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James and Joyce Robertson
Separation and the Very Young - James and Joyce Robertson
Published by Free Association Books (1989) www.fabooks.com ISBN 1 85343 097 8
Describes
the work of James and Joyce Robertson, initially on hospital practice, and later
on fostering and the problems of child care services. It is a lively text, full
of reminiscences and hard-hitting polemic, combined with many unforgettable film
stills.
Young Children in Hospital -James Robertson
Published by Publications (Second Edition1971) ISBN 0 422 75060 3
Originally
published in 1958, it was developed from the memorandum submitted to the Platt
Committee on the Welfare of Children in Hospital in 1957.
Hospitals and Children: A Parent's Eye-View
James Robertson
Published by Gollancz(1962)
Publication
of three articles in The Observer and one in The Guardian in January 1961 plus a
one hour television programme in March 1961 brought more than 400 letters, many
of which were published in this book. It led to the setting up of MCCH
(later called NAWCH) now Action for Sick Children to work for the implementation
of the Platt Report.
A Baby in the Family(1982)
James and Joyce Robertson
Published by Penguin ISBN 0 14 046 499 9
This
is the story of the first year of a baby's life, following the development of
the early relationships that are so crucial to the baby's future.
A Mother's Observations on the Tonsillectomy of her Four-Year- Old Daughter. With comments by Anna Freud. Psychoan. Study Child 11, reprinted in Nursing Times, 15 Nov 1957
Joyce Robertson
Other Publications
by James and Joyce Robertson
James Robertson
(1953a) ‘Some responses of young
children to loss of
(1953b) Film: A
Two-year-old Goes to Hospital. 16 mm, 40-minute
(1958a) Film: Going to
Hospital with Mother. 16 mm, 40 minutes,
(1958b) Young Children
in Hospital. Tavistock.
(1960) ‘The plight of small children in hospitals’, Parents
Magazine, June.
(1961) ‘Children in hospital’, Observer, 15, 22 and 29January, 12
(1962) Hospitals and
Children: A Parent's-Eye View. Gollancz.
(1971) Young Children
in Hospital. 2nd revised edition with
(1974) Kinder im Krankenhaus. Ernst Reinhardt Verlag Munchen Basel
(1982) Kinder im Krankenhaus. Ernst Reinhardt Verlag Munchen Basel
German combined publication of (1971) Young Children in Hospital and (1962) Hospitals and Children by James Robertson
Joyce Robertson
(1956) ‘A mother’s observations
on the tonsillectomy of her four-year-old daughter. With comments by Anna
Freud’, Psychoanal Study Child 11,
reprinted in Nursing Times, 15
November 1957
(1962) ‘Mothering as an influence on early development’, Psychoanal.
Study Child 17:245-64. This vol., pp. 152-169.
(1965)
‘Mother-infant
interaction from birth to twelve months:
(1980) ‘A delayed infant adoption’, Adoption and Fostering
(1983) The Fallacy of
‘Preparing’ Young Healthy Children for
James and Joyce Robertson
(1967) Film: Kate, Aged Two
(1968) Film: Jane, Aged
Seventeen Months, in Foster Care for Ten
(1969) Film: John, Aged
Seventeen Months, For Nine Days in a
(1970) ‘The problem of professional anxiety. Separation and
the Very Young
(1971) Film: Thomas, Aged Two Years Four Months, in Foster Care for Ten Days. 16 mm, 38 minutes, in English. Young Children in Brief Separation Film Series. Concord Video and Film Council.
(1973a) Film: Lucy,
Aged Twenty-one Months, in Foster Care for
(1973b) ‘Substitute mothering for the unaccompanied
child’,
(1977) ‘The psychological parent’, Adoption and Fostering 87.
(1982) A Baby in the
Family. Harmondsworth: Penguin.