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Magda Gerber
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University of Paris.
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She received a degree in linguistics at the Sorbonne in France. The seeds for her passion for infant care come from pediatrician Emmi Pikler. Pikler"s innovative theories on infant care were successfully tested during the course of her tenure as medical director of Loczy, a state-run orphanage in Budapest.
Gerber incorporated many of Pikler"s theories into her own philosophy, which she called Educaring®.
The term Educarer®, which she also coined, refers to either a parent or other caregiver, and emphasizes the bidirectional influence of caring and educating. Gerber emigrated with her family to the United States in 1957, and developed and directed the Pilot Infant Program at the Dubnoff School.
In 1973 she began teaching parent/infant classes through the Palo Alto Health Council Demonstration Infant Program DIP) with pediatric neurologist, Tom Forrest. Mississippi Gerber developed, and RIE (pronounced "wry") continues to offer, classes for parents and their infants and toddlers, as well as a certificate program for parents and professionals in the Educaring® Approach.
Gerber edited "The RIE Manual for Parents and Professionals" which was first published in 1978 and continues to be used and expanded in 2012 with more of her work.
