Surviving the Early Years: The Importance of Early Intervention With Babies at Risk

320 Pages·6.784 MB·English

by  Stella Acquarone

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CHAPTERTITLE I
SURVIVING THE EARLY YEARS
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SURVIVING THE
EARLY YEARS
The Importance of Early
Intervention with
Babies At Risk
edited by
Stella Acquarone
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First published in 2016 by
Karnac Books Ltd
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Copyright © 2016 to Stella Acquarone for the edited collection and to the
individual authors for their contributions.
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have been asserted in accordance with §§77 and 78 of the Copyright Design
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CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix
ABOUT THE EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORS xi
FOREWORDby Marcus Johns xvii
INTRODUCTION xxi
Stella Acquarone
PART I: THOUGHTS IN SEARCH OF A THINKER
CHAPTER ONE
The emotional dialogue: womb to walking 3
Joan Raphael-Leff
CHAPTER TWO
Sharing joyful friendship and imagination for meaning 19
with infants, and their application in early intervention
Colwyn Trevarthen
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vi CONTENTS
CHAPTER THREE
“Happy birthdeath to me”: surviving death wishes in 57
early infancy
Brett Kahr
PART II: REACHING THE VULNERABLE AT RISK
FROM “EXTERNAL” CIRCUMSTANCES
CHAPTER FOUR
Creating a safe space: psychotherapeutic support 87
for refugee parents and babies
Zack Eleftheriadou
CHAPTER FIVE
Interventions with mothers and babies in prisons: 101
collision of internal and external worlds
Pamela Windham Stewart
CHAPTER SIX
Talking to, and being with, babies: the importance of 113
relationship in the neonatal intensive care unit
Lucie Zwimpfer
CHAPTER SEVEN
“Toward the baby”: first steps in supporting parents 127
in early encounters with their infants. A reflection
from Poland
Magdalena Stawicka and Magdalena Polaszewska-Nicke
CHAPTER EIGHT
Adoption and fostering: facilitating healthy new 143
attachments between infant and adoptive parent
Maeja Raicar, with contributions by Colette Salkeld
and Franca Brenninkmeyer
CHAPTER NINE
In a strange country without a map: special needs babies 165
Julie Kitchener
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CONTENTS vii
PART III: VULNERABLE GROUPS COMING FROM
“INTERNAL” FRAGILE CIRCUMSTANCES
CHAPTER TEN
Early recognition of autism 179
Daphne Keen
CHAPTER ELEVEN
The power of the relationship to awaken positive 203
emotional potential
Stella Acquarone
CHAPTER TWELVE
Early paediatric intervention: to see or not to see, 243
to be or not to be—with others
Jo Winsland
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Working in a National Health Service setting 253
with toddlers at risk of autistic spectrum disorder
Maria Rhode
Conclusion 271
Stella Acquarone
INDEX 275
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I would like to dedicate this book to those individuals who have
taught me over the years, as well as those I have taught—some of
whom are contributors to this book. I also extend this dedication to
all professionals who, through their unyielding commitment and
hard work, are helping to shed light on the complex world of the
early years. May they continue to survive the challenges that
this work brings.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to thank the School of Infant Mental Health, part of the
London-based Parent Infant Centre, for organising the conference on
the early years (“Early Years: Importance of Early Intervention for
Babies at Risk”) in November 2011, which was managed by Claire
Rees. I would also like to thank the charity International Pre-Autistic
Network (ipAn) for sponsoring the event.
The idea for this book was as a result of that conference. In the
months that followed, I asked colleagues and past trainees to
contribute a chapter on their area of expertise, in order to highlight the
potentially damaging effects of trauma on babies and parents. I would
like to thank all for their efforts and courage.
I would also like to thank the institutions that create a space to help
parents and babies after they have been through a traumatic experi-
ence—be it war, rape, prison, or torture—and especially for allowing
a psychotherapist into their premises to help with the understanding,
holding, and expression of personal states.
My thanks also go to the staff on neonatal intensive care units, for
allowing psychotherapists on to their wards to support the parents
and offer advice on how to “be with” their babies during this testing
period.
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