Developmental Services

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Developmental Services

• New Hanover Regional Medical Center
• Wilmington, NC
• [phone]

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NICU Follow-up Clinic

• Assessment and early treatment for infants at
  risk for developmental delay.
• ? 1200 grams OR ? 30 weeks
• Special Needs
• Feeding problems, Breathing problems, Heart
  problems, Neurological problems, genetic
  disorders.
• Twins, triplets GA ? 32 weeks
• Seen at 3, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months corrected age.

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NICU Staff

• Dietician
• PT/OT
• Speech Specialist
• Developmental Specialist

• Coordinator Nurse
• Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
• Neonatologist

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NICU Follow-up Duties

• Learning to administer the Bayley Scales of
  Infant and Toddler Development-III.
• Sanitizing all toys and materials used during
  testing after each administration.
• Choosing handouts for parents to take home that
  provide skills the infant should work on.

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Reach Out and Read

• MISSION
• Reach Out and Read (ROR) is a national non-profit
  organization that promotes early literacy by
  giving new books to children and advice to
  parents about the importance of reading aloud in
  pediatric exam rooms across the nation.

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Reach Out and Read Cont.

• I help keep the book shelf properly stocked and
  organized.
• I count and label all new books that are donated
  or purchased.
• I keep the extra books organized by age level.

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NHRMC Developmental Specialist

• Mission to ensure proper developmental care,
  such as feeding and positioning is given to all
  infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  (NICU).
• I help to ensure that infants are positioned
  with the proper boundaries correctly by
  performing audits on random infants.
• I also help to educate nursing staff on
  developmental issues by constructing PowerPoint
  and handouts.

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Community Based Rehabilitative Services (CBRS)

• Mission to help children grow cognitively
• I help to provide social interaction with
  children who have scored low on cognitive
  testing.
• We work on age appropriate skills for cognitive
  development.

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