Touch: The Universal Language, Philips Children's Medical Ventures

Touch: The Universal Language

Research shows that all touch experiences leave lasting impressions on a developing infant's brain and sensory system. By assessing each infant's readiness to touch and his or her capacity to interact helps to ensure a positive experience for the infant, the parent and the caregiver. Family Attachment through Touch^SM and Touch: The Art and Science of Infant Handling^SM provide evidence-based content to support developmentally appropriate handling and active parental involvement at the bedside.

Family Attachment through Touch^TM
(4 hour program)

The Family Attachment through Touch program emphasizes the importance of parent-infant attachment and bonding at the bedside during the healing process. Staff participants in this workshop collaborate with the instructors to develop and implement practical ideas and strategies, including hand containment, kangaroo care and other routine care-giving opportunities that will be meaningful to families. These bedside connections support parent confidence and competence as they create a lifelong relationship with their infant.

Program includes:

Impact of procedural and comfort touch
Effect of family and mother bonding
Strategies for effective hand containment, kangaroo care and abdominal massage techniques
Practical modifications for caregiving to reduce stress and promote familial involvement

Touch: The Art and Science of Infant Handling^TM
(8 hour program)

Touch: The Art and Science of Infant Handling is a unique full-day program that can dramatically change the way bedside caregivers interact with the infant and family. The program emphasizes the role of the caregiver in facilitating parenting opportunities and providing parent education regarding infant behavioral cues, comfort needs, and the impact of the NICU experience on the developing infant's brain and sensory system. It also addresses the critical role the clinician plays in ensuring this education is provided.

Program includes:

The physical and emotional impact of touch for the NICU infant
Tactile input and early brain development
The effect of bonding and attachment on a NICU family
Pain, stress and touch�physical and psychological sequalae
Adaptations for the medically fragile infant
Hands-on work groups addressing types of touch including developmentally appropriate infant massage techniques

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