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Creative Therapy Consultants Committed to furthering the knowledge, expertise and skill of neonatal healthcare providers worldwide

Our well known Neonatal Touch & Massage Certification (NTMC) is an advanced certification for Neonatal RNs, OTs PTs, & SLPs and our Neonatal On-Line Education (NOLE) is for all neonatal caregivers to become more neuroprotective, developmental, and family- integrated in their daily caregiving.

Celebrating our Q3 NTMC® Scholarship Winners! 🎉💜We’re so excited to celebrate the amazing professionals who received sch...
10/10/2026

Celebrating our Q3 NTMC® Scholarship Winners! 🎉💜

We’re so excited to celebrate the amazing professionals who received scholarships during our August, September in-person, and September virtual Neonatal Touch & Massage Certification sessions!

A huge thank-you to Pampers Professional for supporting healthcare provider education and helping make these opportunities possible.

You could be next! When you enroll in an upcoming NTMC® course, you’re automatically entered for a chance to receive a scholarship. Visit https://www.neonatalcertification.com/about-ntmc/ to learn more and get registered for an upcoming NTMC class.

To every perinatal nurse: your supportive presence is part of the essential care you provide.You are there for the first...
10/09/2026

To every perinatal nurse: your supportive presence is part of the essential care you provide.

You are there for the first heartbeat, the first breath, the unexpected turn, the long night, the difficult conversation, and the quiet moments when a family simply needs someone to stay.

Thank you for bringing knowledge, skill, advocacy, and humanity to the bedside, one family at a time. 🤍

Happy Perinatal Nurses Week.

Neonatal Touch & Massage Certification® (NTMC) is about much more than learning massage techniques.It's about understand...
10/08/2026

Neonatal Touch & Massage Certification® (NTMC) is about much more than learning massage techniques.

It's about understanding the infant, the clinical context, the timing, the environment, and the response.

That's why NTMC emphasizes cues, safety, clinical reasoning, individualization, caregiver education, and thoughtful integration.

Join the NTMC Family and grow your neurodevelopmental, neuropromotional, family-centered care-giving toolbox. 💜

Apply & browse our upcoming class dates here: https://www.neonatalcertification.com/locations/

In the NICU, we know that Neonatal Physical Therapy is so much more than "range of motion exercises.” It's a whole-body,...
10/05/2026

In the NICU, we know that Neonatal Physical Therapy is so much more than "range of motion exercises.” It's a whole-body, whole-environment, whole-family approach.

A randomized clinical trial examined a Structured Neonatal Physical Therapy Program (SNP) for moderate-to-late preterm infants.

The program combined:
• Therapist-led intervention in the NICU
• Parent education and participation
• A parent-administered home program through the first 6 months

Infants receiving this type of structured care had significantly higher motor scores than the usual-care group at hospital discharge, 3 months, and 6 months.

AND, at 3 and 6 months, the infants also had significantly higher cognitive and language scores.

So, yes, we'd say physical therapy (and all neurodevelopmentally appropriate care) absolutely supports neurodevelopment in the preterm infant!

Read the full article: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39792781/

Your neonatal skill set is about to get a little more hands-on. 💜There's still time to join us in 2026 for the Neonatal ...
10/02/2026

Your neonatal skill set is about to get a little more hands-on. 💜

There's still time to join us in 2026 for the Neonatal Touch & Massage Certification® (NTMC).

This training is designed for clinicians who want to deepen their understanding of Neonatal Touch and Massage and develop practical skills they can thoughtfully integrate into their work with infants and families.

This training goes beyond simply learning a sequence of techniques.

Explore:

✔️ Neurodevelopmental CARE™ Umbrella
✔️ Clinical considerations
✔️ Massage
✔️ Individualization
✔️ Family-Integrated education
✔️ Thoughtful integration of touch into neonatal care

🗓️ October 23 & 24 (Oakland, CA)
🗓️ November 7 & 8 (Aurora, CO)
🗓️ November 13 & 14 (Virtual)
🗓️ January 27 & 28 (Virtual)

Ready to add another skill to your neonatal toolkit? Join us for NTMC!
https://www.neonatalcertification.com/locations/

We start this Physical Therapy Month with a reminder: In the NICU, we know therapy looks different:It includes expert po...
10/01/2026

We start this Physical Therapy Month with a reminder: In the NICU, we know therapy looks different:

It includes expert positioning advice.
It includes thoughtful handling.
It includes supporting regulation.
It includes modifying the environment.
It includes helping parents participate.
And, it includes therapeutic touch and massage.

The smallest interactions can have meaningful clinical purpose and this month, we celebrate the neonatal PTs who bring movement, science, clinical reasoning, compassion, and skilled touch to the tiniest patients. 💜

For neonatal therapists, learning how to provide touch, and when to provide it, is an important part of developing a thoughtful, individualized approach to NICU care.

Here's to the NICU PTs making a difference one tiny interaction at a time. 👶

Today is NICU Awareness Day. 💜As we close out NICU Awareness Month, we are reflecting on how far neonatal care has come ...
09/30/2026

Today is NICU Awareness Day. 💜

As we close out NICU Awareness Month, we are reflecting on how far neonatal care has come in the last 50 years and how much more there is still to do.

We know that the NICU experience can influence much more than survival.

The developing brain is shaped by relationships, sensory experiences, sleep, stress, pain, caregiving, and the environment.

That is why developmental care, family-integrated care, Kangaroo Care, cue-based care, individualized care, and neonatal therapy matter.

Every interaction is an opportunity to protect the developing brain.

Every parent is an essential member of the care team.

Every small change can contribute to a better long-term outcome.

What is one change you hope to see in neonatal care in the next five years?

09/29/2026

Help us celebrate our newest NTMC graduates from our September 25 virtual class!🎓💜

Congratulations to this incredible group of professionals for taking the next step in expanding their knowledge and skills to better support infants and families through neuroprotective, neuropromotional, developmental, and family-integrated care.

Your commitment to learning makes a difference and we’re so excited to see how you carry that knowledge into your NICUs, CICUs, Follow-Up Clinics, Early Intervention settings, and communities. ✨

Welcome to the NTMC Family!

Oral feeding is one of the most complex activities a NICU infant has to accomplish.Successful feeding requires coordinat...
09/23/2026

Oral feeding is one of the most complex activities a NICU infant has to accomplish.

Successful feeding requires coordination across multiple body systems—and for preterm and medically fragile infants, there is a lot at stake.

A systematic review of 14 studies identified three major categories of neonatal therapy interventions:

💜 Oral motor stimulation
💜 Swallowing exercises
💜 Sensory-based interventions

The research suggests that combining complementary approaches may enhance oral feeding readiness, progression, and efficiency.

So, here's the question:

What can you add to your feeding therapy—or how can you support feeding development—today?

Learn more about complimentary neonatal therapy interventions that supports feeding development: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41020568/

It’s International Neonatal Therapy Week, and we’re celebrating YOU! 💜What better way to celebrate neonatal therapists t...
09/22/2026

It’s International Neonatal Therapy Week, and we’re celebrating YOU! 💜

What better way to celebrate neonatal therapists than with a reminder of just how fascinating this work can be?

One of our NTMC Instructors, Erin Springer, got the opportunity to participate in a feeding assessment of a baby gorilla at the Seattle Zoo and discovered something pretty incredible: baby gorillas and human babies share surprisingly similar feeding mechanisms! 🐒👶

It’s a fascinating look at how our understanding of feeding, development, and movement can extend far beyond the NICU.

Our NTMC Family includes neonatal therapists, OTs, PTs, and SLPs, from across the United States and around the world. From the USA to Canada, Dubai, Dublin, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Germany, Puerto Rico, and beyond, neonatal therapists are bringing their expertise and curiosity to the care of babies and families.

We’re so grateful for the knowledge, advocacy, and passion you bring to the bedside every day.

Want to learn more about Erin’s experience with the baby chimp? Read the full blog here: https://blog.zoo.org/2026/06/update-on-new-baby-gorillas-older.html

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