Reflective practice in organizational learning, cultural self ‐understanding, and community self‐strengthening

ABSTRACT The infant mental health field can amplify its effects when it extends its purview beyond the dyad to the larger contexts in which infants and adult caregivers interact and develop over time. Within health, mental health, education, and other human service organizations, the quality of relationships is a critical variable in the individual‐level outcomes that such organizations seek. The goals of this work and the means for accomplishing them are highly dependent on human qualities and interactions that are shaped by organizational processes. In communities, too, processes that shape relationships also strongly influence child‐, family‐, and community‐level outcomes. The Touchpoints approach to reflective practice can guide relational processes among professionals, parents, and infants in organizations and communities that influence these outcomes. RESUMEN El campo de la salud mental infantil puede amplificar sus efectos cuando extiende su cobertura más allá de la díada a los contextos más amplios dentro de los cuales los infantes y los adultos que les prestan el cuidado interactúan y se desarrollan con el tiempo. Dentro de la salud, la salud mental, la educación y otras organizaciones que prestan servicios humanos, la calidad de las relaciones es una variable crítica al nivel de los resultados individuales que tales organizaciones persiguen. Las metas de este trabajo y los medios para lograrlas dependen altamente de las cualidades e interacciones hum...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - Category: Child Development Authors: Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research