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For families of an infant leaving the NICU, nothinga s more exciting and challenging than the critical transition to home life with their baby. Support the NICU-to-home transition with this accessible book, the complete guide to helping parents meet their babya s special needs and promote optimal development in the first year after homecoming. Invaluable for a wide range of professionals including early interventionists, OTs, PTs, public health nurses, physicians, and social workers this book is the key to providing family-centered, developmentally supportive guidance in the months after the NICU. Professionals will deepen their understanding of the emotional and physical challenges of the NICU experience, and theya ll get in-depth guidance on how to support parents effectively as they
For families of an infant leaving the NICU, nothinga s more exciting and challenging than the critical transition to home life with their baby. Support the NICU-to-home transition with this accessible book, the complete guide to helping parents meet their babya s special needs and promote optimal development in the first year after homecoming. Invaluable for a wide range of professionals including early interventionists, OTs, PTs, public health nurses, physicians, and social workers this book is the key to providing family-centered, developmentally supportive guidance in the months after the NICU. Professionals will deepen their understanding of the emotional and physical challenges of the NICU experience, and theya ll get in-depth guidance on how to support parents effectively as they
Kathleen A. VandenBerg, Ph.D., is a neonatal
development specialist, consultant, author, and trainer for
professionals in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and in
early intervention programs. She has provided individualised
family-centred developmental care for infants and families in the
NICU and in the home for more than 30 years. Currently, she is
Academic Administrator in the Department of Pediatrics
(Neonatology) at UCSF and Center Director of the West Coast Newborn
Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP)
and Assessment of Preterm Infants' Behavior (APIB) Training Center,
where she is a NIDCAP Master Trainer. She also provides training in
the Family Infant Relationship Support Training Program (FIRST).
Both programmes provide support to professionals who care for
high-risk newborns who may have experienced altered brain pathway
development due to unexpected and overwhelming sensory input in the
intensive care nursery.
Marci J. Hanson, Ph.D., is Professor in the
Department of Special Education at San Francisco State University
(SFSU). At SFSU, Dr. Hanson is actively engaged in teaching,
research, and service related to young children and their families.
In addition to these responsibilities, she directs the SFSU joint
doctoral programme in special education with the University of
California, Berkeley, and codirects the early childhood special
education graduate programme. She is a consultant with the child
and adolescent development faculty of the Marian Wright Edelman
Institute for the Study of Children, Youth, and Families at SFSU
and with San Francisco Head Start.
"This book is a much needed resource for parents and professionals working with parents on the transition of preterm infants from NICU to home care. It is written in a style which is highly accessible for parents. The book provides necessary therapeutic frameworks for parents and professionals to be able to work effectively together to understand each infant's behavior and promote each infant's well-being. In addition, the book provides invaluable information about innovative interventions, as well as community and peer resources for parents of pre-terms." --Zack Boukydis, Ph.D.
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