Leaping Forward with systems theory in the development of early child & family support

This is the 14^th and final article in the 'Leaping Forward' series. It is prompted by next year's Portugal 25 event:

ADVANCING COMPREHENSIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION - what parents, professionals, science,

Read more: Leaping Forward # 14: When we properly adopt systems thinking, complicated babies and infants magically become more straightforward. Then we know what to do

Leaping Forward in the development of early child & family support and protecting childhood

This is the 13^th article in the 'Leaping Forward' series.

Major obstacles in supporting the development and learning of an infant or young child occur when paediatric therapists are based in hospitals, ce

Read more: Leaping Forward # 13: A proper look at systems theory helps get the therapist to the child, not the child to the therapist - PART1

Reducing mental and physical exhaustion in the people around children with complex care needs is a moral imperative

The scoping review featured in TAC Bulletin about parent burnout is a valuable exercise that raises many important issues for me. These include:

• Professionals can suffer burnout too.

Read more: Leaping Forward # 11: A proper look at systems theory helps prevent parent and professional burnout

'...the educational world is better equipped to work in these systems than is the medical world where authoritarian traditions can predominate.'

Systems-thinking is very straightforward. There is no mystery about it. The basis of systems-thinking is that when elements are joined together effectively

Read more: Leaping Forward # 9: A proper look at systems in early child and family support. There is a sort of magic here

Leaping Forward in the development of early child & family support and protecting childhood

This is the second part of the 13^th article in the 'Leaping Forward' series.

In Part 1 of this piece I suggested using systems thinking to reduce children’s visits to paediatric therapists in hospitals, c

Read more: Leaping Forward # 13: PART 2 - A proper look at systems theory helps get the therapist to the child, not the child to the therapist.

Leaping Forward in the development of early child and family support

Comment by Peter Limbrick

This is the 12^th article in the Leaping Forward series.

Buddhists were observing the interconnectedness of things over two thousand years ago. Systems theory, though extremely valuable, is coming q

Read more: Leaping Forward # 12: A proper look at systems theory helps us see the wholeness of children and their situations

We must resist overloading young children with multiple professionals!

This series of articles is about leaping forward in the development of early child and family support.

Those of us who know babies and infants in their wholeness, because we are, for example, parents, teachers, nursery workers or

Read more: Leaping Forward # 10: A proper look at systems theory shows the madness of thinking about ‘multiple disability’ in the education of babies and infants

Do we ignore politics because we are too comfortable and safe?

I argued in Leaping forward #7 that the persistent downgrading of the family body is a political issue and that such conferences as Portugal 25 could start to improve the situation across the world.

Another massive political issue for us

Read more: Leaping Forward in early child and family support # 8: Developing political maturity in the professional body