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Natural Family Living~Right from the Start is a Santa Barbara community project initiated in June 2007 with the funding of the James S. Bower Foundation. Natural Family Living is a project of the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute Center for Clinical Studies and Research(a non-profit organization). Read more…
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Our vision is to collaborate with others to create a tipping point in our community’s awareness, practices, and policies that nurture human potential and optimal relationships from the beginning of life.
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| Natural Family Living~Right from the Start (NFL~RFS) provides information, education, research, training, and support for families, professionals, community programs, and policy-making groups to maximize human potential and optimal relationships from the beginning of life. |
NFL~RFS brings leading-edge understandings from fields such as prenatal and perinatal psychology, infant mental health, and the emerging new sciences to focus on optimizing the primary period of human development, preconception through the baby’s first year of life.
12 Guiding Principles To Nurture Human Potential and Optimize Relationships From the Beginning Of Life
Intense study and clinical experience in Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology over the last 30 years has expanded and deepened our understanding of the earliest period of development.
In 2007-2008, a team of leading experts distilled these new understandings into a simple document and 12 guiding principles to help parents, professionals and community readily focus on essential ways to help babies and families have the best start possible.
DOWNLOAD 12 GUIDING PRINCIPLES BROCHURE (English)
DOWNLOAD 12 GUIDING PRINCIPLES BROCHURE (Spanish)
To order printed brochures in bulk, email wmccarty@naturalfamilylivingsb.org (Pricing: $.50 per brochure plus $5.00 shipping up to 50 brochures.)
DOWNLOAD ARTICLE. PRIMARY PSYCHOLOGY: BRIDGING THE MENTAL DIVIDE by Wendy Anne McCarty, PhD, and Marti Glenn, PhD.
Optimizing Pregnancy, Birth, Baby’s First Year and Beyond
A Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology Summer Workshop Series with Leading Experts. June 21 through August 9, 2008.
A community series of six one-day workshops and a film event for professionals and parents to explore best practices for raising healthy, resilient children, supporting loving relationships, and healing at any age.
DOWNLOAD SERIES BROCHURE AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION
City of Santa Barbara Makes YOUTH #1 Priority
On August 1, 2007 The City of Santa Barbara passed a resolution to “make YOUTH our #1 Priority” and to join 50 other cities to adopt the National League of Cities’ City Platform for Strengthening Families and Improving Outcomes for Children and Youth.
Our first community awareness campaign aligns with this resolution and promotes the recognition of the prenatal period as the primary formative period for the person we will become. Please share this message with others in our community.
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Please bookmark this web site and visit often. We will be adding more information and community resources.
We look forward to working together to expand our community dedicated to nurturing our babies and supporting families.
Warmly,
Wendy Anne McCarty, PhD, RN
NFL~RFS Director |
