Study Guide
The following articles and HUG Your Baby Blogs have been chosen because they will give you the background literature used to develop the Certified HUG Teacher program. The questions following the title of each article or HUG Blog will guide you in identifying key concepts from each reading.
1. Give Them The HUG: An Innovative Approach to Helping
Parents Understand the Language of Their Newborn
a.
What are the potential outcomes on a baby if he/she
does not receive consistent, responsive care giving?
b.
What three characteristics help language used for
teaching be effective and informative?
c.
What three skills help new parents gain confidence
and effectiveness?
d.
Why can reading a baby’s cues be especially important
to use with premature babies?
e.
Name the “Newborn Zones” and “SOSs”.
2. The “HUG”: An Innovative Approach to Pediatric
Nursing Care
a.
What is an example
of how a practitioner might use “Start here, Not there?”
b.
What are two
components of “Seeing and Sharing” a baby’s behavior?
c.
What does
“Broadcasting” a child’s behavior mean?
d.
What does “Commentating”
on a child’s behavior mean?
e.
How might the
“Gaze, then Engage” strategy help a practitioner surface potential “sticky
spots” with parents?
2. Baby
Business: A randomized controlled trial of a universal parenting program that
aims to prevent early infant sleep and cry problems and associated parental
depression.
a.
How
common are infant crying and sleep problems?
b.
What are
three potential adverse outcomes that might arise from untreated infant crying
and sleep problems?
c.
This
article claims that Infant sleep problems tend to arise when parents “actively
help their infant to fall asleep.” List three nighttime practices that are
associated with increased settling problems.
3. The Brazelton Institute: Understanding the
Baby's Language
a.
What are three key
assumptions on which The Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale is based?
b.
List in order the
four developmental tasks a newborn must achieve in order to grow and learn?
4. The Touchpoints Model of Development
a.
What is a Touchpoint?
b.
How does a baby’s
transition through a Touchpoint
impact the baby’s behavior?
c.
What are the seven
guiding principles of the Touchpoints
model?
d.
List four normal Touchpoints that occur between birth and
one year.
e.
What are possible
ramifications if a parent does not anticipate and understand their child’s
normal Touchpoints.
5.
“I love but do
not like my baby” Blog
a.
All BUT ONE of the following are true about a baby’s
temperament:
i. It is
biologically based.
ii. It can be
altered with dedicated effort by a parent.
iii. It is
evident early in life.
iv. It shows up
in many areas of the developing child’s life.
b.
The provider uses three of the following approaches to
reassure the mother about her baby’s behavior. Which approach is NOT USED and
would NOT be helpful.
i. Helping the
mother see the baby’s ability to orient to an object
ii. Helping the
mother see the baby’s response to the mother’s voice
iii. The
provider explains the baby’s behavior AFTER she lets the baby demonstrate how
he is “ok!”
iv. The
provider tells the mother, “There is nothing to worry about.”
6. “My baby doesn’t like my milk!” Blog
a.
List three objective findings that suggest breastfeeding
is going well.
b.
List four behaviors that, if misunderstood, might
cause a mother to think breastfeeding is not going well.
7. “I don’t think my baby can see!” Blog
a.
What techniques might enhance a baby’s ability to
visually engage with a parent?
b.
What SOSs might a parent see that could decrease a
baby’s ability to engage?
8. “Sleeping like a baby--or NOT!” Blog
a.
Describe the behavior of a baby in Active/Light
Sleep.
b.
How might attempting to feed a baby during
Active/Light Sleep decrease breastfeeding duration?
9. Dr. T. Berry Brazelton’s Touchpoints (Part I)
a.
Why is it important for a parent to anticipate and
understand an upcoming Touchpoint?
10. Dr. T. Berry
Brazelton’s Touchpoints (Part II)
a.
Describe how a mother might respond to a
nine-month-old who is suddenly waking up more at night as he develops
separation anxiety?
b.
What challenging nighttime problems might develop if
a parent does not understand the nine-month-old Touchpoint?
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