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ERIC Number: ED391280
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: 59
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
The NICU Follow-Through Project. Final Report.
Bennett, Forrest C.; Hedlund, Rodd E.
This final report describes activities and accomplishments of the NICU Follow-Through Project, a 3-year project designed to help hospital neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) and community developmental centers serving infants with disabilities or very low birth weights (VLBW) replicate the project's innovative and successful training components. The model provided training to medical and early intervention professionals in 18 outreach communities within 10 states. Program accomplishments included: (1) assisted medical and early intervention professionals to train and facilitate parents in supporting their VLBW infants with severe disabilities while engaging them in caregiving activities and social interactions; (2) assisted medical and intervention professionals to interpret the neurobehavioral cues expressed by these infants and to respond in an appropriate contingent manner during caregiving, assessment, or intervention sessions; (3) assisted medical and early intervention professionals to implement a comprehensive interagency coordinated service plan for VLBW/severely disabled infants and their families; and (4) trained medical/educational professionals to become trainers of a neurobehavioral assessment. Individual sections of this report describe the project's goal and objectives, outreach training communities, implementation of objectives, evaluation of training programs, and products. Eight appendices provide additional information and materials such as training materials for team building, naturalistic observation of newborn behavior, infant behavioral assessment, and examples of action plans. (Contains 73 references.) (DB)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Washington Univ., Seattle. Center on Human Development and Disability.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A