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Schrank, Louise Welsh – 1999
Noting that today's short hospital stays leave almost no time for educating parents on caring for a newborn, this viewer's guide and videotape explore what to expect the first month after birth. The first part of the viewer's guide presents an overview of the videotape and suggestions for discussion and research in the context of a parenting…
Descriptors: Breastfeeding, Child Health, Child Safety, Childhood Needs
Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC. – 2002
This pamphlet, distributed by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Education, and Health and Human Services, is designed to provide parents with information and advice about their infants in the first month of life. The pamphlet provides information on ways the mother can take care of herself, the one-month checkup, early brain development, infant…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Child Health, Child Safety, Infant Behavior
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 2002
This pamphlet, distributed by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Education, and Health and Human Services, is designed to provide parents with information and advice about their infants in the first month of life. The pamphlet provides information on ways the mother can take care of herself, the one-month checkup, early brain development, infant…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Child Health, Child Safety, Infant Behavior
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 2002
This booklet offers guidance to parents in caring for their newborn babies. Advice is given on the following topics: (1) newborn health screening; (2) what a healthy newborn looks like; (3) newborn reflexes; (4) baby checkups; (5) fathers' role; (6) the baby blues; (7) sleeping position; (8) breast milk; (9) breast feeding; (10) bottle feeding;…
Descriptors: Breastfeeding, Child Development, Child Health, Child Rearing
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 2002
This booklet offers guidance to parents in caring for their newborn babies. Advice is given on the following topics: (1) newborn health screening; (2) what a healthy newborn looks like; (3) newborn reflexes; (4) baby checkups; (5) fathers' role; (6) the baby blues; (7) sleeping position; (8) breast milk; (9) breast feeding; (10) bottle feeding;…
Descriptors: Breastfeeding, Child Development, Child Health, Child Rearing
Cole, Jean Gardner – 1993
The behavior of the infant with prenatal drug exposure (PDE) is different from a nonexposed infant, and it is a difference that changes the rules of interaction for the caregiver. Infants exposed to opiates such as heroin or methadone demonstrate very specific signs of neurobehavioral dysfunction as they go through classic withdrawal symptoms.…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role
Weisenfreund, Anat – 1995
This thesis discusses normal principles of infant development during the first 2 to 3 months of life and applies these principles to the provision of services to drug-exposed infants. Emphasis is on the infant as an active and interactive participant in his/her own development, the primacy of the body during this early developmental period, and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cultural Influences, Disabilities, Early Intervention
Lindsay, Jeanne Warren; Brunelli, Jean – 1999
A teen mother is likely to be out of school for several weeks following childbirth and will probably spend many hours caring for and bonding with her child. Schools may take this opportunity to allow her to earn elective school credit. This document is comprised of a textbook for use in such a course, a study guide, and a teacher's guide. The…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Safety, Course Descriptions, Credit Courses