Training Eligibility
Becoming a NIDCAP Certified Professional
Application Process
A nursery's leadership team contacts a NIDCAP Training Center with a preliminary
letter of intent describing the nursery and the goals of the training. Upon
request from the Training Center, the applicant nursery submits a site
assessment, a financial plan and a training time line as well as the self
assessments of the intended trainees jointly agreed upon by the applicant and
the training center.
Individual Requirements
Persons eligible for NIDCAP Training are professionals, who are associated with
or on staff of a Newborn Intensive Care and/or Special Care Nursery, are
approved for training by the applicant nursery, and are supported in their
training to become active facilitators of the implementation of individualized
developmentally supportive and family centered care in the respective setting.
Training Process
All NIDCAP training sessions, consultation, and education are conducted at the
applicant nursery site. It would represent a rare exception when training might
be conducted at the trainer's site.
For further detail see Program
Guide and Quality Assurance
of Training Policy #1.
NIDCAP Training has taught me not only to interpret the meaning of the baby's
behavior, but to consider carefully the behavior of the adults involved, and how
I can use that information to help facilitate an environment conducive to the
baby's and family's growth.
Jean Powlesland, RN, MS, NIDCAP Trainer (Developmental
Observer, Vol. 2, No. 1)