50.1 SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESILIENCE IN TODDLERS IN REGIONS IMPACTED BY CONFLICT

Objectives: In this session, participants will learn to identify the presence of or absence of regulation and engagement between toddlers and caregivers. They will gain knowledge about coaching caregivers to support better regulation and resilience in toddlers, and they will learn the basic principl...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2016-10, Vol.55 (10), p.S75-S75
1. Verfasser: Feder, Joshua D., MD
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Objectives: In this session, participants will learn to identify the presence of or absence of regulation and engagement between toddlers and caregivers. They will gain knowledge about coaching caregivers to support better regulation and resilience in toddlers, and they will learn the basic principles in providing reflective support to communities in distress. Methods: Didactic instruction on toddler social-emotional regulation will occur, and discussion of emerging research, which includes implementation of a teaching module for caregivers on facilitating toddler emotional regulation and a video-coding method for tracking caregiver-child interactions, will be described. In addition, practical opportunities for audience members to learn and code video interactions will occur. Finally, an interactive method will be used with the audience to demonstrate principles of effective reflective support. Results: A brief overview will be given on emerging research that exists on how to develop better resilience in children affected by conflict, help parents respond better to families in such regions, develop resilience in young children through supporting caregiver relationships, and change attitudes among preschoolers to improve tolerance. The speaker will then describe his own research project in several war-torn regions using a training module for teaching caregivers (parents, teachers) about social-emotional function and the development of resilience in toddlers. This module teaches caregiving adults tools to recognize how their child is functioning at any given moment, what factors affect the child's behavior, and how best to support their child in self-regulation through practice of healthy emotional co-regulation between adults and toddlers. A video-coding method for tracking these kinds of caregiver-child interactions will also be described. Conclusions: Few studies exist examining promotion of resilience in children affected by conflict. Evidence exists that reflective process can improve the functioning of toddlers and their caregivers. Methods of measuring and tracking interactions for use in the field with young children and caregivers in conflict-ridden areas are much needed, and such efforts are being developed with encouraging results and potentially positive impact.
ISSN:0890-8567
1527-5418
DOI:10.1016/j.jaac.2016.07.734