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REFLECTIVE PRACTICE IN ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING, CULTURAL SELF‐UNDERSTANDING, AND COMMUNITY SELF‐STRENGTHENING
Author(s) -
Sparrow Joshua
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
infant mental health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1097-0355
pISSN - 0163-9641
DOI - 10.1002/imhj.21602
Subject(s) - dyad , psychology , mental health , human services , organizational learning , social psychology , knowledge management , political science , psychotherapist , law , computer science
The infant mental health field can amplify its effects when it extends its purview beyond the dyad to the larger contexts in which infants and adult caregivers interact and develop over time. Within health, mental health, education, and other human service organizations, the quality of relationships is a critical variable in the individual‐level outcomes that such organizations seek. The goals of this work and the means for accomplishing them are highly dependent on human qualities and interactions that are shaped by organizational processes. In communities, too, processes that shape relationships also strongly influence child‐, family‐, and community‐level outcomes. The Touchpoints approach to reflective practice can guide relational processes among professionals, parents, and infants in organizations and communities that influence these outcomes.