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Information and Insights
for Early Intervention Personnel
2010 Course Schedule (pdf
file)
Earn 36 Clock Hours (CEU credit) |
Premature Babies and Their
Parents
Winter/Spring 2010 session:
February 22 to April 26, 2010
Register by: February 17
Instructor: Jolene Pearson |
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Course Description
Instructor
Comments from Participants
Cost and Credit
Required Materials |
Additional Information
How to Register
Contact if Questions
Related Resources |
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Course
Description
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Overview
In 2007, the State of Minnesota adopted
criteria for early intervention that automatically includes all
infants born weighing 3 lbs. 5 oz. or less (under 1500 grams). This means
that many families are referred to early intervention soon after
their babies are discharged from the hospital, some even before.
Early interventionists must be prepared to offer the right
information and support to families and be able suggest activities
that will promote the pre-term infant’s development in an
individualized manner.
Course Description
This course is designed to enhance the skills of early intervention
professionals by providing them with background information about
the experiences of parents who have given birth prematurely, the
effect of premature birth on the infant’s behavior and development,
information about developmental care, and other research-based
strategies proven to enhance the child’s development and offer both
parent education curricula as well as implementation strategies.
Goal
Participants will learn important information about preterm infants,
the experiences of their parents and will learn to be better able to
provide both information and support to parents of infants born
prematurely.
Objectives
- Become more
knowledgeable about the development of both full-term and
pre-term infants.
- Gain an
understanding of how a premature birth impacts the infant, the
parent and their early relationship.
- Learn how
to offer support and identify key information to share with
parents of preterm babies.
- Identify
resources to educate, inform and support parents of prematurely
born children.
- Identify
interventions that are designed to help preterm infant develop
their social, cognitive, self-help, gross and fine motor skills.
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Instructor
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instructor and author of these course materials is Jolene
Pearson, M.S. IMH-E®,
(IV). Jolene holds a B.E.S. degree from the University
of Minnesota in Child Development. She earned an M.S. from
Wheelock College in Boston in Infant and Toddler Behavior and
Development. Ms. Pearson completed internships with Drs. Berry
Brazelton and James Herzog at Harvard Medical School's Child
Development Research Unit and Family Development Clinic in
Boston, MA. Ms. Pearson has been an adjunct faculty member and
instructor at the University of Minnesota teaching courses in
parent education, infant mental health, and early childhood
special education, and Parent Infant Pathways. She is a
certified Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale examiner and is
licensed in the fields of Parent Education, Early Childhood
Education, and Early Childhood Special Education.
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Comments from
Participants
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'Premature
Babies and Their Parents' gave me new insights into the art of home
visiting, practical tools to use in the field, improved my
understanding of premature infant development, expanded my knowledge
of what parents go through, and helped to renew my desire in working
for families and their children who have special needs.
I would recommend this course
in its entirety to anyone who works with parents of prematurely born
infants. The varied resources and presentations were extremely
helpful to me.
I’m not sure where my
professional journey will take me next but I do know that I will
take the knowledge from this class and the stories of these families
along with me as I go.
I found the
'Premature Babies and Their Parents' course to be excellent. I
learned many new facts and pointers as well as valuable insights
into the world of the NICU and premature births. The readings
associated with the modules provided nice support to the video
learning.
During the 2007-08 school year, 32 staff from the Minneapolis Early
Childhood Special Education (ECSE) program took this course in
person.
Here is what they said.
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Cost and Credit
Registration fee: $340
(Group
rates are also available.)
This course is offered for
36
Clock Hours of continuing education credit.
The certificate is approved
and issued by the College of Education and Human Development at
the University of Minnesota.
There are no prerequisites needed
to register for this course.
Courses are geared toward the upper
classperson (senior) graduate level.
Note: If you are from a
state other than MN, you may want to check with your licensing
board to verify that the same measurement standard will be
applied in your state for this credit.
Note: Minimum number of
students required to hold the session is 5. If enrollment is
lower than 5, you have the option of receiving a refund or
deferring participation until the next session.
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Required Materials
Please purchase these
required publications on your own. These materials are
available as a package purchase through Oleanna
Books in Minneapolis.
Print order form
- Pearson, J. (2006).
Parent-Infant Pathways: An Educator's Guide for Providing
Information and Support to New Parents. ISBN:
978-1-4276-2869-5.
- Pearson, J. (2006). Pathways Teaching
Photographs booklet.
- Growing Sophia,
by Rochelle Barsuhn. ISBN-10: 0615183522. ISBN-13:
978-0615183527.
- Preemie Magazine
fall 2006 issue.
- The Essential
Guide for Parents of Premature Babies, by
Wechsler Linden, Paroli, & Wechsler Doron. More Information
on the book is available on the
March of
Dimes web site--to order book from March of Dimes: Call the March of Dimes
Fulfillment Center at 800-367-6630. Outside of U.S., call
770-280-4115. Item no. 09-1833-03. $16.95. Also available at
Amazon.com.
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Additional
Information
Download a
course
informational flyer (pdf file)
Please feel free to post or
distribute this flyer at your organization if you think there may be
people interested in this course.
2009 Online Course Schedule (pdf file)
Sample syllabus available upon request
(request from Karen Anderson at 612-625-6617 or ander352@umn.edu)
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Questions?
If you have any questions on
registering for this course, please contact Karen Anderson, tech and
support for these courses, at 612-625-6617 or
ander352@umn.edu.
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Related Resources
CEED's publication
Questions About Kids includes some issues (available in multiple
languages) pertinent to caring for babies, for example:
Visit the
Questions About Kids web page for more issues on
the topic of babies.
Here are some publications from
the Healthy Child
Care organization:
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