Parents and Toddlers in Groups: A Psychoanalytic Developmental Approach

ISBN-13: 9780415486392 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 240 str.

Marie Zaphiriou Woods;Inge-Martine Pretorius

Opis

This book explores how psychoanalytic principles can be applied when working with parents and toddlers in groups. Illustrated with lively observations, it discusses how these parent-toddler groups can be an effective medium for early intervention during a period which is critical for the negotiation of a child s central emotional issues. Parents and Toddlers in Groups demonstrates the particular challenges of the toddler phase and its contribution to an individual s future development and relationships. Focusing on an approach developed by the Anna Freud Centre and comprising chapters from a range of expert contributors, topics include:

• the history, theory and practice of parent-toddler groups at the Anna Freud Centre
• how this approach has been adapted and applied across a wide range of settings and cultures
• the findings of research projects carried out on parent-toddler groups.

This book will be a valuable resource for practitioners wanting to reach parents and young children in community, educational and a variety of other settings. It will also appeal to child psychotherapists and psychologists working in CAMHS teams."

Spis treści

Acknowledgements. Foreword. Introduction. Part I: The Anna Freud Centre Parent-Toddler Groups. Pretorius, A Historical Background of the Anna Freud Centre Parent-Toddler Groups and the Use of Observation to Study Child Development. Woods, Normal Toddler Development: Excursions and Returns. Woods, The Anna Freud Centre Approach to Running a Parent-Toddler Group. Stoker, The Role of Play. Plagerson, Normally Difficult and Difficult Normality. A Toddler Observation Paper. Pretorius, Wallace, Being Seen to Be Able: The Relationship Between a Partially Sighted Father and His Daughters Born with Floppy Baby Syndrome. Part II: Adaptations and Applications of the Anna Freud Centre Model. Stoker, Difference and Disability: Experiences in a Specialist Toddler Group. Bennett, Running a Toddler Group on a Council Housing Estate; Invisibility, Intrusion, Dislocation and the Importance of Boundaries. Pluckrose, Building a Toddler Group in a Hostel for Homeless Families: An Iterative Technique. Martínez del Solar, Reaching Out to Vulnerable Parents and Toddlers: Establishing a Parent-Toddler Group in a Deprived Area of South London. Ivanova, Vasilyeva, Integrating Parents and Toddlers with Special Needs: Parent-Toddler Groups in St. Petersburg. Navridi, Integration, Sharing and Separation: Introducing the Concept of Toddlers and Toddler Groups in Greece. Barrantes and Piazzon, Finding Our Own Path: Engaging Working Parents in a Toddler Group in Peru. Part III: Research and Evaluation. Asquith, Introduction. Kitson, Midgley, A Qualitative Study of the Experience of Parents Attending a Psychoanalytic Parent-Toddler Group. Rivera, Asquith, Prützel-Thomas, Thinking About My Toddler: Can a Psychoanalytic Toddler Group Enhance Reflective Functioning Capacities in Parents? Holmes,Prützel-Thomas, Asquith, Snack Time at an Anna Freud Centre Parent-Toddler Group: Microanalysis of Social Eating in Toddlerhood. Target, Allison, Conclusion. Appendix.