Understanding Newborn Behavior & Early Relationships: The Newborn Behavioral Observations (NBO) System...

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J. Kevin Nugent Constance H. Keefer

Understanding Newborn Behavior & Early Relationships

The Newborn Behavioral Observations (NBO) System Handbook

J. Kevin Nugent, Constance H. Keefer, Susan Minear , Lise Johnson

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Brookes Publishing Co
15 November 2007

Child & developmental psychology; Paediatric medicine; Paediatric nursing

"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 needs—and build positive parent–professional relationships in the process. Flexible, easy to integrate into everyday practice, and based on more than 25 years of research, this system includes

A 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, family–centered 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."

By: J. Kevin Nugent, Constance H. Keefer, Susan Minear, Lise Johnson, Yvette Blanchard
Imprint: Brookes Publishing Co
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 251mm, Width: 175mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 637g
ISBN: 9781557668837
ISBN 10: 1557668833
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 15 November 2007
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

The Newborn Behavioral Observations (NBO) System and the Theoretical and Clinical Principles Underlying Its Use; The Newborn Parent: Promoting the Parent-Infant Relationship through the NBO; The NBO Manual: Administration, Recording, Interpretation, Developmental Course and Implications for Caregiving; Communication for Relationship: Working with Parents and Their Infants in the Newborn Period; Incorporating the NBO into the Newborn Nursery Setting; Uses of the NBO with Preterm or Medically Fragile Infants.; The NBO in Clinical Settings: Nursing Perspectives; Cultural Considerations in the Use of the NBO.

J. Kevin Nugent is Director of the Brazelton Institute, Children's Hospital Boston, in Massachusetts. Constance H. Keefer is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Child Development Unit, in Massachusetts. Susan O'Brien is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, in Massachusetts. Lise Johnson is Director of Well Newborn Nurseries, Brigham and Women's Hospital, in Boston, Massachusetts. Yvette Blanchard is Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, University of Hartford, in Connecticut. Matthew Lee is a photographer for The Boston Globe newspaper.

Reviews for Understanding Newborn Behavior & Early Relationships: The Newborn Behavioral Observations (NBO) System Handbook

Accessible to a wide range of professionals who work with young infants . . . provides for the most information transmission possible outside of a hands-on training session.