Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS): background and conceptual basis -- Standard administration of the NBAS -- Scoring the NBAS items -- Using the NBAS in research -- Psychological context of the NBAS -- New advances in the study of motor behavior in preterm and term infants -- Inter-relationship between examiner, infant and parents in the use of the NBAS -- NBAS in different contexts: training, research and clinical issues -- NBAS training: lessons from the UK -- Neurodevelopmental assessment in young infants: a proposal for daily clinical activity and early intervention, integrating the concepts of Milani Comparetti, Brazelton and Prechtl -- NBAS and postpartum depression: a case study -- Clinical applications of the NBAS with at-risk infants within a research setting: case vignettes -- NBAS and an infant with a disability: a case study -- Using the NBAS in the context of breastfeeding issues: a case study -- NBAS in pediatric care.
Summary:
The Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS) is the most comprehensive examination of newborn behaviour available today and has been used in clinical and research settings around the world for more than 35 years. The scale assesses the newborn's behavioral repertoire with 28 behavioral items and also includes an assessment of the infant's neurological status on 20 items. The NBAS items cover the following domains of neonatal functioning: autonomic regulation; motor organization; state organization and regulation and attention/social interaction. The first part of this new edition ... describes in detail the procedures involved in administering and scoring the NBAS. This is followed by chapters setting the assessment in the context of psychological influences around birth, the relationship between the examiner, infant and parents, and what we know about newborn motor behaviour. After a chapter on the use of the NBAS in research settings, the final part comprises descriptions by professionals around the world of its use in clinical practice.... [T]he NBAS has been used in hundreds of studies to examine the effects of a wide range of pre- and perinatal variables. This new edition ... contains an updated review of research using the NBAS. Because the NBAS is being used increasingly as a way of promoting a positive relationship between parent and child, the new edition also includes new guidelines for clinicians. New guidelines and numerous refinements in the administration and scoring have now been added, and a section describing advances in our understanding of motor behaviour has been added. Finally, new chapters present the uses of the NBAS in a range of contexts around the world, highlighting the wide range of research and clinical applications of the NBAS.--From publisher description.
Series:
Clinics in developmental medicine ; no. 190. Graven collection.
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