Maine Association for Infant Mental Health

Maine Association for Infant Mental Health

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23^RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE MAINE ASSOCIATION FOR INFANT MENTAL HEALTH, INC.

In the Voices of Young Children: How Play and Story Create A Nurturing Ground for All

Featuring: Vivian Gussin Paley
Author, Speaker, and Award-Winning Educator

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Classics for Clinicians

Clinical Studies in Infant Mental Health : The First Year of Life Basic Books (October 1, 1980) Buy it at amazon: No summary available.
Development in Jeopardy : Clinical Responses to Infants and Families (Clinical Infant Reports Series of the Zero to Three/National Center for Clinical) International Universities Press (September 1, 1993) Buy it at amazon: For medical practitioners and students, detailed case studies illustrate the diagnostic and therapeutic issues and methods specific to working with children from birth to three and their families.
The Development of Psychopathology: Nature and Nurture The Guilford Press; 1st edition (April 29, 2002) Buy it at Amazon: Bringing a neuroscientific perspective to the topic, Pennington (psychology, U. of Denver) develops a theoretical framework of psychopathology that proposes four interlocking and interacting levels of analysis: genetic and environmental mechanisms, brain mechanisms that alter the developmental process, the neuropsychological processes that are disrupted, and the symptom or surface level of the pathological condition.


Infant Development and Mental Health in Early Intervention (Infants & Young Children) Aspen Publishers; 1st edition (March 1, 1995) Buy it at Amazon: Nineteen papers from diverse perspectives cover topics including maltreatment of young children with disabilities; strategies for building resilience in infants and young children at risk; ADHD in young children; and poverty and early childhood development.

Infant Previewing : Predicting and Sharing Interpersonal Outcome Springer (July 1, 1990) Buy it at Amazon: Introduces Trad's (psychiatry, Cornell) technique of temporarily inducing the behavior of an infant's next developmental stage in order to channel development in a desired direction.

Motherhood and Mental Health (Oxford Medical Publications) Oxford University Press (July 1, 1996) Buy it at Amazon: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, U.K. Text on treating women suffering from mental or emotional difficulty as a result of their roles as mothers, for psychiatrists.

Suggested Books

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Books by Vivian Gussin Paley

	Wally's Stories Vivian Gussin Paley Harvard University Press (August 15, 1987)
	Boys and Girls: Superheroes in the Doll Corner Vivian Gussin Paley University Of Chicago Press (April 15, 1986)
	Mollie Is Three: Growing Up in School Vivian Gussin Paley University Of Chicago Press (December 15, 1988)
	Bad Guys Don't Have Birthdays: Fantasy Play at Four Vivian Gussin Paley University Of Chicago Press (May 21, 1991)
	White Teacher Vivian Gussin Paley Harvard University Press - (1996)
	The Boy Who Would Be a Helicopter Vivian Gussin Paley Harvard University Press (April 24, 1990)
	You Can't Say You Can't Play Vivian Gussin Paley Harvard University Press (July 16, 1993)
	Kwanzaa and Me: A Teacher's Story Vivian Gussin Paley Harvard University Press (October 1, 1996)
	The Girl with the Brown Crayon Vivian Gussin Paley Harvard University Press (March 10, 1997)
	The Kindness of Children Vivian Gussin Paley Harvard University Press (October 2, 2000)
	In Mrs. Tully's Room: A Childcare Portrait Vivian Gussin Paley Harvard University Press (March 31, 2003)
	A Child's Work: The Importance of Fantasy Play Vivian Gussin Paley University Of Chicago Press (May 27, 2005)
	The Boy on the Beach: Building Community through Play Vivian Gussin Paley University Of Chicago Press (April 15, 2010)

Recommended Books

	Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders Bock, Kenneth, and Cameron Stauth New York: Ballantine Books, 2008.
No Picture Available	Your Child's Emotional and Behavioural Development: The Essential Family Reference Book Brazelton, T. Berry Reading, Mass: Addison-Wesley, 1994.
	How Can I Help? Stories and Reflection on Service Dass, Ram & Paul Gorman Alfred A. Knopf 1990
	What's Going on in There? : How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life Eliot, Lise New York: Bantam, 2000
	The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors and the Collision of Two Cultures Fadiman, Anne New York: Noonday, 1998
	Einstein Never Used Flashcards: How Our Children Really Learn--and Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, and Diane Eyer New York: Rodale Books, 2004
	The Scientist in the Crib: What Early Learning Tells Us About the Mind Gopnik, Alison New York: Perennial, 2001
	You Are My World: How a Parent's Love Shapes a Baby's Mind Hatkoff, Amy Toronto: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2007
	Toddler Adoption: The Weaver's Craft Hopkins-Best, Mary New York: Perspectives (IN), 1998
	Building the Bonds of Attachment: Awakening Love in Deeply Troubled Children Hughes, Daniel Jason Aronson Inc. 1998
	Theraplay: Helping Parents and Children Build Better Relationships Through Attachment-Based Play Jernberg, Ann Marshak San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999
	Becoming Attached: Unfolding the Mystery of the Infant-Mother Bond and Its Impact on Later Life Karen, Robert Warner Publishers, 1993
	Ghosts from the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence Karr-Morse, Robin, and Meredith S. Wiley New York: Atlantic Monthly, 1998
	Talks with Teachers of Young Children: A Collection Katz, Lilian Ablex Publishing, 1995
	Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special-Needs Kids Keck, Gregory C. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2009
	Unsmiling Faces: How Preschools Can Heal Koplow, Leslie, ed. New York: Teachers College, 1996
	How It Feels to Be Adopted Krementz, J. Alfred A. Knopf, NY 2000
	Raising Your Spirited Child Rev Ed: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic Kurcinka, Mary Sheedy New York: Harper Paperbacks, 2006
	Connection Parenting: Parenting Through Connection Instead of Coercion, Through Love Instead of Fear, 2nd Edition Leo, Pam Grand Rapids: Wyatt-MacKenzie, 2007
	A General Theory of Love Lewis, Thomas, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon NewYork: Vintage, 2001
	Don't Hit My Mommy: A Manual For Child-parent Psychotherapy With Young Witnesses Of Family Violence Lieberman, Alicia F., and Patricia Van Horn Zero to Three, 2004.
	Making Toys for Infants and Toddlers: Using Ordinary Stuff for Extraordinary Play Miller, Linda G., Mary Jo Gibbs, and Kathy Dobbs New York: Gryphon House, 2002
	Healing Invisible Wounds: Paths to Hope and Recovery in a Violent World Mollica, Richard F. Harcourt Press 2006
	The Middle of Everywhere: Helping Refugees Enter the American Community Pipher, Mary Bray New York: Harcourt, 2002.
	Me, Myself and I: How Children Build Their Sense of Self 18-36 Months (Goddard Parenting Guides) Pruett, Kyle D. New York: Goddard, 1999.
	A Shining Affliction: A Story of Harm and Healing in Psychotherapy Rogers, Annie G. New York: Penguin (Non-Classics), 1996
	Case Studies in Infant Mental Health: Risk, Resiliency, and Relationships Shirilla, Joan J. and Deborah Weatherston, eds. Zero to Three, 2002
	The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are Siegel, Daniel J. The Guilford Press; 1 edition (October 22, 2001)
	Parenting From the Inside Out Siegel, Daniel, and Mary Hartzell New York: Tarcher, 2004
	Young Children and Foster Care: A Guide for Professionals Silver, Judith, ed. Boston: Brookes Company, 1999
	Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent Small, Meredith New York: Anchor, 1999
	The Dancing Dialogue: Using The Communicative Power Of Movement With Young Children Tortora, Suzi Boston: Brookes Company, 2005
	Baby Verses: The Narrative Poetry of Infants and Toddlers Trout, Michael Institute, Inc., 2008
	The Jonathon Letters - One Family's Use of Support as They Took in, and Fell in Love with, a Troubled Child (Audiobook) by Michael Trout and Lori Thomas Trout, Michael, and Lori Thomas Annapolis: The Infant-Parent Institute, Inc., 2005
	Temperament in Context Wachs, Theodore D., ed. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2001
	Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety Warner, Judith New York: Riverhead Hardcover, 2005
	Sensory Integration and Self Regulation in Infants and Toddlers: Helping Very Young Children Interact With Their Environment Williamson, G. Gordon, and Marie E. Anzalone Zero to Three, 2001
	Handbook of Infant Mental Health, Third Edition Zeanah, Charles, ed. Guilford Press, NY. 1993
	Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health And Development Disorders Of Infancy and Early Childhood: DC:0-3R Zero to Three Washington DC 2005

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