Neonatal

Neonatal England flier (PDF, 118.66KB)

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Neonatal Welsh flier (PDF, 113.25KB)

Neonatal Wales Bilingual flier (PDF, 207.48KB)

Neonatal NI flier (PDF, 119.45KB)

Laura Kromhout, Clinical Lead Neonatal OT from Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, provides an overview of infant occupations, parental occupations and co-occupations in the neonatal context. This webinar builds on the foundation eLearning programme for occupational therapists working in neonatal care which we encourage you to complete before watching. 

What will you learn?

• the aim of this webinar is to consolidate participants’ understanding of ‘occupation’ in a neonatal context.

Post-webinar knowledge check quiz. 

In this webinar Beverley Hicks from University College Hospital London reviews the evidence around stress and pain and their impact on occupational performance and infant development in neonatal care. We then consider the role of the neonatal occupational therapist in addressing these factors.

What will you learn?

• review the short and long-term consequences of stress and pain on infants in the neonatal unit
• understand how stress and pain can affect a baby’s occupational performance and parent’s co-occupations
• introduce the role of the neonatal occupational therapist in the assessment and management of stress and pain on the neonatal unit. 

Beverley Hicks from University College Hospital London and Amanda Clifford from Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust introduce frameworks currently used within neonatal care and their relevance to occupational therapy practice. Frameworks considered include:

• the BAPM framework for Family Integrated Care (FiCare)
• developmental care
• Infant and Family-Centred developmental care (IFCDC)
• Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI)
• the European Standards for Care of the Newborn and Newborn Individualised Developmental Care and Assessment Programme (NIDCAP). 

We discuss the language used within these frameworks and provide examples illustrating how neonatal occupational therapists have developed their service to contribute to these multidisciplinary programmes.

What will you learn?

• develop awareness and understanding of the current neonatal frameworks
• understand the relevance of these frameworks to occupational therapy practice 
• understand how neonatal occupational therapists can be involved in these frameworks on their units.

Post-webinar knowledge check quiz. 

As occupational therapists working in neonatal settings with high-risk infants and their families it’s imperative that we use occupational therapy models and theories to underpin our clinical reasoning. In this webinar Dr Deanna Gibbs, Director of Clinical Research for Neonates and Children, Barts Health NHS Trust provides an overview of the key occupational therapy models used to promote occupational performance and participation in neonatal care. The application of two specific models to occupational therapy are discussed, along with an illustrative case example, focusing on promoting parent-infant co-occupations. 

What will you learn?

• review of the key models of ‘occupation’ that underpin occupational therapy practice
• analysis of the applicability of these models to parent-infant co-occupations in the neonatal unit setting
• application of an occupational lens to a neonatal case.

Post-webinar knowledge check quiz. 

This webinar focuses on the role of occupational therapy in neonatal palliative care. It’s presented by Katy Fox, an experienced neonatal occupational therapist who has also worked at Claire House Children’s Hospice on the Wirral.

This webinar is for occupational therapists working at an enhanced level of practice. Before watching this recording, it’s recommended that you complete the foundation level neonatal e-learning programme including the accompanying workbook, and view the other neonatal webinar recordings in this series.

What will you learn?

• What palliative care means in the context of neonatal care
• The impact of the neonatal palliative care journey on parents
• The role and application of neonatal occupational therapy in palliative care, using the Person-Environment-Occupation (PEO) model as a framework.

After watching the webinar, please complete the post-webinar knowledge check quiz.