Next Generation Conference October 2015
Speaker: Associate Professor Brigid Jordan, Royal Children’s Hospital, University of Melbourne
and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute.
The following is a list of references to publications and websites cited in the presentation.
1. Centre on the Developing Child at Harvard University
This website has a number of videos and brief summaries of evidence on early childhood mental
health and toxic stress
http://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/multimedia/videos/inbrief_series/inbrief_mental_healt
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http://developingchild.harvard.edu/key_concepts/toxic_stress_response/
2. The American Academy of Pediatrics paper: The Lifelong Effects of Early CHildhod Adversity and Toxic
Stress published in Pediatrics Vol. 129 No. 1 January 1, 2012
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/129/1/e232.full.pdf+html
3. Reference for paper on Cortisol responses in 6 month infants the day after participation in Still
Face experiment is:
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David W. Haley & Kathy Stansbury. Infant Stress and Parent Responsiveness: Regulation of Physiology and
Behaviour During Still-Face and Reunion. Child Development 2003 vol 74 5 p1534-46
4. Links to video clips
 Video clip from The Social Baby video (newborn imitation and communication)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aVDPbrhyJ8
 The still face experiment video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmE3NfB_HhE
 Video of 4 month olds prefer pro social actors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anCaGBsBOxM&list=PLexvf0jJIHWkM_eDFT_OO0oK8
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 Experiments on altruism in young children (the guy carrying a pile of books bumping his
head to try and open the cupboard door). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeU5xZW7cU
5. Recommended book: The Emotional Life of the Toddler by Alicia Lieberman
6. National child trauma stress network www.nctsn.org/ (USA)
7. National Child Trauma Stress Network materials on child parent psychotherapy
http://www.nctsn.org/sites/default/files/assets/pdfs/cpp_general.pdf
8. Australian Association for Infant Mental Health: www.aaimhi.org
9. Zero to three: www.zerotothree.org
10. World Association for Infant Mental Health: www.waimh.org
11. Graduate Diploma/Masters in Infant Mental Health, University of Melbourne
http://medicine.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/908413/MHS-Infant_Stream.pdf