Young Child Observation by Simonetta M.G. Adamo, Margaret Rustin - 9780367329976

Taylor & Francis

This book describes the practice of observing young children in home and nursery settings in a systematic and non-intrusive way in order to expand our understanding of their emotional, cognitive, and social development. It uses a psychoanalytic lens to enrich the meaning of what is seen. > Observing young children at play is an everyday and often fascinating and pleasurable experience for many of us. It also has a great pedigree in the development of psychoanalysis from Freud's observation of his grandson's game with the cotton-reel onwards. This book describes the practice of observing young children in home and nursery settings > Series Editor\u2019s Preface -- Introduction -- Developmental issues -- The transition from home to nursery school -- The story of child development: a psychoanalytic account -- Oedipal anxieties, the birth of a second baby, and the role of the observer -- The Young Child Observation seminar: new steps in developing the observer role -- Observing int