Main description:

* This is the first book that discusses the medically ill baby's embodied experience, manifest in the child's behaviors and the family dynamics from the perspective of nonverbal interactional and relational experiences
* Dr. Suzi Tortora is a Laban nonverbal movement analyst and dance/movement therapist who has pioneered dance/movement therapy with infants, young children and families, and Dr. Miri Keren, a clinical assistant professor of child and adolescent psychiatry, Tel-Aviv University Sackler Medical School, is one of the co-authors of the newly revised DC- 0 - 5 (TM): Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood
* This book fills this gap in the literature bringing a variety of fields together including infant mental health; infant and child psychiatry; nonverbal movement analysis; and the creative arts therapies

Contents:

1. The Role of the Baby's Body, Nonverbal-Movement Experience, and Communication in Building the Caregiver-Baby Relationship 2. The Clinical Implications of Embodiment and Memory During Infancy 3. Principles of Pediatric Medical Dance/Movement Therapy 4. Affect and Self-Regulation in Social and Emotional Development 5. Babies Remember Pain 6. The Hospital and Severe Illness-Linked Experiences: Their Impact on the Infant's Socio-Emotional Development 7. Long-Term Effects of Chronic Life-Threatening Pediatric Illness on Later Adjustment and Their Clinical Implications 8. DC 0-5: A Multi-Axial Tool for an Integrated Formulation of Symptoms of Somatic and Psychic Distress in the First 5 Years of Life 9. Nonverbal Assessment of Somatic and Psychic Distress 10. From Lullabies to Dance-Play: The Role of Rhythm, Rocking, Song, and Dance to Soothe and Engage Infants and Young Children With Medical Illness 11. Multisensory Dance/Movement Psychotherapy Pain Management Approach 12. Summary of Key Points