The importance of early intervention with parents of babies who are born with a deficiency

Abstract

The present article, using Winnicott’s theory as a background, which
elucidates the importance of the environment and of social relations
to constitute a healthy human being, intends to present an intervention
proposal with parents of a newborn deficient baby. It is by pointing at
reality two by two that one sees in the eyes of the other his own eyes. In
spite of this, the first caregiver, instructed with information and orientations,
will be able to offer conditions for this deficient baby to develop himself
completely. It is by respecting the spontaneous and original initiatives of
the baby, his own way of expressing himself, and by being contingent in
return, that this child will be able to acknowledge a sense of acceptance
and comprehension of his own expressions, positioning him adequately into the environment.