by Evan Dwan | May 28, 2021 | News |
Daniel Stern tells us that development happens not through stages or dramatic changes but through all the small interactions between the child and their parent’s day by day. There are no critical phases just a series of important moments that add up to create change....
by Evan Dwan | May 26, 2021 | News |
Early care makes substantial contributions to later adult psychiatric morbidities. ‘Hidden trauma’ refers to risk for behavioural and physiological dysregulation as a result of poor early care in infancy These experiences are likely to have an equal or greater impact...
by Evan Dwan | May 26, 2021 | News |
Allan Schore writes that there is a need to act at the individual, family and culture levels to provide an optimal context for mental and physical health. In addition to fostering cognitive development there is a need to support social-emotional development via...
by Evan Dwan | May 25, 2021 | News |
Darcia Narvaez writes that, similar to other life forms, humans have evolved with particular needs. We are born incomplete, barely formed, and are deeply impacted by the postnatal environment, in particular, how physical and psychological needs are met. The sequence...
by Evan Dwan | May 25, 2021 | News |
The capacity to create and maintain relationships is not only central to our health but also our survival as a species. Empathy is central to this, a capacity which is influenced by the nature and timing of different developmental influences. Modern environments are,...
