaction between parent and infant and, where possible, between the parents while they are with the baby, needs to be observed. This provides […]
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Application to infant–parent interventions
Application to infant–parent interventions Attachment theory grew and developed out of ideas and observations arising from both the internal world (psychoanalytic theory) and what can be observed and measured (developmental psychology, ethology). Similarly, infant–parent therapies can be understood as working across both the domains of observed behaviours and interactions between infant and parent, and their […]
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Secure base distortions
Secure base distortions In this group of disorders children have developed a clear preference for a particular attachment figure but the quality of the relationship is disturbed. Four types are described by Zeanah et al. (2000): 1 Attachment disorder (AD) with self-endangerment—In this condition the infant prioritises exploration and does not check with the attachment […]
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