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Published UK, 2009
This text builds on the expanding evidence pointing to the crucial importance of parents in facilitating their baby's development, and brings together expert contributors to examine a range of innovative psychological and psychotherapeutic interventions that are currently being used to support parents and their infants. It not only provides an overview of the many projects that are now available but also makes recommendations for future practice and the way in which children's services in the UK are organized. Reference is made, in particular, to instances where there may be child protection concerns or parents experience severe mental health problems.

CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS
The Power of Touch: Exploring Infant Massage
The Neonatal Behavioural Assessment Scale
The Family Partnership Model
Empowering Parents Through 'Learning Together': The PEEP Model
Promoting Secure Attachment Through Early Screening and Interventions
Perinatal Home Visiting
Mellow Babies: Mellow Parenting with Parents of Infants

Jane Barlow is Professor of Public Health in the Early Years at the University of Warwick, UK
Paperback. 204 pages