Intervention in the NICU: A Neurodevelopmental Approach 

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Education Resources will be applying for CEUs and will disperse course certificates.
ERS is an approved provider for AOTA and ASHA and will submit for MN Board of PT CEUs

Fairview Employees: Cancellation Policy:  Cancellation Fee will apply.

Participant requirements: 

***Participants should have a doll, two baby blankets, and a baby bottle and nipple (any kind). 

COURSE SUMMARY:

This course is designed to provide participants with evidence-based research that will contribute to their development and implementation of best practices of therapeutic intervention programs within a NICU environment. This course will arm the NICU therapist with the ability to apply evidence-based assessment, application and intervention services for the babies and families they work with. 

SPEAKER:

Roberta “Bertie” Gatlin, PT, DSPT. Is currently providing services in the early intervention setting specifically assessing the transition of infants and families from the NICU to EI. She completed her career as an Associate Professor and Director of Admission for South College Department of Physical Therapy in July 2023. She graduated from University of Memphis in 1986 with a BS in Special Education and from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Department of Physical Therapy in 1989 with a BS in Physical Therapy and in 2013 with her Doctor of Science with an emphasis in Neurological and Pediatric Physical Therapy. She has been a Board Certified Pediatric Clinical Specialist from 2001 thru 2021.

Her experience draws from over 30 years in the field of pediatric physical therapy. She is an adjunct professor in the Physical Therapy Department at Emory & Henry College, Marion, Virginia. She provides post-professional education for Educational Resources Inc. and Medbridge Education. Bertie provides programming instruction for Brooks Institute of Higher Learning Pediatric Physical Therapy Residency. Bertie’s experience encompasses physical therapy within the NICU, developmental follow-up clinic and outpatient pediatrics, servicing all age levels. She has been a department director for an acute care hospital and an outpatient pediatric rehabilitation center. Her research has focused on the infant with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and the outcome measurements used to identify their developmental needs. Bertie currently holds the Treasure Position for the APTA Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy Executive Board and is Past Chair of the Neonatology Specialty Interest Group.

Disclosure:
Roberta Gatlin receives an honorarium from Education Resources, Inc.
Her non-financial disclosures are: committee member for the Neonatal Special Interest Group and Finance Committee of APPT.

OBJECTIVES:

• Discuss the theoretical basis and the evidence-based outcomes for therapeutic services in the NICU
• Identify common self-regulation signals and different state behaviors displayed by premature infants
• Discuss typical motor and sensory development observed in premature infants; 23-24 weeks gestational age to one month old post conceptual age
• Discuss the pathophysiology of common medical diagnoses found in the NICU, the outcome of these diagnoses and potential impact a therapeutic management/treatment intervention may have with the infant and family/caregiver
• Apply evidence-based research to clinical application for therapeutic evaluation, assessment, and intervention in the NICU and after discharge
• Provide evidence-based recommendations of follow up care of an infant and family/caregiver after discharge from the NICU

Schedule – Day 1 8:40 am – 6:00 pm  CST

8:40-9:00 am            Webinar registration/Zoom opens up

9:00-11:00 am          NICU Abbreviations, History of the NICU

                                       Competencies for Rehab

                                       Professionals in the NICU

11:00-11:15 am        BREAK

11:15-1:00 pm          Embryology and the Neonate

                                       Neonatal Development Inside and Outside the Uterus

                                       GM, FM, Oral Motor, Sensory and Behavioral Expectations

                                       of Development.

1:00-1:30 pm            LUNCH

1:30-2:30 pm            Practice Frameworks and Evidence based practice

2:30-3:30 pm            Hierarchy of Systems, Interactive Capabilities

3:30-3:45 pm            BREAK

3:45-4:45 pm            Neurodevelopmental Assessment of the NICU Infant: Observation

                                       and Hands on Assessment

                                       Standardized Testing, TIMP

                                       Neurological Assessment of the Preterm and Full-term infant

                                    Infant Neurobiological International Battery

                                      Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale

4:45-5:45 pm            Developmental Supportive Care: NIDCAP Theory Evidence

5:45-6:00 pm            Evaluation and Assessment of the Neonate

Schedule – Day 2 8:40 am – 5:00 pm  CST

8:40-9:00 am           Webinar registration/Zoom opens up

9:00-9:30 am           Review and Questions

9:30-11:30 am         Therapeutic Intervention in the NICU handling, Positioning,

                                    Massage, Facilitate Motor Activity

                                    Complications in the NICU patient

11:30-12:00 pm       LAB Positioning infants (All participants need a doll similar to their

                                    patient size)

12:00-12:15 pm       BREAK

12:15-1:30 pm         LAB Continued

1:30-2:00 pm            LUNCH

2:00-2:30 pm            Diagnosis of the NICU client.  HMD/RDS/CLD, ROP, IVH/PVL, NEC

2:30-3:00 pm            Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

3:00-3:30 pm            Late Preterm Infant

3:30-4:00 pm            Discordant Twins, IUGR/SGA

4:00-4:15 pm            BREAK

4:15-5:00 pm            Wound care in the NICU/ Q & A

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