Getting to Know You Lessons in Early Relational Health From Infants and Caregivers

Gold, Claudia M./ Li, Junlei (Foreward By)/ Matter, Lisa (Afterword)/ Shawky, Hoda (Afterword)

ISBN 10: 0807786535 / ISBN 13: 9780807786536

Published by Teachers College Pr, 2025

240 pages. 9.00x6.12x0.47 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # 0807786535

Synopsis:

Utilizing narrative storytelling, this user-friendly guide describes the principles of early relational health with direct application to day-to-day work with infants and parents. Practitioners on the front lines with young children and families often feel great pressure to know “what to do” in a broad variety of challenging situations. Drawing on both developmental science and extensive clinical experience, Dr. Gold provides evidence that the exact opposite—a stance of not-knowing—helps us find our way into another person’s experience, offering the greatest opportunity for connection, growth, and healing. Gold presents a model of “listening in” with an intentional suspension of expectations and a willingness to be surprised. The paradigm of listening in functions as a kind of superpower to enhance teacher–student, professional–parent, and parent–infant relationships. This resource will be important reading for a broad variety of practitioners including early childhood educators, home visitors, pediatricians, doulas, and mental health clinicians, as well as policymakers, parents, and other caregivers of young children. Book Features: Summarizes the key advances in our understanding of brain science, child development, and infant-parent mental health. Emphasizes lessons from real-life interactions between infants and caregivers as communicated through detailed clinical vignettes. Offers practitioners a model for listening that is rooted in the concept of cultural humility and the idea that even in sameness there is difference.

About the Author:

Claudia M. Gold, MD, is a pediatrician and writer who practiced general pediatrics for over 2 years and now specializes in early relational health. She has clinical experience working in many different communities and speaks frequently to audiences of both parents and professionals.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Getting to Know You Lessons in Early ...
Publisher: Teachers College Pr
Publication Date: 2025
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Brand New