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Baby Doe, A Political History of Tragedy
Minding the Baby® (MTB)–a home visiting intervention for first-time young families run by the Yale Child Study Center, Yale School of Nursing, and Fair Haven Community Health Center–was recognized in a recent New Yorker article on the political forces surrounding services for children and families.
"Our goal is to help new parents develop the capacity to understand and respond to their children's needs and emotions," noted MTB Co-Director Lois Sadler, Professor at the Yale School of Nursing. Beginning in pregnancy, a nurse practitioner and clinical social worker work intensively with young parents through their child’s second birthday. "MTB participants are primarily very young parents who, for a variety of reasons, may not be able to take advantage of other parent support programs in the schools or community. That is why we bring these services to them in their homes."
In addition to on-going work with Connecticut families, the intervention is being replicated in the UK and Florida.
Source: The New Yorker