ABOUT
MeB4three
The MeB4three child age range from birth to three years responds to the need and capacity for relationship in young children of this age. Babies and young children initiate interaction and have the ability to communicate emotional experience (Mares, Newman and Warren, 2011). This process of forming a sense of the world within relationship, described by Daniel N. Stern as “implicit relational knowing” (2010), begins in the earliest months of life.
Relational knowing creates the conditions for the sharing of experience and emotional states between babies and young children and their significant adults (Mares et al., 2011). Young children need the experience of shared attention with their adults in order to develop an autonomous sense of self.
The work of MeB4three programs promotes a view of young children as creative agents, capable of making choices, expressing preferences and experiencing and expressing their own needs and wants.
Mares, S., Newman, L., and Warren, B. (2011). Clinical Skills in Infant Mental Health: The first three years (2nd ed.). ACER Press
Stern, D. (2010). Forms of Vitality: Exploring Dynamic Experience in Psychology, the Arts, Psychotherapy, and Development. Oxford University Press
our Programs
Currently we are running 3 distinct programs under the MeB4three umbrella.
Group-based support for mothers with mental health difficulties to explore their relationship with their child
A group-based creative bridge between Acorn and open-access early years groups
A culturally safe, supportive and nurturing group-based environment for Aboriginal mothers/primary caregivers and their little ones
MeB4three
The MeB4three child age range from birth to three years responds to the need and capacity for relationship in young children of this age. Babies and young children initiate interaction and have the ability to communicate emotional experience (Mares, Newman and Warren, 2011). This process of forming a sense of the world within relationship, described by Daniel N. Stern as “implicit relational knowing” (2010), begins in the earliest months of life.
Relational knowing creates the conditions for the sharing of experience and emotional states between babies and young children and their significant adults (Mares et al., 2011). Young children need the experience of shared attention with their adults in order to develop an autonomous sense of self.
The work of MeB4three programs promotes a view of young children as creative agents, capable of making choices, expressing preferences and experiencing and expressing their own needs and wants.
Mares, S., Newman, L., and Warren, B. (2011). Clinical Skills in Infant Mental Health: The first three years (2nd ed.). ACER Press
Stern, D. (2010). Forms of Vitality: Exploring Dynamic Experience in Psychology, the Arts, Psychotherapy, and Development. Oxford University Press
our Programs
Currently we are running 3 distinct programs under the MeB4three umbrella.
Group-based support for mothers with mental health difficulties to explore their relationship with their child
A group-based creative bridge between Acorn and open-access early years groups
A culturally safe, supportive and nurturing group-based environment for Aboriginal mothers/primary caregivers and their little ones
Concept
Each MeB4three program is an opportunity to make visible these complex ideas in playful and reflective ways. We also promote the encouraging idea that it is never too late to build and rebuild warm bonds and strong mother-child connection.
