title: Focus on maternal behavior in infant intervention.
abstract: A six-stage maternal behavior progression is outlined, and its use as a schema for the assessment of parental behavior in parent-infant interaction is described. This approach focuses on parent-infant interaction, rather than the teaching of infant skills, as a basis for enhancing cognitive and affective development of the child. Use of the schema is illustrated in two cases from an intervention program for high-risk infants.
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002652:Child Behavior; D002657:Child Development; D003071:Cognition; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010551:Personality; D010988:Play and Playthings; D013315:Stress, Psychological