‘Understanding your baby’: A course for parents and carers

‘Understanding your baby’ is a four-week psychoeducational group for parents/carers of 0-6-month-old infants, designed to increase parental knowledge and confidence. This paper outlines the development, implementation and evaluation of the course.

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