San Antonio College Library

This fascinating book presents the stories of infant/toddler caregivers and their work to illustrate the complexity of balancing relationships with babies, families, coworkers, and self, yet remaining emotionally present and mindfully engaged. Enid Elliot explores the inevitable tensions of working within these various relationships and demonstrates how proficient caregivers can develop strategies for achieving this delicate balance. In the process,...

A framework for the skills and knowledge necessary to help parents promote spoken language development through listening in to their young children who are deaf or hard of hearing. The book covers the most current information on hearing, listening, spoken language development and intervention for young children with hearing loss.

"Coordination between infant and adult is thought to be essential to development ... The research in this Monograph -- grounded in a dyadic systems perspective and relational psychoanalysis -- addresses the issue of vocal coordination. The research employs an automated apparatus to examine the micro-second vocal coordinations of 4-month old infants with their mothers and with strangers. These coordinations are then used to predict infant attachment...