Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale
ISBN: 9781907655036 | 1907655034
Edition: 4thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Mac Keith Press
Pub. Date: 11/29/2011
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The Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS) is the most comprehensive examination of newborn behaviour available today and has been used in clinical and research settings around the world for more than 35 years. The scale assesses the newborn's behavioral repertoire with 28 behavioral items and also includes an assessment of the infant's neurological status on 20 items. The NBAS items cover the following domains of neonatal functioning: autonomic regulation; motor organization; state organization and regulation and attention/social interact... MORE
| Authors' Appointments | p. Vii |
| Contributors | p. Ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Preface | p. xiii |
| The Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (Nbas) - Background And Conceptual basis | p. 1 |
| The Standard Administration Of The Nbas | p. 10 |
| Scoring The Nbas Items | p. 48 |
| Using The Nbas In Research | p. 79 |
| The Psychological Context Of The Nbas | p. 94 | ... MORE
| New Advances In The Study Of Motor Behavior In Preterm And Term Infants | p. 102 |
| The Inter-Relationship Between Examiner, Infant And Parents In The Use Of The Nbas | p. 109 |
| The Nbas In Different Contexts: Training, Research And Clinical Issues | p. 115 |
| NBAS training - lessons from the UK | p. 120 |
| Neurodeveiopmental assessment in young infants: a proposal for daily clinical activity and early intervention, integrating the concepts of Milani Comparetti, Brazelton and Prechtl | p. 133 |
| The NBAS and postpartum depression: a case study | p. 141 |
| Clinical applications of the NBAS with at-risk infants within a research setting: case vignettes | p. 143 |
| The NBAS and an infant with a disability: a case study | p. 148 |
| Using the NBAS in the context of breastfeeding issues a case study | p. 151 |
| The NBAS in pediatric care Constance | p. 154 |
| Appendix: Nbas Scoring Form | p. 164 |
| References | p. 167 |
| Index | p. 177 |
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Dr Brazelton is a noted pediatrician and author, who developed the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS), used by major hospitals throughout the world. He has written more than two hundred scholarly papers and twenty-four books. He has been described as "America's most celebrated and influential baby doctor since Benjamin Spock".
Dr Nugent is the Founder and Director of the Brazelton Institute at Children's Hospital in Boston and is on the faculty of the Harvard Medical School in the Department of Pediatrics. He is also Professor of Child and Family Studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
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