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Alessandra Biaggi

Alessandra Biaggi

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Join date: Oct 26, 2022

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I am a Psychologist with a PhD in perinatal psychiatry. Back to my years at University I became fascinated by the perinatal period and the first years of life, a time so incredibly fundamental for infant development but also so full of possibility for intervention. Since then, I have worked on different research projects with women and infants during the perinatal period and with different institutions aimed at promoting the woman, the child and the family wellbeing. I have conducted infant observations, and groups to support parents and the relationship with their infants. I am particularly interested in the parent-infant relationship and in the infant development and in what can be done to promote better outcomes for both parents and babies.

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First Name
Alessandra
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Biaggi

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Aug 22, 20246 min
Children’s Tantrums: What they really are and what we can do
A few months ago, while walking home, I heard a child screaming about not wanting to leave the playground. The parents were also shouting, “Stop crying… we won’t go the playground anymore… if you don’t stop crying we will leave you here.” The child, around 3 years old, was exhausted. When he heard his parents threatening him, he started screaming even more until, eventually, he stopped crying and went back on his bike to go home. What happened? A child, most likely exhausted by the day and...

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May 17, 20245 min
Breaking the intergenerational transmission of childhood maltreatment
From maternal childhood maltreatment to children’s emotional-behavioural problems: what can be done to break the link I have written this piece together with Xuemei Ma, a PhD student at King's College London who, like me, is particularly interested in the relationship between early life adversity and child mental health. We recently investigated this topic   in a systematic review . Picture from American Academy of Pediatrics Childhood adversity: effects on physical and mental health during...

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Feb 28, 20246 min
Children’s play: It's more serious than you think
Play is a very serious activity for children, and is, as the Italian physician and educator, Maria Montessori, said, the work of the child.   The role of play in infant development   Play is fundamental for child development and has been recognized to be a right of every child by the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights.   Picture on Pexels by Tatiana Syrikova Play is indeed learning, as it’s how children experience, discover and get to know the environment. Play helps promote...

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