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Ferber method

Ferber method proper noun: a technique to treat infants' sleep problems, involving teaching the infant to soothe itself by allowing it to cry for a period of time before external comfort is offered.

Proper noun

Ferber method

  1. A technique to treat infants' sleep problems, involving teaching the infant to soothe itself by allowing it to cry for a period of time before external comfort is offered.

Origin of Ferber method

Invented by Dr. Richard Ferber.

Questions about Ferber method

What does Ferber method mean?
Ferber method means a technique to treat infants' sleep problems, involving teaching the infant to soothe itself by allowing it to cry for a period of time before external comfort is offered.
What part of speech is Ferber method?
Ferber method is a proper noun.

Words near Ferber method in the dictionary

  1. Ferazee
  2. Ferazees
  3. ferbam
  4. Ferbane
  5. Ferber
  6. Ferber method
  7. ferberite
  8. ferberites
  9. ferberitic
  10. Ferberization
  11. Ferberize

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