I am in need of the benefit of your collective experience with NICU
environments.  I am nearing the completion of my course work for a MS in
infant neuro-biological infant development and infant mental health and will
be selecting an internship placement soon.  I am considering working in an
NICU to provide developmentally supportive care (such as Als' synactive
model).  Ideally, this would involve Kangaroo care and breastfeeding the
neonate.  Concurrently, I would like to accumulate the additional contact
hours so I can proceed with becoming an IBCLC.  This would give me a more
medically accepted role in an NICU in the future.

I am interested to know what the climate is in the NICU.  Are developmental
specialists involved, accepted, excluded, a rarity?  I am feeling like there
is a real need and niche for me in the developmental specialist/lactation
role, but does it REALLY exist?

Please email me privately as I am nomail this quarter.  And if you want to
read about the synactive model, let me know and I can send it in adobe PDF.
Thanks,
Joanne
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