NEONATAL
INTENSIVE
CARE UNIT
(NICU)
SUPPORT FOR NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Committed to helping parents connect
with their infants in the NICU.
Support for infants in the NICU
when family cannot be present.
Trauma integration for infants and their
families during and after stays in the NICU.
24/7 on-call support
for infants in the NICU.
310-658-6240
NICU CARE OBJECTIVES
Respect for the sentience of the infant.
Honoring the experience, emotions and
expressions of the infant.
Parent recognition of birth story expressed
through their infant's gestures.
Parent capacity to affirm and support the
infant's experience of their birth story.
Parents resonance and co-regulation.
Parents-infant resonance, sharing,
listening, and somatic reflection.
Infant co-regulation and self-regulation.
Infant sleep (notably when critical for health).
Infant comfort (notably when infant discomfort
due to birth trauma, health status, and/or due to
medical intervention is a factor.)
Parent integration of their own birth story.
Role clarification and differentiation.
NON-NICU INFANT-FAMILY CARE
Care is also provided to families that have not had
stays in the NICU. Please see Infant-Family Care.