[Endemic social exclusion and early development: "made in Chacarita"]

Ricardo Gorodisch1

  • 1Asociación Psicoanalítica Argentina. rgoro@fundacionkaleidos.org

Vertex (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
|July 10, 2004
PubMed

Insights

This project supports adolescent parents facing social deprivation and emotional challenges in Buenos Aires. It focuses on preventing infant psychopathology and enhancing parenting skills through early childhood development interventions.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Pediatrics
  • Social Work

Context:

  • Project in Chacarita, Buenos Aires, targets adolescent parents in social deprivation or with emotional difficulties.
  • Addresses critical needs of vulnerable young families within a specific urban community.

Purpose:

  • To introduce an action project supporting adolescent parents and preventing infant psychopathological disorders.
  • To enhance the parenting process and promote healthy early childhood development.

Summary:

  • The project employs diverse strategies focusing on infant psychopathology prevention and the parenting process.
  • Emphasizes early child development, promoting protective factors, resilience, and mitigating risk factors.
  • Illustrated with a clinical case study for practical application.

Impact:

  • Aims to improve outcomes for children of adolescent parents by strengthening protective factors and resilience.
  • Provides crucial support for adolescent parents, fostering better parenting practices and emotional well-being.
  • Offers a model for community-based interventions addressing social and emotional challenges in young families.

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