Dr. Valerie Maholmes: A home-visit program for parents previously investigated for child abuse, dramatically reduced the percentage of young children who were removed from their homes and placed in foster care, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. Central to the program are videotaped segments of parent-child play sessions. A trained specialist then gives parents feedback on the interaction, encouraging parents to reflect on their children’s social or emotional needs.
I’m Dr. Valerie Maholmes, Chief of the Pediatric Trauma and Critical Illness Branch at the NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Today, I’ll be speaking with study author Dr. Monica Oxford, Interim Director of the Barnard Center for Infant Mental Health and Development and research professor at the University of Washington Department of Family and Child Nursing.
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