Resources

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1 Parenting in the neonatal unit - Leaflet 8: Transfer - English version
Transfers correspond to the times when you lift, move and change your baby’s position in his/her incubator or in his/her crib. Due to the immaturity of their sense of balance, premature babies are generally less tolerant of changes in position.
2 Parenting in the neonatal unit - Leaflet 9: Positionning - English version
The therapeutic positioning in neonatal unit reproduces the position of the baby in the mother's womb, thus the physiological position.
3 Quantum Caring for Parents (QCP) - NICU
Admission to the NICU is a stressful and frightening event! Whether your baby's hospital stay is short or long, your presence, your touch, your voice, and your love are very important for your baby's health. Caring Essentials Collaborative.
4 My preemie app
Created by experts and parents and designed to inform, comfort, organize, and engage, the MyPreemie app for preemie families promotes parent well-being and engagement in the NICU and beyond.
5 My premature baby
The app contains all the prematurity information from the Tommy's book: Having a premature baby. This book was published in 2011 and has received a Highly Commended Award in the British Medical Association Patient Information Awards (2014).
6 Peekaboo ICU PREEMIE App
Invaluable tool made specifically for parents of preemies. Designed to inform, inspire, and engage parents as they navigate their way through the NICU. Peekaboo ICU PREEMIE offers parents an empowering and educational guide to prematurity.
7 Caring essentials collaborative
Measurably transform the experience of care for hospitalized infants, their families, and the healthcare professionals who serve them to reflect a trauma-informed care paradigm by providing evidence-based education, coaching and mentoring.
8 Martel & Milette (2017). Etre parent à l'unité néonatale: Tisser des liens pour la vie.
For parents of premature infants, to help them better understand their child. Based on developmental care. En révision.
9 Focus on the brain
Children Medical Venture training DVD on fetal brain development
10 The best in daily life
The Best in Daily Life is a project designed specifically for families with children aged 0-2 years that are born preterm or with other health issues. Our goal is to provide information and practical advice regarding the baby’s development and behaviour.