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Improving Lives The Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program
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Families

Mentoring Caregivers. Changing Hospitals.
Improving the Futures for Newborns and Their Families.

NIDCAP, originated in 1984 by Heidelise Als, PhD, is the only comprehensive, family centered, evidence-based approach to developmental care for newborn and infant intensive care nurseries.

What All Newborn Infants and Their Families Deserve

Infants are considered individuals, persons, collaborators in care, supported and nurtured by their parents
Parents are considered infants’ key nurturers, advocates and caregivers as well as collaborators in care decisions
Healthcare Professionals are partners in care with infants, parents and family members

The NIDCAP Federation International, Inc. (NFI)

The NFI is a membership and educational certifying organization. Incorporated in Massachusetts, United States, the NFI holds the legal designation of a 501 (c) 3, as a charitable corporation.

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March 20
World NIDCAP Day

NIDCAP TRAINING CENTERS WORLDWIDE

Supports for Nursery Change

Learn the process of NIDCAP Care integration: How to move your nursery from conventional care to consistently well-integrated NIDCAP Care

Resources

Visit our resources page for more ways to improve care through videos, podcasts, readings, conferences and more

Membership

We depend on the support of our members. Be a part of our community that is building a global society in which all hospitalized newborns and their families receive NIDCAP care

NIDCAP for Families

Learn about NIDCAP in the Nursery, the ten pearls of NIDCAP wisdom and more.

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Help Advance the Mission of the NFI

The generosity of individuals, foundations, and corporations makes it possible:

For the Voice of the Newborn to be heard
To educate and certify professionals who work in newborn intensive care settings
To improve the lives of preterm and ill infants and their families around the world

Your support will help all hospitalized newborns and their families receive care in the NIDCAP model.

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Coming Home

My daughter was born 5 years ago at the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba, Israel. She was almost 4 months premature, at 26 weeks of gestation and weighing 950 grams. Hers was the easiest birth I’ve ever had… within half an hour she slipped out to the world with a big cry. I saw … Read More »

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