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In the late 1960’s, researchers began to investigate how to identify children at risk for failure to thrive, abuse or neglect. In 1971, Dr. Barnard, professor emeritus of the Department of Family and Child Nursing at the University of Washington, initiated research that brought the ecology of early child development closer to the level of clinical practice by developing methods for assessing behaviors of children and parents. She identified environmental factors that are critical to a child’s well-being and demonstrated the importance of parent-child interaction as a predictor of later cognitive and language development.
…Methods that Barnard developed, widely known as the Feeding and Teaching Scales, were initially taught in 1979 in a series of eight classes via satellite in the U.S.A. Over 600 nurses received training in the use of a series of tools for assessing parent-child interactions during those sessions. After the satellite experiment ended, NCAST Programs, under the direction of Georgina Sumner, now Director Emeritus, started offering a Certified Instructor Workshop in Seattle for professionals. These individuals gained reliability in the use of the Feeding and Teaching Scales and were certified to teach the scales to learners in their own communities.
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