Building Early Social and Emotional Relationships with Infants and Toddlers

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the process of building healthy early social and emotional relationships with infants from a developmental perspective. The book synthesizes current research on the contextual influences of attachment, family

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lding Early Social and Emotional Relationships with Infants and Toddlers Integrating Research and Practice

Building Early Social and Emotional Relationships with Infants and Toddlers

Amanda Sheffield Morris  •  Amy C. Williamson Editors

Building Early Social and Emotional Relationships with Infants and Toddlers Integrating Research and Practice

Editors Amanda Sheffield Morris Department of Human Development and Family Science Oklahoma State University Tulsa, OK, USA

Amy C. Williamson Department of Human Development and Family Science Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK, USA

ISBN 978-3-030-03109-1    ISBN 978-3-030-03110-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03110-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018967451 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

We dedicate this book to our children Caleb, Mollie, Isabelle, and Cooper.

Foreword

One of the distinguishing features of the field of infant mental health is its commitment to relationships, not just the earliest family relationships that are at the core of its practice but, as significantly, the relationships that infant mental health practitioners have with families in their care and with each other. The reflection on all of these relationships is central to contemporary infant mental health practice, and this volume joins that conversation, offering us an opportunity to focus on relationships in early development to appraise where we have come from, where we are, and where we might like to go. The developmental transitions over the early years are well known, and contributions to the present volume make clear the fundamental ways in which these are shaped by relationships. Th