Deborah J Weatherston
Biographic Data
| ID | 6213796 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deborah J Weatherston |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deborah J |
| FAMILY NAME | Weatherston |
| SIGNATURE | WEATHERSTON D J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Association for Childrens Mental Health |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 114 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Demographic and psychological factors that predict retention in infant mental health home visiting
Infant mental health home visiting therapists’ reflective supervision self‐efficacy in community practice settings
In recent years, there has been an increase in the research on reflective supervision, including the development of tools designed to measure reflective practice in the context of reflective supervision. The Reflective Supervision Self‐Efficacy Scale for Supervisees (RSSESS) is a self‐report measure that has been used in previous evaluations and is designed to assess perceived reflective practice self‐efficacy for Infant Mental Health‐Home Visiti…
The Michigan infant mental health home visiting model
Selma Fraiberg's pioneering work with infants, toddlers, and families over 40 years ago led to the development of a field in which professionals from multiple disciplines learned to work with or on behalf of infants, very young children, their parents, and the relationships that bind them together. The intent was to promote social and emotional health through enhancing the security of early developing parent–child relationships in the first years…
Reflecting on the Practice of Infant Mental Health and the Reduction of Risk in Infancy and Early Parenthood
This essay discusses infant mental health (IMH) as well as its origins and relational framework. The author then reflects, professionally and personally, on the meaning of psychological vulnerability of boys under 5 years of age, the importance of early caregiving relationships to the reduction of risk, and implications for education and training in the IMH field
A Community Mental Health Professional Development Model for the Expansion of Reflective Practice and Supervision
The Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health identified a need for reflective supervision training for infant mental health (IMH) specialists providing home‐based services to highly vulnerable infants and their families. Findings indicate that this pilot of an IMH community mental health professional development model was successful, as measured by the participants’ increased capacity to apply reflective practice and supervisory knowledge an…
Critical Components of Reflective Supervision
This article offers a brief review of the history of supervision, defines reflective supervision, and reports the results of a Delphi study designed to identify critical components of reflective supervision. Academicians and master clinicians skilled in providing reflective supervision participated in a three-phase survey to elicit beliefs about best practice when engaging in reflective supervision. The process yielded consensus descriptions of o…
Strengthening and recognizing knowledge, skills, and reflective practice
Attachment theory and research suggest that early intervention services focused on the infant–parent relationship can improve outcomes for the child (D. Cicchetti, F.A. Rogosch, & C.L. Toth, 2006; D. Cicchetti, C.L. Toth, & F.A. Rogosch, 1999; N.J. Cohen et al., 1999; C.M. Heinicke et al., 1999; K.T. Hoffman, R.S. Marvin, G. Cooper, & B. Powell, 2006; A.F. Lieberman, D. Weston, & J.H. Pawl, 1991; A.F. Lieberman & C.H. Zeanah, 1999; K. Lyons‐Ruth,…
Working within the context of relationships
Returning the treasure to babies
Perinatal positive parenting
Parent-infant support groups offer first-time parents an opportunity to share their experiences and concerns with each other. This paper discusses the parent groups component of Perinatal Positive Parenting, a program for parents who deliver their first-born children at the William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. Formation of the support groups follows the program's hospital and in-home components. Group organization, structure, and mee…
Volunteering for family strength
This paper describes the development of the volunteer component of the Perinatal Positive Parenting program—a program for parents of firstborns who deliver at the William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. Effective parenting volunteer service requires energy, interest, and an extraordinary commitment to healthy family relationships. Principles which assure a high level of commitment to the Perinatal Positive Parenting Program are discusse…
Perinatal Positive Parenting
This article provides an overview of the Perinatal Positive Parenting program (PPP). This primary prevention program, developed at the Institute for Family and Child Study at Michigan State University, was designed to meet the parenting support and informational needs of first-time parents. The basic tenets of the PPP program are discussed and overviews of the in-hospital, at home, and parents' support group functions are provided. The evaluation…
Critical Components of Reflective Supervision
This article offers a brief review of the history of supervision, defines reflective supervision, and reports the results of a Delphi study designed to identify critical components of reflective supervision. Academicians and master clinicians skilled in providing reflective supervision participated in a three-phase survey to elicit beliefs about best practice when engaging in reflective supervision. The process yielded consensus descriptions of o…
Strengthening and recognizing knowledge, skills, and reflective practice
Attachment theory and research suggest that early intervention services focused on the infant–parent relationship can improve outcomes for the child (D. Cicchetti, F.A. Rogosch, & C.L. Toth, 2006; D. Cicchetti, C.L. Toth, & F.A. Rogosch, 1999; N.J. Cohen et al., 1999; C.M. Heinicke et al., 1999; K.T. Hoffman, R.S. Marvin, G. Cooper, & B. Powell, 2006; A.F. Lieberman, D. Weston, & J.H. Pawl, 1991; A.F. Lieberman & C.H. Zeanah, 1999; K. Lyons‐Ruth,…
The Michigan infant mental health home visiting model
Selma Fraiberg's pioneering work with infants, toddlers, and families over 40 years ago led to the development of a field in which professionals from multiple disciplines learned to work with or on behalf of infants, very young children, their parents, and the relationships that bind them together. The intent was to promote social and emotional health through enhancing the security of early developing parent–child relationships in the first years…
A Community Mental Health Professional Development Model for the Expansion of Reflective Practice and Supervision
The Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health identified a need for reflective supervision training for infant mental health (IMH) specialists providing home‐based services to highly vulnerable infants and their families. Findings indicate that this pilot of an IMH community mental health professional development model was successful, as measured by the participants’ increased capacity to apply reflective practice and supervisory knowledge an…
Infant mental health home visiting therapists’ reflective supervision self‐efficacy in community practice settings
In recent years, there has been an increase in the research on reflective supervision, including the development of tools designed to measure reflective practice in the context of reflective supervision. The Reflective Supervision Self‐Efficacy Scale for Supervisees (RSSESS) is a self‐report measure that has been used in previous evaluations and is designed to assess perceived reflective practice self‐efficacy for Infant Mental Health‐Home Visiti…
Working within the context of relationships
Demographic and psychological factors that predict retention in infant mental health home visiting
Reflecting on the Practice of Infant Mental Health and the Reduction of Risk in Infancy and Early Parenthood
This essay discusses infant mental health (IMH) as well as its origins and relational framework. The author then reflects, professionally and personally, on the meaning of psychological vulnerability of boys under 5 years of age, the importance of early caregiving relationships to the reduction of risk, and implications for education and training in the IMH field
Perinatal positive parenting
Parent-infant support groups offer first-time parents an opportunity to share their experiences and concerns with each other. This paper discusses the parent groups component of Perinatal Positive Parenting, a program for parents who deliver their first-born children at the William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. Formation of the support groups follows the program's hospital and in-home components. Group organization, structure, and mee…
Volunteering for family strength
This paper describes the development of the volunteer component of the Perinatal Positive Parenting program—a program for parents of firstborns who deliver at the William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. Effective parenting volunteer service requires energy, interest, and an extraordinary commitment to healthy family relationships. Principles which assure a high level of commitment to the Perinatal Positive Parenting Program are discusse…
Perinatal Positive Parenting
This article provides an overview of the Perinatal Positive Parenting program (PPP). This primary prevention program, developed at the Institute for Family and Child Study at Michigan State University, was designed to meet the parenting support and informational needs of first-time parents. The basic tenets of the PPP program are discussed and overviews of the in-hospital, at home, and parents' support group functions are provided. The evaluation…
Returning the treasure to babies
Strengthening and recognizing knowledge, skills, and reflective practice
Attachment theory and research suggest that early intervention services focused on the infant–parent relationship can improve outcomes for the child (D. Cicchetti, F.A. Rogosch, & C.L. Toth, 2006; D. Cicchetti, C.L. Toth, & F.A. Rogosch, 1999; N.J. Cohen et al., 1999; C.M. Heinicke et al., 1999; K.T. Hoffman, R.S. Marvin, G. Cooper, & B. Powell, 2006; A.F. Lieberman, D. Weston, & J.H. Pawl, 1991; A.F. Lieberman & C.H. Zeanah, 1999; K. Lyons‐Ruth,…
Working within the context of relationships
Critical Components of Reflective Supervision
This article offers a brief review of the history of supervision, defines reflective supervision, and reports the results of a Delphi study designed to identify critical components of reflective supervision. Academicians and master clinicians skilled in providing reflective supervision participated in a three-phase survey to elicit beliefs about best practice when engaging in reflective supervision. The process yielded consensus descriptions of o…
A Community Mental Health Professional Development Model for the Expansion of Reflective Practice and Supervision
The Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health identified a need for reflective supervision training for infant mental health (IMH) specialists providing home‐based services to highly vulnerable infants and their families. Findings indicate that this pilot of an IMH community mental health professional development model was successful, as measured by the participants’ increased capacity to apply reflective practice and supervisory knowledge an…
Reflecting on the Practice of Infant Mental Health and the Reduction of Risk in Infancy and Early Parenthood
This essay discusses infant mental health (IMH) as well as its origins and relational framework. The author then reflects, professionally and personally, on the meaning of psychological vulnerability of boys under 5 years of age, the importance of early caregiving relationships to the reduction of risk, and implications for education and training in the IMH field
Infant mental health home visiting therapists’ reflective supervision self‐efficacy in community practice settings
In recent years, there has been an increase in the research on reflective supervision, including the development of tools designed to measure reflective practice in the context of reflective supervision. The Reflective Supervision Self‐Efficacy Scale for Supervisees (RSSESS) is a self‐report measure that has been used in previous evaluations and is designed to assess perceived reflective practice self‐efficacy for Infant Mental Health‐Home Visiti…
The Michigan infant mental health home visiting model
Selma Fraiberg's pioneering work with infants, toddlers, and families over 40 years ago led to the development of a field in which professionals from multiple disciplines learned to work with or on behalf of infants, very young children, their parents, and the relationships that bind them together. The intent was to promote social and emotional health through enhancing the security of early developing parent–child relationships in the first years…
Demographic and psychological factors that predict retention in infant mental health home visiting
Psychology (12 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Mental health (8 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (7 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Psychotherapist (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (5 works) · Infant mental health (5 works)