AUTHORS' APPOINTMENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1: THE NEONATAL BEHAVIORALASSESSMENT SCALE (NBAS) -- BACKGROUND AND CONCEPTUALBASIS; History; Conceptual basis; Content and uses; Conclusion; CHAPTER 2: THE STANDARD ADMINISTRATIONOF THE NBAS; Examiner preparation; The administration of the NBAS; CHAPTER 3: SCORING THE NBAS ITEMS; General guidelines for scoring the NBAS; NBAS scoring; CHAPTER 4: USING THE NBAS IN RESEARCH; Introduction; The NBAS as a research tool; Methodological issues; Research questions; Prenatal maternal influences.

Preterm birth and low birthweightTerm infants; Maternal wellbeing; The NBAS and intervention; Exploring links between newborn and later behavior; Conclusion; CHAPTER 5: THE PSYCHOLOGICALCONTEXT OF THE NBAS; Birth is a unique window for intervention; What defines a mother?; The psychological preparation for parenthood; The unfolding of the attachment process; Neonatal moments of meeting; Consultation with the NBAS: an example; Conclusions; CHAPTER 6: NEW ADVANCES IN THESTUDY OF MOTOR BEHAVIOR IN PRETERMAND TERM INFANTS; Spontaneous movement patterns and General Movements.

What are General Movements?CHAPTER 7: THE INTER-RELATIONSHIP BETWEENEXAMINER, INFANT AND PARENTSIN THE USE OF THE NBAS; Emotional communication, counter-transference, and examiner'semotional response; Conclusion; CHAPTER 8: THE NBAS IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS:TRAINING, RESEARCH AND CLINICALISSUES; CHAPTER 8.1: NBAS TRAINING -- LESSONSFROM THE UK; Background and history; Important aspects of the UK training model; The NBAS examiner; NBAS training in the UK; Examples of programs using the NBAS in the UK; Projects with other organizations; Future work of the Brazelton Centre in the UK; Conclusion.

Comments from trainees about the NBAS training course in the UKUseful sources; CHAPTER 8.2: NEURODEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENTIN YOUNG INFANTS:A PROPOSAL FOR DAILYCLINICAL ACTIVITY AND EARLYINTERVENTION, INTEGRATINGTHE CONCEPTS OF MILANI COMPARETTI, BRAZELTON AND PRECHTL; Milani Comparetti's model; Neurodevelopmental assessment; Strategies of early developmental intervention for high-risk neonates; Case study; CHAPTER 8.3: THE NBAS AND POSTPARTUMDEPRESSION: A CASE STUDY; CHAPTER 8.4: CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OFTHE NBAS WITH AT-RISKINFANTS WITHIN A RESEARCHSETTING: CASE VIGNETTES.

Clinical vignette: Mary, an infant with Down syndromeBehavioral characteristics of newborn infants with intrauterine growthrestriction and who are small for gestational age; Assessing the at-risk newborn infant in research settings; CHAPTER 8.5: THE NBAS AND AN INFANTWITH A DISABILITY: A CASE STUDY; CHAPTER 8.6: USING THE NBAS IN THECONTEXT OF BREASTFEEDINGISSUES: A CASE STUDY; CHAPTER 8.7: THE NBAS IN PEDIATRIC CARE; Introduction; Clinical case examples; Physical and Behavioral Newborn Examination; Additional guidance for performing PEBE as an interactive, relational examination.