Newborn Behavioural Observation Training (NBO)

12th -13th October 2010
Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge

Suitable for all practitioners who work with infants from birth to 3 months old.

Based on the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioural Assessment Scale (NBAS), it is an introduction to newborn behavioural states, stress signs and self-regulatory abilities. The two day course is followed by self- practice on 5 infants and submission of recording forms for an NBO Certificate of Completion.

Programme

Tuesday

08.30 Registration and coffee

09.00 Pre training questionnaires

09.30 Welcome and overview

09.45 What is NBO? Goals and objectives for training

10.15 General Principles of Newborn and Infant behaviour and Development and theoretical basis for the use of the NBO

11.15 Refreshment break

11.30 The NBO step by step- Administration-NBO with doll

13.00 Lunch

14.00 Review and introduction of afternoon session

14.15 Using the NBO to build relationships

15.00 Refreshment break

15.15 NBO behavioural profile

16.00 NBO with doll

16.30 Close

Wednesday

08.30 Registration and coffee

09.00 Review of day 1 and overview of today

09.15 What we know about high-risk infant development

10.30 Refreshment break

10.50 Presentation of live NBO session

11.30 Live NBO session

12.15 Recording form and summary of NBO

13.00 Lunch

13.45 Review of morning

14.00 Refining your observational skills

14.30 NBO with doll in small groups

15.15 Implementing the NBO in practice- Discussion

15.40 Summary; post-training questionnaires

16.00 Close

Cost: £295

Course Organisers: Joanna Hawthorne, Anna Curley