WAIMH Handbook of Infant Mental Health, Early Intervention, Evaluation, and Assessment

Keynote: This 4-volume set offers comprehensive coverage of children's psychological development during the critical early years of life. Infancy--which is defined as the period from birth to 18 months of age--is the single most critical stage in cognitive and socioemotional development. The comprehensive WAIMH Handbook of Infant Mental Health offers the first thorough interdisciplinary analysis of the biopsychosocial factors that impact normal and abnormal infant mental development. Assembled under the auspices of the leading international organization in infant development--the World Association of Infant Mental Health--this ground-breaking four-volume reference offers a state-of-the-art overview of the field by the world's leading researchers, clinicians, and scholars.Das erste Handbuch, das eine tiefgreifende, interdisziplinäre Analyse über bio- und psychosoziale Faktoren durchführt, Faktoren, die darüber entscheiden, ob die geistige Entwicklung eines Kind sich normal oder abnormal vollzieht. Dieses bahnbrechende 4-bändige Nachschlagewerk bietet einen aktuellen Überblick über das Forschungsgebiet. Es entstand unter der Schirmherrschaft der führenden internationalen Organisation zur Kindesentwicklung - die World Association of Infant Mental Health (WAIMH) - und enthält Beiträge von führenden internationalen Forschern, Klinikärzten und Wissenschaftlern. Dieser 2. Band "Early Intervention, Evaluation, and Assessment" behandelt u.a. Säuglings-, Kleinkind und Vorschulprogramme, die Aus- und Weiterbildung von Fachpersonal, den entwicklungsorientierten Ansatz einer Bewertung und Diagnose bei Säuglingen und Kleinkindern, die Einschätzung und Behandlung von Risikogruppen, die Bedeutung der Spieltherapie in der klinischen Bewertung von Kindern und ihren Familien und die Bewertung von Mutter-Kind-Therapien (01/00) Toward a Theory of Early Relationship-Based Intervention (R. Emde,et al.).

Relationships for Growth: Cultivating Reflective Practice inInfant, Toddler, and Preschool Programs (L. Gilkerson & R.Shahmoon-Shanok).

The Assessment of Infants and Toddlers with Medical Conditions andTheir Families (K. Minde).

Infant Mental Health Assessment Through Careful Observation andListening: Unique Training Approaches (D. Weatherston).

Preventive Infant Mental Health: Uses of the Brazelton Scale (J.Nugent & T. Brazelton).

The Assessment and Diagnosis of Infant Disorders: DevelopmentalLevel, Individual Differences, and Relationship-Based Interactions(S. Greenspan & S. Wieder).

Clinical Assessment of Infant Psychopathology Challenges andMethods (M. Cordeiro).

Evaluating Mother-Infant Psychotherapies: "Bridging the Gap"Between Clinicians and Researchers (B. Cramer & C.Robert-Tissot).

Advanced Training in Infant Mental Health: A MultidisciplinaryPerspective (K. Frankel & R. Harmon).

Assessing the Risks and Strengths of Infants and Families inCommunity-Based Programs (S. Landy).

Training Mental Health and Other Professionals in Infant MentalHealth: Conversations with Trainees (J. Pawl, et al.).

Intervention-Centered Assessment: Opportunity for Early andPreventive Intervention (J. Thomas, et al.).

Observation, Reflection, and Understanding: The Importance of Playin Clinical Assessment of Infants and Their Families (E. Tuters& S. Doulis).

Assessment of Temperament in Infancy (J. Worobey).

Meeting a Desperate Need: One Man's Vision of Training for theInfant Family Field (F. Stott & L. Gilkerson).

Preparing Infant Mental Health Personnel for the Twenty-FirstCentury Practice (S. McDonough)

Indexes. "...an impressive collection of information...""...will serve as amajor resource for clinicians, researchers, scholars and studentsof human development in the years to come." (Int Jnl of AdolescentMedicine & Health, 13th January 2000)

Joy D. Osofsky is the editor of WAIMH Handbook of Infant Mental Health, Volume 2, Early Intervention, Evaluation, and Assessment, published by Wiley.

Hiram E. Fitzgerald is Associate Provost for University Outreach and Engagement, University Distinguished Professor of Psychology, and Adjunct Professor in Human Development and Family Studies at Michigan State University.