NBO Course for High Risk Infants
Read below about our NBO course focusing on the high-risk infant suitable for professionals working in Neonatal and Early Intervention settings. We have also launched an Advanced post-training programme focusing on the High-Risk Infant, for 2022!
Scroll DownWhat is a 'High Risk Infant'?
A ‘High-Risk Infant’ is used to describe babies who are at high risk of developmental difficulties including infants born preterm, infants born at term with risk factors (such as neonatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, neonatal abstinence syndrome, congenital conditions or having undergone complex surgical procedures), and infants receiving palliative care.
Who is the course for?
This NBO course is for professionals working with the high risk-infant in neonatal and early intervention settings.
How is it similar and different to the standard NBO course?
Working with high-risk infants and families requires practitioners to have a robust understanding of both neurotypical infant development as well as the normative challenges that transition to parenthood can hold for all parent-infant relationships. Therefore, this course incorporates the same basic curriculum, theoretical content, and certification process as standard NBO trainings. However, the interactive discussion will include considerations of implementing the NBO when working with high-risk infants and their families.
Content will include case studies and videos to illustrate how the NBO can be implemented in practice to support babies and families where additional risks may challenge the infant’s abilities for self-regulation or social interaction and/or the parent-infant relationship.
We have just launched a one-day post-NBO course programme for NBO practitioners working with high-risk infants and families to support more advanced clinical reasoning and implementation of the NBO in these settings- please see below!
Who is the course taught by?
This course is taught by Brazelton trainers who are recognised specialists within this field.