Looking to observe a newborn for a class
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kbdann
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Hello,
I am a teacher with Montgomery County Public Schools. I'm getting a graduate certificate in infant mental health. One course this semester requires me to identify a family with a newborn to observe twice a month between now & April. I live in DC & am trying to find a family with a newborn who lives in DC or Montgomery County. The basic criteria is below, followed by some information about the course. I'd be grateful if you or anyone you know would consider giving me the honor of observing them & their baby. Please feel free to forward this email. Thank you! Katherine Dann If you or someone you know has a new baby & would be willing to allow me to observe as a grad student, please contact Katherine Dann at 202-744-7651 or kbdann@gmail.com Baby must be a 1st or 2nd child Baby must have been born in July, August or September (an exception could be made for June) 2 home visits a month where I observe everyday routines with the baby (about 14 visits total) 5-10 minutes of video taping during each observation (see below) |
Anonymous
| You can't be serious. |
Anonymous
| Infant mental health? |
Anonymous
Tends to be an online certificate, sometimes from diploma mills. |
Anonymous
| OP, do you know what an IRB is? |
Anonymous
| 14 visits and videotaping? you gotta be kidding. |
Anonymous
| I would try a neighborhood list serv or anything more personal than here. |
Anonymous
| Infants can definitely be anxious. My second baby clearly was. |
Anonymous
| Post the actual program requiring this. I can't believe any school would require this sort of observation for a course. |
Anonymous
Not OP but it's a thing, my weird cousin was doing this program https://www.erikson.edu/graduate-education/courses/i371-infant-observation/ |
Anonymous
| I would hope a program would have a relationship with a hospital, pediatrician, daycare to help students make contacts without something creepy like this. |
Anonymous
| This is not an appropriate method for selecting human subjects to study. |
Anonymous
| I can’t imagine anyone with a newborn having the time to deal with this. |
Anonymous
| You’re a teacher with MCPS, presumably teaching somewhere between K and 12. And yet you’re doing graduate work on infants. Something doesn’t add up. |
Anonymous
| This sounds super weird. |