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The Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS), also known as the Brazelton Neonatal Assessment Scale (BNAS), [1] was developed in 1973 by T. Berry Brazelton and his colleagues. [2] This test purports to provide an index of a newborn's abilities, and is usually given to an infant somewhere between the age of 3 days to 4 weeks old. [1]
Thomas Berry Brazelton (May 10, 1918 – March 13, 2018) was an American pediatrician, author, and the developer of the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS). Brazelton hosted the cable television program What Every Baby Knows, and wrote a syndicated newspaper column. He wrote more than two hundred scholarly papers and twenty-four books.
The Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) was introduced in 1967 to identify young children, up to age six, with developmental problems. A revised version, Denver II, was released in 1992 to provide needed improvements. These screening tests provide information about a range of ages during which normally developing children acquire certain ...
The Synactive Theory is the foundation of both: 1) the Assessment of Preterm Infants’ Behavior (APIB), [3] [4] a standardized comprehensive newborn test, and 2) the Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP), [5] which is the care and intervention approach, that focuses on each infant's behavioral cues (e.g ...
Stanley Greenspan (June 1, 1941 – April 27, 2010) [1] was an American child psychiatrist and clinical professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Science, and Pediatrics at George Washington University Medical School.
Lauren Bernstein Adamson (June 21, 1948 – December 31, 2021) [1] was a developmental psychologist known for her research on communicative development, parent-child interaction, and joint attention in infants with typical and atypical developmental trajectories. [2]
The Apgar score is a quick way for health professionals to evaluate the health of all newborns at 1 and 5 minutes after birth and in response to resuscitation. [1] It was originally developed in 1952 by an anesthesiologist at Columbia University, Virginia Apgar, to address the need for a standardized way to evaluate infants shortly after birth.
Born: T. Berry Brazelton, American pediatrician, developer of the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale, in Waco, Texas (d. 2018 ); George Welch , American air force officer and test pilot, recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross and Distinguished Flying Cross , Medal of Honor nominee for action during the attack on Pearl Harbor , in ...