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Joao Gomes-Pedro receives highest honor from the president of Portugal Dr. T. Berry Brazelton receives the Rene Spitz Award Bonnie Petrauskas receives award from The Brazelton Institute NBAS Trainers Honored
Joao Gomes-Pedro receives highest honor from the president of Portugal Joao Gomes-Pedro
The President of the Portuguese Republic, Dr. Jorge Sampaio paid a moving tribute to the life-long work of Professor Joao Gomes Pedro, on the occasion of the opening of the international conference "Mais Crianca as neccessidades irreductiveis" (The Irreducible Needs of the Child), in Lisbon, October 2-5th. President Sampaio said that he was speaking on behalf of the people of Portugal, when he acknowledged Dr. Gomes-Pedro's dedication to children and families.Before an audience that included Professor Gomes-Pedro's wife, Maria-Joao and their family and his colleagues and friends from all over the world, President Sampaio paid tribute to Professor Gomes-Pedro's remarkable contribution to Portuguese medical education. He pointed out that Joao has transformed pediatric education in Portugal by introducing a more relationship-building approach to pediatric care to a whole new generation of pediatricians. He then presented Dr. Gomes-Pedro with Portugal's highest award in acknowledgement of his work as a scholar, teacher and practitioner on behalf of children and families in Portugal.
For all of us, who were present that evening, and have known Joao over the years as a friend and colleague, this was a moment to savor. My association with Joao began 25 years ago, when he came to the Child Development Unit to be trained on the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale. He later became an NBAS trainer and through his research and teaching did much to promote the NBAS and NBAS principles throughout Portugal and throughout Europe. I can speak for all of us here at the Brazelton Institute, when I say that while we value Joao as a brilliant scholar and as a dedicated clinician, we are grateful, above all else, to be able to call him a friend. Joao embodies all the richness and beauty of Portuguese culture. His love of Portugal, its landscape, history, art and music, including the haunting FADO, has touched the lives of all who know him and made us all that much more "Portuguese".
"AD MULTOS ANNOS"
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Dr. T. Berry Brazelton receives the Rene Spitz Award
Dr. T. Berry Brazelton
The World Association on Infant Mental Health presented the Rene Spitz Award to Dr. T. Berry Brazelton in Amsterdam in 2002. This award is given in recognition of significant lifetime contributions to clinical and or experimental research on topics related to infant mental health. Nominees typically are individuals who have made substantive scientific contributions in the interdisciplinary field of infant mental health. The World Association on Infant Mental Health is the only organization specifically focused on infant mental health and includes leading clinicians and researchers in the field.[ top ]
Bonnie Petrauskas receives award from The Brazelton Institute
Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, Bonnie Petrauskas, and Dr. Kevin Nugent
The Brazelton Institute presented Bonnie Petrauskas, of the Johnson and Johnson Pediatric Institute, with a special award for her commitment to pediatric education, her support for the Brazelton Institute and her overall dedication to children and families across the world. Over the years, Bonnie Petrauskas, in her work with Johnson and Johnson, has been a true friend of the NBAS and the Brazelton Institute. She has demonstrated her commitment to our work with infants and families through her support of our professional education initiatives and our training of pediatric professionals from many disciplines. Over a twenty-five year span, she and her colleagues at the Johnson and Johnson Pediatic Institute have supported NBAS training programs both here in the United States and in many countries around the world, including Italy, Great Britain, the Philippines, Thailand, Belgium, China and Japan to name a few. We look forward to many more years working with Bonnie and her colleagues at the Pediatric Institute.[ top ]
NBAS Trainers Honored
In a special ceremony in Boston in October 2002, thirty NBAS trainers from the United States and from different countries around the world were honored for their work in training researchers and pediatric professionals in the use of the NBAS. In a ceremony recognizing their many years of dedication in their respective countries, Drs. Nugent and Brazelton presented inscribed plaques of recognition to the trainers. The trainers who were honored included: Tomitaro Akiyama (Japan), Carme Costas (Spain), Marie Grenet (France), Joanna Hawthorne (England), Drina Huisman (France), Betty Hutchon (England), Nittaya Kotchabkdi (Thailand), Shoheo Oghi (Japan), Gherardo Rapizardi (Italy), Karin Sternqvist (Sweden), Nadia Bruschwieler-Stern (Switzerland), Joao Gomes-Pedro (Portugal), Yeungshi Shin (Korea), Byeung-hi Park (Korea), Jim Helm (US), Hanne Munck (Denmark), Jane Saraiva (Brazil), Dan Griffith (US). Brazelton Institute trainers Jean Cole, Thembi Ranuga, Yvette Blanchard, Beth Higley, Cecilia Matson and Jennifer Gillette were also honored. Although unable to attend, Beulah Warren (Australia), Jose Saraiva (Brazil), Toshiya Tsurusaki (Japan), Roberto Paludetto (Italy), Dieter Wolke (England) and Marie Reilly (US) were also honored for their many years of work with the NBAS.
In the foreground: Mrs. Christina Brazelton, Jennifer Gillette, Nittaya Kotchabhakdi
In the background: Jane Saraiva and daugther, Cecilia Matson and husband, Nadia Bruschweiler-Stern
From left to right: Marie Grenet (partially hidden), Carme Costas, Gherardo Rapisardi, Joanna Hawthorne, (seated) Yeounghee Shin, Byounghi Park, Hanne Munck, Dan Griffith
Photographs courtesy of Nadia Bruschweiler-Stern, Jim Helm, and Amy Alberts
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