Esther Bick’s 1964 paper ‘Notes on infant observation in psycho-analytic training’ set out the model of infant observation and her view of how much can be learned from it — how to observe, the nature of early infantile anxiety, especially the baby’s apparent fear of ‘falling to bits’, the impact of maternal anxiety and postnatal depression, and the significance of good observational capacities for future child analysts. She emphasized the gathering of data over time, the need to wait for meaning to emerge, and the observer’s responsibility to respect their role as learner and to behave with tact and reliability.Bick, Esther. (1964) ‘Notes on infant observation in psycho-analytic training’. Reprinted in Collected Papers of Martha Harris and Esther Bick. Clunie Press, 1987. Dr. Jeanne Magagna has published an account of a three year infant observation, presented by the author to Esther Bick in a weekly seminar with a number of international clinicians. Magagna, unusually was the only observer presenting.<ref> Magagna, J. (1987). Three years of infant observation with Mrs. Bick. Journal of Child Psychotherapy, 13(1), 19-39. Beginning in the 1980s, and initially supported by visiting staff from the Tavistock Clinic, courses in infant observation were developed to support the training of a wide range of professionals across the UK and across the West. Over time other components and seminars were added to develop a comprehensive programme leading to a post-graduate qualification. The post-graduate programme known as Psychoanalytic Observational Studies which is run under the auspices of the Tavistock Clinic is currently delivered in the UK in Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Devon, Oxford and Liverpool and in Italy, in Florence, Genoa and Milan. In the UK equivalent post-graduate programmes exist at the Anna Freud Centre and the British Psychotherapy Foundation in London, the Northern School of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy with the University of Leeds, at the University of Northumbria in Newcastle and at Human Development, Scotland with the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.cite URL History|publisher=Association of Child URL URL In the US the programmes are run at the Washington School of Psychiatry, Washington, D.C. since 2004 and at Columbia URL URL New infant observation programmes are developing in Taiwan and in China. The Process of Observation Mother and child interaction as observed by Raphael, National Gallery Psychoanalytic infant observation generally involves a weekly observation over a two-year period of an infant soon after birth and until their second birthday. Trainees normally undertake the observation in the home setting for one hour per week at the same time in the week, to fit in with the family's schedule. Trainees are responsible for finding a baby to observe under the guidance of their tutor. New observers attend seminars to discuss the practicalities of setting up an observation and to learn about the process of finding a baby. Description based on information from URL www.nscap.org.uk Every observation is written up in detail as soon after the observation as possible. This can often take more than an hour to complete. Students discuss their observations in small group seminars led by experienced teachers which take place on a weekly basis over two academic years. Each trainee has the opportunity , in turn, to present a recent observation to  the group. The presentations are anonymised and no identifying features are used.  Young Child and Brief Observations Baby playing with yellow paint. by Peter Klashorst Some courses and trainings, including those at the Tavistock Clinic, The Birmingham Trust for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and the Northern School of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy also offer the chance to undertake an observation of a pre-school child (approximately two to four years old) in their family or in a nursery setting for an hour a week for one academic URL This gives an opportunity for an additional understanding of development through the experience of observation as the child starts to communicate verbally and non-verbally with other children and with adults outside the immediate family and takes a range of steps towards the world outside the family.
Esther Bick’s 1964 paper ‘Notes on infant observation in psycho-analytic training’ set out the model of infant observation and her view of how much can be learned from it — how to observe, the nature of early infantile anxiety, especially the baby’s apparent fear of ‘falling to bits’, the impact of maternal anxiety and postnatal depression, and the significance of good observational capacities for future child analysts. She emphasized the gathering of data over time, the need to wait for meaning to emerge, and the observer’s responsibility to respect their role as learner and to behave with tact and reliability.Bick, Esther. (1964) ‘Notes on infant observation in psycho-analytic training’. Reprinted in Collected Papers of Martha Harris and Esther Bick. Clunie Press, 1987. Beginning in the 1980s, and initially supported by visiting staff from the Tavistock Clinic, courses in infant observation were developed to support the training of a wide range of professionals across the UK and across the West. Over time other components and seminars were added to develop a comprehensive programme leading to a post-graduate qualification. The post-graduate programme known as Psychoanalytic Observational Studies which is run under the auspices of the Tavistock Clinic is currently delivered in the UK in Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Devon, Oxford and Liverpool and in Italy, in Florence, Genoa and Milan. In the UK equivalent post-graduate programmes exist at the Anna Freud Centre and the British Psychotherapy Foundation in London, the Northern School of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy with the University of Leeds, at the University of Northumbria in Newcastle and at Human Development, Scotland with the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.cite URL History|publisher=Association of Child URL URL In the US the programmes are run at the Washington School of Psychiatry, Washington, D.C. since 2004 and at Columbia URL URL The Process of Observation Mother and child interaction as observed by Raphael, National Gallery Psychoanalytic infant observation generally involves a weekly observation over a two-year period of an infant soon after birth and until their second birthday. Trainees normally undertake the observation in the home setting for one hour per week at the same time in the week, to fit in with the family's schedule. Trainees are responsible for finding a baby to observe under the guidance of their tutor. New observers attend seminars to discuss the practicalities of setting up an observation and to learn about the process of finding a baby. Description based on information from URL www.nscap.org.uk Every observation is written up in detail as soon after the observation as possible. This can often take about an hour to complete. Students discuss their observations in small group seminars which take place on a weekly , over two academic years. Each trainee has the opportunity to present their detailed observations to the group. The presentations are anonymised and no identifying features are used. The Young Child and Brief Observations Baby playing with yellow paint. by Peter Klashorst Some courses and trainings, including those at the Tavistock Clinic, The Birmingham Trust for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and the Northern School of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy also offer the chance to undertake an observation of a pre-school child (approximately two to four years old) in their family or in a nursery setting for an hour a week for one academic URL This gives an opportunity for an additional understanding of development through the experience of observation as the child starts to communicate verbally and non-verbally with other children and with adults outside the immediate family and takes a range of steps towards the world outside the family.
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