Developmental Care Collection
Ages 0 - 12+ Months
When young children are hospitalized, Developmental Care practices can help them to relax, heal, and grow. Care focuses on the rights and needs of each child, centering their agency and their place within a family and community. These resources can help parents and providers to better understand the principles of Developmental Care, and to use them to support sick babies and children.
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Developmental Care overview
Click to learn the big ideas of Developmental Care, and to begin using them with your child or patients.
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Development Care in Boston
In this article, psychologist Dr. Samantha Butler explains how Boston Children's Hospital uses Developmental Care in its nurseries.
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Developmental Care in action
In this issue of the Boston Children's Hospital Answers blog, we see how Developmental Care is being used within a hospital nursery to support babies and families.
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Hospital spaces
This article explains how hospital space can be designed or modified to promote the healthy development of babies and families.
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Care practices
Parents and clinicians can use these strategies to support sick babies, and to help help to stay calm and content.
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Pain management
Flexible and responsive pain management can help little ones to relax, heal, and focus on the tasks of development. This articles explains how parents and staff can work together to reduce children's discomfort.
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Developmental consultations
While babies are hospitalized, a developmental consultation can help to identify their unique strengths and needs, and to customize a developmental plan.
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Kangaroo care
Babies are often most relaxed when a parent can hold them as much as possible. Luckily, parents can safely hold most babies with congenital heart defects (CHDs). Keep reading to learn more about kangaroo care.