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Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, America's most celebrated baby doctor,
provides compassionate, sensible advice on rearing happy, healthy
babies and young children along with his esteemed colleague, Dr.
Joshua Sparrow, a child psychiatrist
The two are co-authors of "Touchpoints: Three to Six "
(Addison-Wesley, 2001) and three newly published books: "Discipline:
The Brazelton Way," "Sleep: The Brazelton Way"
and "Calming Your Fussy Baby: the Brazelton Way."
Weekly. Available for the Internet.
Dr. T. Berry Brazelton has become a household name after more
than a half-century of healing, teaching and writing. In his illustrious
and much-honored career, Dr. Brazelton has revolutionized child-rearing
practices and deeply influenced American public policy on children
and families.
One of Dr. Brazelton’s foremost achievements in pediatrics
is his Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS), an evaluation
tool used worldwide to assess the physical and neurological responses
of newborns, their emotional well being and individual differences.
In recent years, he has appeared before Congressional Committees,
advocating for parents’ rights. In 1989, the U.S. Congress
appointed him to the National Commission on Children.
Dr. Brazelton has received numerous honorary awards including
the Gold Medal for Excellence in Clinical Medicine, from the Association
of the Alumni, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia
University. In 2000, the United States Library of Congress honored
him as a Living Legend.
In 1995, Harvard University Medical School established the T.
Berry Brazelton Chair in Pediatrics. In 1998, an event in Washington,
D.C. celebrated his work and established the Brazelton Foundation,
a non-profit organization, to further these outreach parenting
programs.
Dr. Brazelton graduated in 1943 from Columbia University College
of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. He later established
the Child Development Unit, a pediatric training and research
center at Children’s Hospital in Boston, where he remains
an active member continuing his clinical, teaching and research
activities. He currently serves as Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Emeritus at Harvard and Professor of Psychiatry and Human Development
at Brown University.
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