Product Description

This important book, whilst particularly of relevance to the work of the health visitor, will also be of considerate appeal to anyone interested in the development of emotional wellbeing in the infant, and how that might be supported. Not only does it provide a detailed description of how the emotions of an infant are shaped, it also makes clear that health visiting services should be designed to provide the opportunity for robust integrated and holistic developmental assessment of the infant at this vulnerable and important time in their lives. A suggested format for developmental assessment at 7-12 months is put forward, which is based on heuristic play. This is deliberately a very infant centred book with the author examining the infant's world from the point of view as their experience in it. In her words:

"We are our childhood, what we experience as children lays down our most basic attitudes and reactions to life."

Published 2010