Our translational approach is aimed at empirically identifying factors which moderate risk and promote resilience within the early caregiving environment. Research findings inform the planning of clinical interventions and policy pertaining to infant parenting, infant daycare, preventive screening and perinatal care. In line with our translational emphasis we see great importance in the dissemination of our growing body of empirically-based knowledge within the scientific and clinical professional forums, as well as the broader community at large. We take an active advisory role in governmental initiatives aimed at establishing the framework and guidelines for infant policy.
Research Unit
Shyly Aptaker Ben-Dori
Head of the Research Unit at the Infancy Institute
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Shyly Aptaker Ben-Dori Head of the research unit at the institute, a clinical psychologist, lecturer, and supervisor in the institute's infant mental health training program. She submitted her doctoral dissertation to the Department of Psychology at Ben-Gurion University on the subject of preverbal parent-infant relationship representations in infancy. She holds a master's degree in clinical psychology with honors from the Hebrew University and a bachelor's degree in psychology and computer science from Tel Aviv University. She has extensive clinical experience in parent-infant therapy and in treating adults, adolescents, and children in both private and public clinical settings. |
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Bat-El Terehovsky Hagai Infancy Lab Manager Clinical Psychologist in Internship |
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Shira Peled Research Assistant BA student in psychology at Reichman University |
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