This program is based on the belief that the observation of infants and mothers as well as the observation of children adds to the clinical understanding the therapist brings to a session. Currently, COR offers study groups that include the weekly observation of a mother and an infant followed by a meeting with a trained clinician and 3 other therapists to discuss these observations. This weekly observation of mother and baby takes place in their home, and is followed by the observer recording from memory everything that can be recalled. This is a year-long program that began in 1992.
Plans are in process for an expansion into other observational studies.