Fantastic Twos - Common Behavioural and Emotional Problems Part 1: Theory course for General Practitioners
This session provides an overview of the theory behind the emotional development of the pre-school child and highlights the factors that can influence this.
Learning objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- Explain the theoretical basis of normal emotional development in the pre-school child
- List the factors that promote or impair emotional development
- Explain how early emotional development can affect later child and adult mental health
In this session, we consider the theoretical basis for the emotional development of the pre-school child and the factors that influence this. We also look at how early emotional development can affect mental health in later life.
Doreen first qualified as an SRN in 1981. She then qualified as an RSCN in 1986 before going on to specialise in neonatal intensive care at the Leicester Royal Infirmary. She is currently the consultant editor of Paediatric Nursing and a doctoral student researching family experiences in the NICU.
She has made several contributions to peer reviewed journals and her first textbook, ‘Neonatal Nursing’, was published in 1994. She is the joint editor of ‘An Introduction to Neonatal Nursing Care’ (2002) as well as ‘Nursing the Highly Dependent Child or Infant: A Manual of Care’ (2008).
An RCN committee member of the Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care Forum (part of the Children and Young Peoples Community), Doreen feels privileged to have been a partner in supporting the care of sick infants, children and their families over several decades.
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