This book presents the Maternal Sensitivity Program (MSP), an eight-session home-delivered intervention designed to enhance overall maternal sensitivity to infant behavior between the third and the tenth month of life using video feedback and live modeling strategies. The intervention was based on successful international programs but was specifically developed to fit the realities and needs of low-income countries, whose public health services rely on scarce human and economic resources. The program aims to promote maternal acknowledgment of infant mental activity and model responses that encourage infants' communication of intentions, needs, desires, and emotions.
The first part of the book provides an overview of core theories related to the concept of maternal sensitivity, illustrating how it varies across cultural contexts, and how it is shaped by economic scarcity. The second part of the book presents evidence of the effectiveness of sensitivity-based interventions, describes and provides a rationale for the Maternal Sensitivity Program (MSP), and proposes a framework for training interventionists seeking to implement the program in different contexts. The third part of the book presents the intervention manual, describing in detail the procedures in each of the eight sessions of the program.
The Maternal Sensitivity Program: A Model for Promoting Infant Development in Challenging Contexts will be an invaluable resource for developmental psychologists, health care providers, and social workers who work with families in low-income countries and in contexts of social vulnerability and need to implement low-cost interventions to foster healthy child development.
Author(s): Patrícia Alvarenga, M. Ángeles Cerezo, Yana Kuchirko
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 153
City: Cham
Foreword: Being Sensitive to the Next Steps in the Area of Maternal Sensitivity
On Scientific Translation
On Global Extension
On Scientific Transparency
Reference
Acknowledgments
Contents
About the Authors
Abbreviations
Part I: Foundations of the Maternal Sensitivity Program
Chapter 1: Theoretical and Empirical Underpinnings of Maternal Sensitivity: Considerations of Sensitivity Across Cultures and Socioeconomic Status
Conceptual Issues and the Evaluation of Maternal Sensitivity
Predictors of Maternal Sensitivity
The Impact of Maternal Sensitivity on Child Development in Different Cultures and Across Developmental Domains
References
Chapter 2: Impact of Maternal Verbal Responsiveness on Infant Language Development
Maternal Verbal Responsiveness
Cultural Variation in Maternal Verbal Responsiveness
Maternal Verbal Responsiveness in Challenging Contexts
References
Part II: The Maternal Sensitivity Program in a Nutshell
Chapter 3: Program Development
The Story of the Maternal Sensitivity Program in Brazil
References
Chapter 4: Program Description
Structure of the Sessions
Video Recording
Video Coding
Video Feedback
Live Modeling
Closure
Themes of the Sessions
Final Recommendations
References
Chapter 5: Program Evaluation
Coding Maternal Sensitive Responses and Their Affective Valences: The CITMI-R
Coding Maternal Sensitive Verbalizations
Coding Maternal Verbal Responsiveness
Findings on the Efficacy of the MSP
Next Steps in MSP’s Evaluation
References
Chapter 6: Providers’ Training
References
Part III: The Maternal Sensitivity Program Step by Step
Chapter 7: The Session at Three Months of Age: Attending To and Understanding Baby’s Signals
Session Focus
Video Recording
Video Coding
Video Feedback
Live Modeling
Closure
Chapter 8: The Session at Four Months of Age: Responding to the Baby’s Signals
Session Focus
Video Recording
Video Coding
Video Feedback
Live Modeling
Closure
Chapter 9: The Session at Five Months of Age: Respecting Baby’s Pace and Space
Session Focus
Video Recording
Video Coding
Video Feedback
Live Modeling
Closure
Chapter 10: The Session at Six Months of Age: Engaging in Turn-Taking
Session Focus
Video Recording
Video Coding
Video Feedback
Live Modeling
Closure
Chapter 11: The Session at Seven Months of Age: Helping the Baby to Focus Attention
Session Focus
Video Recording
Video Coding
Video Feedback
Live Modeling
Closure
Chapter 12: The Session at Eight Months of Age: Supporting Baby’s Emotional Expressions
Session Focus
Video Recording
Video Coding
Video Feedback
Live Modeling
Closure
Chapter 13: The Session at Nine Months of Age: Showing the World with Words
Session Focus
Video Recording
Video Coding
Video Feedback
Live Modeling
Closure
Chapter 14: The Session at Ten Months of Age: The Enlargement of the Baby’s World
Session Focus
Video Recording
Video Coding
Video Feedback
Live Modeling
Closure
Chapter 15: Final Comments
References
Index
