Topic Category: Promoting First Relationships in Pediatrics
Feeding: Newborn
Establishing breast-feeding or bottle-feeding with adequate weight gain is the key goal of the early newborn period. Initially, parents often worry about…
Mutuality: Mother and 6-Month-Old Talking Back and Forth Together
This is another mother and her young baby having a conversation together after a feeding. Teaching Points…
Mutuality: Father and 19-Month-Old Son Having a Conversation about a TV Show
In this video, the father was originally talking to his wife about the ending of a tv show. His little boy was…
Mutuality: Mother and Toddler Son Reading a Book Together
In this video below, the mother has been asked to play with her son. At first, he’s not very interested (crawling away…
Translation to the Clinical Setting
Alleviation of Distress “It seems to me that one of life’s greatest privileges is just that – the experience of being held…
Alleviation of Distress: Puppy Learning to Go Down the Stairs – Scaffolding in the Zone of Proximal Development
Hobbes the puppy is learning to go down to the stairs. He’s giving cues that he’s worried (literally walking away from the…
Alleviation of Distress: Father Helping Son Adjust to a New Place
In this video, a father brings his son into a recording area, with lots of cameras and strange people. His son is…
Alleviation of Distress: Longer Version of Boy Scared to Touch Worm
In this video, the child becomes scared and upset by seeing a worm that has been set down in a bowl in…
Translation to the Clinical Setting
Understanding Cues in Order to Support Responsive Caregiving…