ERIC Number: ED131941
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1975-May-3
Pages: 24
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The Parenting Process Project: An Experimental and Clinical Application of Psychoanalytic and Anthropological Perspectives.
Kaufman, Lorraine; Schrut, Albert H.
This paper summarizes the theoretical frame of reference, structure and function of an experimental program called the Parenting Process Project which has been part of the Child and Family Guidance Unit of the Department of Psychiatry at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles since 1967. The Project combines psychoanalytic and anthropological insights and techniques to study child development and the psychodynamics of varying family systems in so-called "normal families" during the first five years of life of the newborn. Another aim of the Project is to refine an intervention model for monitoring the psychodynamic and cognitive progress of children during this span. The structure for this longitudinal involvement is a group consisting of 12 families (with heterogeneous socioeconomic, ethnic and family structures) and members of a multidisciplinary team which forms before the birth or adoption of an infant and continues to meet weekly until the child enters kindergarten. The Project target is the infant, and the long-term goal is facilitating each child's mastery of the major phases inherent in the first five years of life in order to prevent or ameliorate developmental impediments to proper ego functioning. Several case studies are presented. (Author/MS)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Child Rearing, Discussion Groups, Early Childhood Education, Emotional Development, Family Life, Family Relationship, Family Role, Group Therapy, Infants, Longitudinal Studies, Models, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Counseling, Parent Education, Parent Role, Preschool Children, Program Descriptions, Psychological Needs, Staff Role
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Authoring Institution: Ceders-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
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