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As part of his research, pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton proposed that an infant’s behavior provides clues
for parents that can strengthen the bond between child and parent. (AP/Wide World Photos)

and as host of the television program What Every Baby
Knows. He is also the author and/or coauthor of a
number of books, including Touchpoints, and more
than 200 scientific articles.


See also: BRAZELTON NEONATAL ASSESSMENT SCALE;
MILESTONES OF DEVELOPMENT


Bibliography
‘‘Neonatal Behavior Assessment Scale.’’ The Brazelton Institute of
Children’s Hospital [web site]. Boston, Massachusetts, 2000.
Available from http://www.childrenshospital.org/brazelton;
INTERNET.
‘‘Touchpoints.’’ The Brazelton Touchpoints Center of Children’s
Hospital [web site]. Boston, Massachusetts, 2000. Available


from http://www.childrenshospital.org/touchpoint; INTER-
NET.
Publications by Brazelton
Touchpoints—The Essential Reference: Your Child’s Emotional and Be-
havioral Development. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley-
Longman, 1994.
Vicki Diane Peyton

BRAZELTON NEONATAL
ASSESSMENT SCALE
T. Berry Brazelton, a pediatrician and researcher,
published the Brazelton Neonatal Assessment Scale

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