Program Guide

  • Overview

The NIDCAP Program Guide outlines an evidence-based training and certification framework designed to teach healthcare professionals how to observe, assess, and support the individual behavioral cues and neurodevelopment of preterm and high-risk infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).

Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP)

An Education and Training Program for Health Care Professionals.

This guide includes the following topics:

  • NIDCAP Education and Training for Professionals
  • Consultation and Guidance in NIDCAP Care
  • Implementation and Integration into the Nursery
  • NIDCAP Nursery Assessment and Certification Program
  • Establishing a NIDCAP Training Center and Becoming a NIDCAP Trainer
  • APIB Behavioral Assessment Training
  • Becoming an APIB Trainer
  • Becoming a NIDCAP Master Trainer
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