It is universally accepted that sensitive and responsive caregiving leads to positive cognitive and socio-emotional outcomes for children. While several intervention approaches exist, this text brings together the rationale and current evidence base for one such approach—the Mediational Intervention for Sensitizing Caregivers (MISC). MISC integrates aspects of socio-emotional health and cognitive development as well as being less culturally intrusive than existing approaches.
Key Features
- Strengths-based program: Complements existing practices and cultures.
- Comprehensive research: Editors compile theory and research from the last decade supporting the MISC approach.
- Diverse topics covered: Includes training the trainer, maternal depression and MISC, and applying MISC to families reunited after migration-related separation.
- Country-specific cases: Focuses on applying MISC to HIV/AIDS-affected children in South Africa and early childhood care settings in Israel.
- Essential reading: Valuable for those in early educational or clinical settings developing policy for optimal child developmental outcomes.
Additional Information
This book is applicable to professionals from a wide variety of disciplines including clinical, counselling, educational, psychology, psychiatry, paediatrics, nursing, social work, and public health.
