T. Berry Brazelton’s role as researcher, clinician, and advocate for parents has been one of the formative influences in pediatrics in the United States for over 50 He was born in Waco, Texas, on May 10, 1918, and graduated from Princeton in 1940. In 1943 he graduated from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, where he accepted a medical internship. In 1945 he moved to Boston to serve his medical residency at Massachusetts General Hospital before undertaking pediatric training at Children’s Hospital. His interest in child development led to training in child psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and the James Jackson Putnam Children’s Center. He was a Fellow with Professor Jerome Bruner at the Center for Cognitive Studies at Harvard University. There, the process of integrating his dual interests—primary care pediatrics and child psychiatry—culminated in 1972, when he established the Child Development Unit, a pediatric training and research center at Children’s Hospital in Boston.
Brazelton博士是新生儿行为研究的先驱之一。1973年,他和他的同事开发了新生儿行为评估量表(NBA),被广泛认为是对新生儿行为的最具创新性和最全面评估(Brazelton,1973; 1985; Brazelton&Nugent,1995)。NBA已在数百种研究中使用,以评估广泛的前和围产期影响对新生儿行为的影响。它已用于跨文化研究和一种干预方法,以帮助父母理解和与婴儿有关。
当布雷泽尔顿博士继续他的日常小儿诊所时,他教儿科居民,进行研究,并经常出现在国会委员会面前,以支持父母和病假。与他被比较的本杰明·斯波克(Benjamin Spock)一样,布雷泽尔顿博士的父母和电视节目的许多书每个婴儿都知道影响了各地父母的信仰和实践。他的经典书婴儿和母亲专注于行为差异的性质,其特征是对父母自己的决策能力的深切尊重。他为父母出版了许多其他书籍,最近接触点和布拉泽尔顿路图书。
Brazelton博士是哈佛医学院的儿科临床教授,也是布朗大学精神病学和人类发展教授。1995年,哈佛大学医学院成立了T. Berry Brazelton儿科主席。Brazelton博士仍在积极参与Brazelton TouchPoints计划,这是一项预防外展计划,培训专业人士更好地为婴儿和幼儿家庭服务。
参考:
- Brazelton,T。(1973)。新生儿行为评估量表。发展医学诊所,第50号。费城:威廉·海内玛医学书籍。
- Brazelton,T。B.(1985)。早期的父母婴儿互惠。生殖生物学和医学的进展,2,1-13。
- Brazelton,T。(1992)。接触点:您孩子的情感和行为发展。马萨诸塞州剑桥:珀尔修斯。
- Brazelton,T。和Nugent,J。K.(1995)。新生儿行为评估量表。伦敦:麦基斯出版社。
- Brazelton,T。和Sparrow,J。D.(2001)。接触点三个tosix。马萨诸塞州剑桥:珀尔修斯。可从http:// www.brazelton-institute.com