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Title
The maternal sensitivity program : a model for promoting infant development in challenging contexts / Patrícia Alvarenga, M. Ángeles Cerezo, Yana Kuchirko.
ISBN
9783030842123 (electronic bk.)
3030842126 (electronic bk.)
9783030842116 (hardback)
Imprint
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2022]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-030-84212-3 doi
Call Number
BF720.M68 A48 2022eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.232
Summary
This book presents the Maternal Sensitivity Program (MSP), an eight-session home-delivered intervention designed to enhance overall maternal sensitivity to infant behavior between the third and the tenth month of life using video feedback and live modeling strategies. The intervention was based on successful international programs but was specifically developed to fit the realities and needs of low-income countries, whose public health services rely on scarce human and economic resources. The program aims to promote maternal acknowledgment of infant mental activity and model responses that encourage infants' communication of intentions, needs, desires, and emotions. The first part of the book provides an overview of core theories related to the concept of maternal sensitivity, illustrating how it varies across cultural contexts, and how it is shaped by economic scarcity. The second part of the book presents evidence of the effectiveness of sensitivity-based interventions, describes and provides a rationale for the Maternal Sensitivity Program (MSP), and proposes a framework for training interventionists seeking to implement the program in different contexts. The third part of the book presents the intervention manual, describing in detail the procedures in each of the eight sessions of the program. The Maternal Sensitivity Program: A Model for Promoting Infant Development in Challenging Contexts will be an invaluable resource for developmental psychologists, health care providers, and social workers who work with families in low-income countries and in contexts of social vulnerability and need to implement low-cost interventions to foster healthy child development.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 12, 2021).
1. Theoretical and empirical underpinnings of maternal sensitivity: Considerations of sensitivity across cultures and socio-economic status
2. Impact of maternal verbal responsiveness on infant language development
3. Program development
4. Program description
5. Program evaluation
6. Providers' training
7. The session at three months of age: Attending to and understanding baby's signals
8. The session at four months of age: Responding to the baby's signals
9. The session at five months of age: Respecting baby's pace and space
10. The session at six months of age: Engaging in turn-taking
11. The session at seven months of age: Helping the baby to focus attention
12. The session at eight months of age: Supporting baby's emotional expressions
13. The session at nine months of age: Showing the world with words
14. The session at ten months of age: The enlargement of the baby's world
15. Final Comments.
