Articles & Fact Sheets
These downloadable articles and fact sheets are meant to act as a resource for parents, care givers and professionals involved or interested in infant mental health strategies and outcomes.
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NEW:
How Early Experience Effects
Development
The following articles directly or indirectly deal with issues that arose from
Dr. Bruce D. Perry's visit to St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador in late
March, 2008.
LOCAL
The First Years
James McLeod, The Telegram, March 31, 2008.
Read about Dr. Perry's visit to St. John's, written by a local reporter who
attended Dr. Perry's Wednesday morning lecture.
Attachment, Brain Development and Child Maltreatment
Barb Drover, M.S.W., R.S.W., NLASW
Newsletter: Connecting Voices, Vol. 12: No. 1, January 2008.
What Happened to our Innocent Children?
Melba Rabinowitz, M.Sc., R.S.W., January 2008.
Researchers Complete Child Health Studies
David Sorenson, The Gazette, January 31, 2008.
WRITTEN BY DR. BRUCE D. PERRY, M.D., Ph.D.
Maltreatment and the Developing Child: How Early Childhood
Experience Shapes Child and Culture
Dr. Bruce D. Perry Inaugural Lecture, The Margaret McCain Lecture Series,
September 23, 2004.
The Impact of Abuse and Neglect on the Developing Brain
Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. & John Marcellus, M.D.,
www.chuildtrauma.org,
1997.
(This is an Academy version of an article originally appearing in Colleagues for
Children.)
OTHER
Poverty Mars Formation of Infant Brains
Clive Cookson, The Financial Times, February 16, 2008.
The Truth Behind Oprah's School Scandal
Ileane Rudolph, TV Guide, November 9, 2007.
Read about how Dr. Perry visited the Leadership Academy for Girls with
Oprah Winfrey when she first learned of the abuse.
Childcare 'stress for toddlers'
BBC, September 19, 2005.
Past Articles
What is Infant Mental
Health?
The following four (4) files are excerpts from "What is Infant Mental Health?" - a resource made publicly available by the FAIMH (Florida Association for Infant Mental Health). Though the format has been modified from the original document, the content remains unaltered.
Why is Infant Mental Health important?
How is Infant Mental Health nurtured by relationships?
Behaviours that may indicate emotional or mental health problems.
The following articles
originate from various sources and deal with issues that are important to GEMMA's mission.
Circle of Security
(from Circle of Security)
The Circle of Security Project is an innovative, first-of-its-kind early intervention program designed to alter the developmental pathway of parents and their young children. Glen Cooper, Kent Hoffman, and Bert Powell from Marycliff Institute in Spokane, Washington and Robert Marvin from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia are currently designing this unique, evidence-based program.
Q-Sort
(from Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development; Serial No. 244, Vol. 60. Nos. 2-3, 1995).
Supporting Infants & Toddlers with Challenging Behavior
(from Centre for Evidence-Based Practice: Young Children with Challenging Behavior)
The mission of the Center is to promote the use of evidence-based practice to meet the needs of young children who have, or are at risk for, problem behavior. According to the website, evidence-based practices are “Practices that are informed by research, in which the characteristics and consequences of environmental variables are empirically established and the relationship directly informs what a practitioner can do to produce a desired outcome".
Working with Parents on the Importance of Curiosity and Exploration in an Infant's Development
(from Young Children, March 1975, pp. 179-182)
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