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J. Kevin Nugent, Director of the Brazelton Institute - It is thirty years since the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale was
first published. It is now used in research and clinical settings
across the world and as such, it can be said that it has played a major
role in expanding our understanding of the phenomenology of newborn
behavior. Full Story
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The Brazelton Institute received an award for the Noonan Foundation to test out the effectiveness of the Clinical Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (Nugent and Brazelton, 2001) with infants with disabilities in Early Intervention settings. The goal of the CLNBAS is to foster the parent-child relationship and thereby enhance the cognitive, social and emotional development of their infants, by providing information and emotional support to parents of children with disabilities. The information derived from the CLNBAS can be integrated into the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) by the Early Intervention Specialist, as a form of anticipatory guidance, to help parents make informed choices about caregiving, following the recommendations outlined in Bright Futures by Green and Palfrey (2000).
This study is a collaborative project between the Brazelton Institute at Children's Hospital and the North Shore ARC, which serves individuals with mental retardation as well as developmental and other disabilities, in 97 communities across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In this study, a multidisciplinary cadre of ARC Early Intervention specialists were trained to integrate the CLNBAS into their weekly home visit over the first three months of life. A total of 240 home visits will be conducted as part of the study. This study will test out the effectiveness of the CLNBAS with at-risk infants and evaluate its impact on the mother infant relationship and its impact on the providerŐs practice. If the study can demonstrate significant effects of the CLNBAS on mothers of at-risk infants, it will have profound implications for very early assessment and intervention with infants who are at-risk for developmental delays and will provide evidence for the value of the CLNBAS system as a model of primary prevention and evidence-based practice. Secondly, it will provide a blueprint for a unique training model for training and mentoring providers from different disciplines, to work with infants and families in the first months of life.
Key Personnel:
J. Kevin Nugent, Ph.D., Brazelton Institute, Children's Hospital, Principal Investigator
Jennifer Gillette, M.A. Brazelton Institute, Children's Hospital
Mei-Chiuing Shih, Ph.D., Children's Hospital
Catherine Finn, Ed.D., Wheelock College
Kate Campbell, M. Ed., Director, Healthy Foundations, North Shore ARC
Yvette Blanchard, Sc.D, PT.. Brazelton Institute
Amy Alberts, M.A. Brazelton Institute, Children's Hospital
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Interviews
On the occasion of the Third International NBAS Trainers Meeting, which
was convened at the Brazelton Institute in Boston in October of 2002,
NBAS trainers from all over the world gathered to discuss their work
with the NBAS. This meeting coincided with the 30th anniversary of the
publication of the NBAS. For this reason, we are presenting a special
issue of Ab Initio, in which we present a series of interviews with
many of the trainers. Here they describe their experiences with the
NBAS and how it has influenced their research and practice. These
interviews demonstrate the impact the NBAS has had on research and
pediatric practice across the globe and how it has "humanized" the
infant for the practitioners themselves and for the parents and
families with whom they work.
 LONDON, ENGLAND:
Betty Hutchon
interviewed by Amy Alberts at the 2002 International NBAS Trainers Conference at Children's Hospital, Boston
 PARIS, FRANCE:
Drina Huisman
interviewed by Amy Alberts at the 2002 International NBAS Trainers Conference at Children's Hospital, Boston
FRANCE:
Marie Fabre-Grenet
interviewed by Amy Alberts at the 2002 International NBAS Trainers Conference at Children's Hospital, Boston
 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND:
Nadia Bruschweiler-Stern
interviewed by Amy Alberts at the 2002 International NBAS Trainers Conference at Children's Hospital, Boston.
 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
Yvette Blanchard
interviewed by Amy Alberts at the 2002 International NBAS Trainers Conference at Children's Hospital, Boston
 FLORENCE, ITALY:
Gherardo Rapisardi
interviewed by Jessica Nagel at the 2002 International NBAS Trainers Conference at Children's Hospital, Boston
 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK:
Hanne Munck
interviewed by Jessica Nagel at the 2002 International NBAS Trainers Conference at Children's Hospital, Boston
CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND:
Joanna Hawthorne
interviewed by Jessica Nagel at the 2002 International NBAS Trainers Conference at Children's Hospital, Boston
 SWEDEN:
Karin Stjernqvist
interviewed by Jessica Nagel at the 2002 International NBAS Trainers Conference at Children's Hospital, Boston
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AB INITIO ("from
the beginning") is the international newsletter of the Brazelton
Institute (www.brazelton-institute.com).
The primary aim of the new on-line AB INITIO international is to
publish the latest ideas on newborn and infant development and on
the NBAS in particular, and to facilitate communication among researchers,
educators and clinicians, working with infants and families in different
settings across the world.
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