Counseling Schedule: Infancy

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Counseling Schedule Infancy
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Infancy1-7

• Early caregiver relationships set the stage for
  future relationships
• Securely attached young children have an easier
  time developing positive, supportive
  relationships
• Emerging evidence shows that securely attached
  young children are found to have more8-15
• Balanced self-concept
• Advanced memory processes
• Sophisticated grasp of emotion
• Positive understanding of friendship

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Infancy Counseling
Is this what you expected?
Be on the lookout for families who are socially
isolated or experiencing family discord.
Who helps you with your baby?
How much time do you have off from work?
If there is a gun in the home, how is it stored?
Being a new parent can be exhausting. How are
you doing?
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Infancy Brochures
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Welcome to the World of Parenting!Visit 2 Days
to 4 Weeks

• Helps parents understand the normal development
  of newborns
• Provides information about coping skills for
  parents
• Discusses changes in the ways parents may now
  relate as a couple

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How to Use this Tool

• Whenever appropriate, include both parents in the
  conversation
• Discuss infant crying and ways to handle it
• Crying is normal
• Crying upsets parents
• Sometimes, parents just need to let the baby cry

Helpful Hint!
I love the way your baby looks at you, soothes to
your voice. Youre doing a great job!
Support new parents with positive statements
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Parenting Your InfantVisit 2 and 4 Months

• Helps parents understand normal development of 4-
  to 9-month-old infants
• Stresses importance of building family
  connections
• Discusses 3 problems
• Colic
• Trouble sleeping
• Clinging to parents

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How to Use this Tool

• Reiterate messages about crying and parental
  frustration
• Emphasize to parents the importance of having
  time together without their baby

Helpful Hint!
Support new parents with positive statements
Your infant is alert, growing well, and has a
beautiful smile!
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How Do Infants Learn?Visit 6 and 9 months

• Offers practical suggestions to parents based on
  a newborns brain development
• Encourages activities like reading or singing to
  promote brain growth
• Helps parents understand that exploration is a
  natural developmental need

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How to Use this Tool

• Ask parents about their social connections. Refer
  to sections Others Who Care for Your Baby and
  Taking Care of Yourself
• Utilize the Social Connections worksheet from
  the Clinical Guide
• Talk about child care arrangements

Helpful Hint!
Wow, your baby is really interested in my
stethoscope! I like the way she lets me examine
her, but she is always looking over at you for
assurance.
Notice infants new behaviors and parent-child
interaction
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Your Child is on the Move Reduce the Risk of
Gun InjuryVisit 6 and 9 months

• Correlates childhood injuries/ deaths due to
  firearms and presence of handguns in the home
• Emphasizes that a childs curiosity about guns
  overwhelms any lessons learned about gun safety
• Provides information needed to make informed
  decisions

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How to Use this Tool

• Discuss handguns in the context of other
  household hazards
• Since some parents may not be in agreement
  concerning the presence of handguns in the home,
  encourage them to look at the brochure together
  to make an informed decision

Helpful Hints!

• In areas of country with high rates of gun
  ownership, some practices offer reduced price or
  free gun locks
• Be aware of the potential lethality of domestic
  violence in homes with handguns

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Counseling Schedule Early Childhood
INTRODUCE
VISIT

• Child Development and
• Behavior

12 and 15 MONTHS

• Childs Assets
• Guided Participation
• Media

18 MONTHS and 2 YEARS

• Peer Playing
• Safety in Others Homes
• Talking About Emotions
• Promoting Independence

3 and 4 YEARS
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Early Childhood16-20

• Communication skills allow young children to
  sustain bouts of play
• How young children learn to react is greatly
  influenced by
• Parental relationship
• Parental behavior
• Home environment

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Early Childhood Counseling
Normal toddler behavior may be especially
difficult for families with little social support.
Encourage alternatives to TV, such as outdoor
activity or reading.
She really pays attention when we talk does she
understand when you speak to her?
Does your child have opportunities to play with
other children this age?
Teach your child by providing positive
reinforcement for desired behaviors.
What do you think your child does best? What
does he enjoy doing?
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Early Childhood Brochures
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Teaching Good Behavior Tips on How to
DisciplineVisit 12 and 15 Months

• Describes the basics of a behavioral approach to
  parenting toddlers
• Positive reinforcement for desired behaviors
• Limit setting
• Advises parents about effective alternatives to
  corporal punishment

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How to Use this Tool

• Start conversations about toddler behavior with
  gentle inquiries
• Your child is growing and developing well. Have
  tantrums started? How do you handle them?
• What is your child doing new since last visit?
  What do you want to change?
• Endorse the core message a simple approach for
  teaching toddlers how to behave well

Be on the lookout for children with difficult
temperaments, families who are socially isolated,
and families experiencing discord
Helpful Hint!
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Playing is How Toddlers LearnVisit 18 Months
and 2 Years

• Helps parents understand normal toddler behavior
  and advises them how to
• Provide a stimulating environment during this
  period of major brain development
• Understand the natural curiosity and exploration
  of toddlers

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How to Use this Tool

• Discuss normal toddler play behavior
• Provide parents with guidance on the types of
  toys that stimulate imagination
• Help parents identify places where they can meet
  other toddlers and their parents

Helpful Hints!

• Check in with parents about how their family
  relationships are faring
• Support toddlers parents with positive
  statements

What a delightful child you have! He is really
curious about the world. This is great to see!
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Pulling the Plug on TV ViolenceVisit 18 Months
and 2 Years

• Provides information about the influence of TV
  violence on children
• Offers tips for parents
• Set limits on TV time
• Know what children are watching
• Watch programs with children
• Do not put TV in a childs room

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How to Use this Tool

• Identify alternatives to TV, such as toys that
  use imagination or outdoor play when possible
• Recognize that alternatives can be challenging,
  as TV often provides free in-home child care for
  families who cannot afford organized activities
  or who live in unsafe areas

Helpful Hint!
Whats your favorite TV show?
Ask the child
The childs response often indicates the kind of
TV programs being watched, which provides a topic
to open discussion with parents
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Young Children Learn A Lot When They PlayVisit
18 Months and 2 Years

• Introduces the importance of peer playing
• Includes tips on how to make play opportunities
  successful
• Assists parents in solving common difficulties,
  such as aggression and rejection

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How to Use this Tool

• Ask if child has opportunities to play with other
  children of the same age
• Use parents answer to discuss how the child
  plays or how to find other children
• Help parents problem solve any play or playmate
  issues

Helpful Hint!
I see you really like trucks. Do you and your
friends play with trucks a lot?
Try to notice something about what children are
wearing, the toys they bring, or their behavior
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Acknowledgments

• Howard Spivak, MD
• Robert Sege, MD, PhD
• Elizabeth Hatmaker-Flanigan, MS
• Bonnie Kozial
• Vincent Licenziato
• Kimberly Bardy, MPH
• This project was supported by Grant No.
  2001-JN-FX-0011 awarded by the Office of Juvenile
  Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of
  Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.
  Points of view or opinions in this document are
  those of the author and do not necessarily
  represent the official position or policies of
  the U.S. Department of Justice.