Understanding Newborn Behavior & Early Relationships (Paperback)
J. Kevin Nugent
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Add to basketSold by CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom
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Add to basketPaperback. Giving babies a "voice" helps parents understand their baby's unique strengths and needs. This observational tool and handbook, complete with beautiful four-color photographs by a Pulitzer prize-winning photographer, gives professionals a systematic way to help parents respond with confidence to their baby's individual needsand build positive parentprofessional relationships in the process. Flexible, easy to integrate into everyday practice, and based on more than 25 years of research, this system includesA short, easy-to-use, interactive observational tool. With the Newborn Behavioral Observations (NBO) system, professionals will have a structured set of 18 observations for infants from birth to approximately 3 months. Including parents as partners, professionals guide the observation, discuss the baby's abilities and behaviors with parents, encourage parent insights and questions, and suggest specific ways to support the child's development. (Appropriate use of the NBO tool in clinical practice requires training through the NBO training program.)A complete guide to the NBO system. Through realistic case studies, step-by-step how-to instructions, and color photos illustrating each NBO item, professionals will understand how to use the NBO effectively with a wide variety of families.Invaluable professional guidance. More than a tool, the handbook helps professionals improve their daily work with in-depth information on infant and parent development, cultural competence, premature and at-risk infants, familycentered care, and more.An essential resource from the co-author of the highly regarded Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS) and his colleagues, this system is just what clinicians in hospital, clinic, or home settings need to help new mothers and fathers get to know their baby, increase their confidence and competence as parents, and support their child's growth and development. The Newborn Behavioral Observations (NBO) system is an individualized infant-focused, family-centred observational tool designed to be used by practitioners to describe an infant's competencies and individuality. This book presents the NBO system, its content and uses, the theoretical framework on which it is based, and a set of guidelines. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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