This two-day course is specifically promoted for those health professionals working on a Neonatal Unit

The Positive Touch Programme© promotes techniques for involving both staff and parents so that they are able to provide nurturing and humane care for the babies in their unit from admission to discharge and beyond. The course also prepares the delegate to be able to create formal Positive Touch Guidelines for their unit. Neonatal staff will benefit from attending with others, including OT, PT, & Speech therapists, from their unit so that they have support to implement theses changes.
Content:

1. Overview of the background philosophy the course is founded on: Newborn Individualised Developmental Care and Assessment Programme (NIDCAP), Neonatal Behavioural Assessment Scale (NBAS) & Humane Care Initiative.
2. Skin and appropriate sensory input.
3. The neurobiology of stress, pain, comfort and parent-infant attachment.
4. The nursery environment.
5. Infant behavioural cues.
6. Family psychology in the NICU is considered.
7. Key strategies for transforming ‘routine’ care with a Positive Touch approach are presented, such as initial touch techniques, mouth care & feeding, bathing, changing/positioning/handling weighing, etc.
8. The process of making long-lasting changes in the NICU and steps for creating Positive Touch guidelines are presented.

COURSE LEADER: Cherry Bond RSCN, SRN, CIMI.

To book and pay click here: Booking Form

E-mail: Cherrybond1@aol.com                  

Tel: 0044 (0)208 398 6551

All donations are welcome as they help keep the cost of the course as low as possible.