CEED - Seeing Is Believing (SIB) Training Manual and Practice DVD

2007

Sara Zettervall
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612-625-3058

Originally developed as part of the STEEP? program, Seeing is Believing? is a unique practice that helps parents increase their sensitivity and responsiveness to their babies' cues by using a videotaping strategy. Through videotaping and guided viewing, Seeing is Believing? promotes perspective-taking by giving parents a chance to see, from the camera?s point of view, what happens between them and their baby. We have found video technology to be a remarkable tool in helping moms and dads gain new insight into their baby?s feelings and behavior. The primary goal of using videotaping is to promote the parents? self-observation and reinforce their growing knowledge of and sensitivity to their babies. Using the videotape as a self-observation tool, we present parents with a way of seeing themselves and their babies from a new vantage point. We urge parents to see their own strengths and those of their babies, and encourage them to consider their infant?s perspective as they interact with their babies. The parent keeps the video as a documented memory of the baby?s development.

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