Vol 1 Issue 2
Championing education for the very early years
IN THIS ISSUE:
- Birth trauma education
- Groups for women with PND
- Mellow Bumps
- Socrates and parent education today
Author: Mary Nolan
Author title: Professor
Description: Mary Nolan reflects on women’s increasing fear of childbirth and suggests innovative teaching strategies for antenatal education
Description writer: Editor in Chief IJBPE
TAG: Antenatal education for birth and early parenting
Author: Lorna Davies
Description: Lorna Davies explores the impact of fear of birth on the mother and foetus. She examines the physiology of the fear response, the impact of Oxytocin and educational strategies to support women.
Description writer: Principal Lecturer in Midwifery Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (CPIT) New Zealand
TAG: Attachment and early relationships
Author: Rebecca Schiller
Description: Rebecca Schiller describes the ‘tool kit’ that she provides for women in her care to help cope with a subsequent labour and birth following a traumatic birth experience.
Description writer: Doula, Co-Chair Birthrights
TAG: Labour and birth, Antenatal education for birth and early parenting
Author: Peter Jackson
Description: Peter Jackson suggests ways to structure prenatal (antenatal ) programs to empower women and their partners to prepare and birth their babies with understanding , confidence and fearlessness
Description writer: Midwife/ Childbirth Educator New South Wales Australia
TAG: Antenatal education for birth and early parenting
Author: Jane Hanley
Description: Jane Hanley discusses the impact of postnatal depression on the brain of her infant and the longer term impacts on the child. She also explores recognising postnatal depression in both the mother and father
Description writer: President of the International Marce Society for Perinatal Mental Health
TAG: Mental Health, Fathers
Author: Dana A. Schneider
Author title: Professor
Description: Dana Schneider explores the power of allowing women to reflect on their expectations prior to birth and offers strategies to prevent disempowerment when expectations are unmet
Description writer: Assistant Professor in Social Work, Southern Connecticut State University USA
TAG: Labour and birth
Author: Robin Balbernie
Author title: Professor
Description: Robin Balbernie explores how the infant brain is moulded by experience in the first two years of life determining the capacity for empathy and rational thinking. He argues the case for early intervention to protect infant mental health and consequently society for following generations
Description writer: Clinical Director Parent Infant Partnership (PIP)
Author: Francesca Fearn
Description: Francesca Fearn describes the work of PRAMS and how the group therapy supports women suffering from postnatal depression
Description writer: Advanced Practitioner Occupational Therapist, Perinatal Response and Management Service Wales UK
Author: Christine Puckering
Description: Christine Puckering discusses the evaluation of the effectiveness of the Mellow Bumps antenatal programme, from its roots and development to implementation
Description writer: Programme Director Mellow Parenting
Author: James Fargie, Sarah Breustedt
Description: James Fargie and Sarah Breustedt describe the factors affecting the successful delivery of antenatal therapeutic groups, with an emphasis on supervision and reflective practice. Highlighting the importance of psychosocial factors
Description writer: James Fargie Development Officer Mellow Parenting Sarah Breustedt Develoment Assistant Mellow Parenting
Author: Kay Cram, Shona Gore
Description: Kay Cram and Shona Gore examine the use of adult learning techniques by practitioners working with parents in the transition to parenthood. This article focuses on the Socratic methods
Description writer: Kay Cram Birth and Parent Educator :University of Worcester UK. Shona Gore Birth and Parent Educator :University of Worcester
TAG: Antenatal education for birth and early parenting
