Educational DVDs for Staff and Families to Support Preterm Development in the NICU

Educational DVDs for Staff and Families
to Support Preterm Development in the NICU

Children's Medical Ventures and Vida Health Communications have joined forces to provide hospitals and parents with evidenced-based educational presentations that translate complex research on the neonatal brain into practical media-based training in DVD format. Program content was developed by a panel of international experts in the field of neonatal development and was funded through an innovative research initiative from the National Institutes of Health.

Focus on the Brain, Part 1
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Focus on the Brain, Part 1

Focus on the Brain, Part 1
The Science of Preterm Infant Development

The Science of Preterm Infant Development presents a practical overview of recent research illuminating the process of fetal and neonatal development. Using state-of-the-art animations and commentary from leading experts in the field, this DVD conveys what is now known about the impact of early birth on the brain. Importantly, the program also presents clear evidence about interventions to support optimal brain growth and development to preterm infants.

Chapters include:

  • The Overlooked Organ
  • Fetal and Neonatal Brain Basics
  • How Relationships and Environment Shape the Brain
  • The Sequence of Sensory Development
  • The Role of Sleep in Preterm Brain Health


Focus on the Brain, Part 2
Clinical Practices for Special Care Nurseries

Focus on the Brain, Part 2
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Focus on the Brain, Part 2

Clinical Practices for Special Care Nurseries incorporates the science presented in Part 1 of the series and gives professionals who work in special-care nurseries practical and proven strategies to support optimal brain development in preterm infants.

Chapters include:

  • Observing Infant Behavior
  • Brain Sensitive Care
  • Parents as Partners
  • Environments for Brain Building

Focus on the Brain, Parts 1 and 2 are primarily intended for health care professionals but are also appropriate for NICU parents. The DVDs may be presented in their entirety or by individual chapter and include more than 40 minutes of additional interviews with subject experts and parents that are not available elsewhere.

Ordering information
1044284 Focus on the Brain Part 1: The Science of Preterm Infant Development DVD
1044285 Focus on the Brain Part 2: Clinical Practices for Special Care Nurseries DVD


No Matter How Small

No Matter How Small
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No Matter How Small

No Matter How Small is a parent's guide to preterm infant development and behavior. Utilizing current research and featuring a diverse cast of real parents and health care providers, this program shows parents ways they can help support the normal growth and development of their baby's brain. No Matter How Small is available to both NICUs and parents.

Chapters include:

  • Not What I Expected: NICU Beginnings
  • Parents Matter: You Make Things Better
  • Brain Basics: What Shapes Development
  • Born Amazing: Infant Senses and Strengths
  • Reading Your Baby: Behavior, Signs and Signals
  • Close and Connected: Nurturing in the NICU

To educate parents, Vida Health Communications has created No Matter How Small: Home Edition. Packaged in a colorful, flat cardboard sleeve, No Matter How Small: Home Edition is easy to store and fits nicely into your existing parent information kits. It can be ordered in packs of ten. Total running time is 39 minutes. No Matter How Small has both English and Spanish tracks and is close captioned in English.

Ordering information
1044286 No Matter How Small: Professional Edition
1044287 No Matter How Small: Home Edition — packs of 10

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