FIND: Using Science to Coach Caregivers

[@4whirledpeas]

Thank you for sharing the details of this program. I wonder if this is utilized in the PAT (Parents As Teachers) initiative? Thanks also to Katerina (the commenter below) for sharing her experience in VIG and SPIN .

[@bruceylwang]

Environmental experience not only has tangible experience, but also has intangible experience, for example, the thought which parents want to give their children positive experience that is originated and derived from the intangible mental energy such as mentality, thought, the frequency of love (E=hv). So, in addition to tangible genes P-gene (bio-physical gene), humans also have intangible genes M-gene (Mental gene). And, adult’s mentality, thought, love will pass on to children by M-gene. M-gene determines mentality, thought. M-gene also determines P-gene epigenome “leave a chemical “signature” on genes that determines whether and how genes are expressed.” What is M-gene? Where's M-gene? First of all, we have to have the concept of MS. MS concept will allow us to recognize human’s "Mental environment" is a "structure" which I have called "Mental Structure, MS". Life has tangible structure PS and intangible structure MS. Mind is a MS. Why do we need MS concept? For instance, when a child is standing at fulcrum of a seesaw, he needs resilience to maintain balance. However, from a structural point of view, the child’s balance is merely in a “Critical Condition”- instantly stable but critically unstable, where fulcrum is the only stable structure. From a MS point of view, a child must construct a Stable Mental Fulcrum first so that he can use his mental ability to stand at fulcrum with balance and to move fulcrum. Structurally, a Stable Mental Fulcrum requires more than resilience, it requires rigidity too. Structurally, “Stiffness” is used to represent resilience (elasticity) + rigidity. It is clear that parents’ mentality, thought and love, to give their children positive experience, is originated and derived from their Mind (MS) with various MS stiffness. That says, environmental experience not only alters P-gene and PS, experience also alters the M-gene and MS stiffness. It is obvious that “PS affects MS, MS guides PS”. In addition to “PS affects MS” methods, we can use MS-PS (P-gene -- M-gene) interaction to better develop mental abilities to achieve “MS guides PS” for parent and children. I have worked on “Mind is a MS” for two decades. Theoretically, mental abilities and mental activities can be analyzed by MS model. Experience has shown that parent and children, with MS and M-gene concept in their mind, do have more firm grips in the “PS affects MS, MS guides PS” seesaw process. Hopefully, this comment will be an added value.

[@katerinasilhanova]

For me as a leader of Czech National Training Institute for VIG (we have 18 years of wonderful experience with this method) it’s very interesting to see programs such as FIND so precisely replicate Video Interaction Guidance (VIG). This evidence-based work was originally developed by the Dutch and disseminated across Europe and other countries for the past 25+ years. There are national training institutes for this method in the founding country as well as in UK, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Denmark, Romania and The United States! For more info see www.spinusa.org. Katerina Silhanova, president of SPIN Czech Republic

[@tyrasharris]

Perhaps think of a video where you showcase those right interactions . There are not a lot of good examples out there you know (thinking of movies and soaps, even news programs). More healthy interactions showcased is a good thing I agree!

[@osuopencampus6634]

I think so too. There iis much talk on what we should do as parent/doctors, but how can we can we help more??