The "Babies Are Aware Award"

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THE BABIES ARE AWARE

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Introduction
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The "Babies Are Aware Award" is our way to honor and recognize websites that respect the truth that babies are sensitive and aware from before conception. Many individuals and institutions still believe that prenates and infants are not sensitive to what happens to them, or that these experiences don't have long-term effects. I hope this award will help "spread the word."
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Criteria
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What we look for in websites nominated for the "Babies Are Aware Award" includes (but is not limited to):

1. Recognition that:

babies (from pre-conception on) are sensitive and aware

what happens to babies is memorable and has long-term effects

there are many things that we can do to prevent these early emotional wounds

there are many things that we can do to help heal these early emotional wounds (in all ages, including newborns and infants!)

the earlier we help babies and children to heal their early emotional wounds, the better!

2. Development of and support for methods that prevent or remediate the effects of early trauma, including:

therapeutic techniques including somatic (cranial sacral, Network chiropractic, massage, osteopathy) and emotional (psychotherapy)

spiritual disciplines (intuition, empathy, compassion and preconception work)

educational methods (special ed, home schooling)

parenting approaches (especially Attachment, Aware and Empathic Parenting)

medical practices

birthwork (pre-conception counseling, midwifery, homebirth, waterbirth, doula services)

inclusion (offering daycare and other family-friendly accommodations and services)

3. Extra credit if a website:

embodies these qualities with humor and style

boldly promote these principles in the face of ignorance and opposition

does outreach/education/networking to proactively "spread the word"

Recipients of the award receive an award icon to place on their sites. We hope that recipients will link the award icon back to the Early Trauma Treatment and Training Award Page at <http://www.terrylarimore.com/Award.html>. Recipients are also listed in the Early Trauma Treatment and Trainings "Babies Are Aware Award" page with a link to their home sites.
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Nominees
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If you know of a website (your own or belonging to someone else) that you think deserves to be considered for the "Babies Are Aware Award," please email us.
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Judging
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The judging process is informal and subjective. All decisions are the province of the staff of Early Trauma Treatment and Trainings.
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Honorees
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I encourage you to visit the recipients (after bookmarking THIS website, so you can come back easily!) and enjoy the information you find there. Some of it is scholarly, some anecdotal; some of the information is reassuring, some unsettling. ..

Honorees
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Judy Arnall
The Whole Family Attachment Parenting Association
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Jeannine Parvati and Rico Baker
Freestone Inner Prizes
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XXXWilliam Emerson
Emerson Training Seminars
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Marcy Axness
Adoption Insight
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Jennifer Vanlaanen-Smit
Mango Mama's Attachment Parenting and Homebirth Site
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Robbie Davis-Floyd, Ph.D.
Overviews and analyses of the cultural constraints that makes
birth in the United States less safe than 17 other countries!
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Judyth O. Weaver Ph.D.
Somatic Reclaiming
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Sam Turton
PrimalWorks
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Crystal Kay
Birth Alliance
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Jane English
Cesarean Voices

Wendy Anne McCarty, Ph.D., R.N.

Welcoming Consciousness: Supporting Wholeness
from the Beginning of Life

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