Products & Resources
of The Center for Family & Infant Interaction
Below you will find all the documents and resources we have been able to provide via the Center in the past. For modules, books, etc. that have a cost associated with them, please contact us directly to make arrangements for purchase.
NEW PUBLICATIONS! Check out the latest publications by our staff in Zero to Three:
New Perspectives on Premature Infants and Their Parents and
Relationships Between Preterm Infants and Their Parents: Disruption and Development
Getting to Know Your Baby (download
the .pdf)
This is a 30 page booklet describing the unique behaviors of NICU graduates.
This product was recently compiled and printed by our colleagues in California.
Be sure to visit their website at www.specialstart.org
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Gone
through any changes lately?
4 minute videotape(The slinky video!)
As we move into the 21st century, many of us are grappling with how to best respond to the many fast-paced changes in our lives at work and home. This four minute video helps people consider change positively through the metaphor of a slinky. The video is an ideal introduction for educational programs or workshops; for use by discussion facilitators, teams leaders, trainers, educators, administrators, managers, supervisors, and human resource personnel. It's both funny and thought provoking. Produced by Larry Edelman and Joy Browne, JFK Partners, University of Colorado Denver. This videotape is available for $39.95 from Western Media Products.
When a family has a baby who is at risk or has special needs, they are entitled to certain supports, services, and rights according to I.D.E.A. or the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act". In this law, the section that refers to supports & services for children under three years of age is referred to as Part C, and in Colorado as Early Childhood Connections. For more information on the current system of referral and care coordination, please contact the Part C / NICU Liaison project at:
Part C NICU Liaison Project
2727 92nd Ave., Ste. 103
Federal Heights, CO 80260-5214
303-597-0026 x204 or 303-598-6845 cell
FAX 303-597-0049
staceykennedy@partcnicuproject.com
The BEGINNINGS form was designed to adapt the IFSP (Individual Family Service Plan) to the NICU setting in Colorado. The process is started in a hospital as compared to a community setting. It is considered a legal IFSP, and is useful for two important reasons. First, it is adapted to take the newborn’s special developmental needs into consideration. Second, it sets the process in motion and is valid until either the family’s needs change, or the family needs other supports not addressed by this format.
To be copied onto 11 X 17 paper to make a four-page, foldable document. Please do not alter the form or use in any other ways than intended. Please reference the form for usage. The BEGINNINGS may or may not meet other states' regulatory requirements for implementation of Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Browne, J. V., Langlois, A., Ross, E. S., & Smith-Sharp, S. (2001). BEGINNINGS: an interim individualized family service plan for use in the intensive care nursery. Infants & Young Children, 14(2), 19-32.
Browne, J. V., & Smith-Sharp, S. (1995). The Colorado Consortium of Intensive Care Nurseries: Spinning a web of support for Colorado Infants and families. Zero to Three, 15(6), 18-23.