The newborn at neurodevelopmental risk (high risk and low risk). The assessment and prognosis tools: Brazelton's BNAS, the ALS ABIP, the Prechtl PAGMs. 2. Preterm birth, the premature newborn. Early neurological and/or behavioral abnormalities and long-term pathological sequelae. The quality of life in the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) and the role of parents within the NICU. Signs of stress and self-regulation signals of the preterm. 3. The synactive theory of Heidelise ALS. The NIDCAP (Neonatal Individualized Developmental Care Assessment Program). Areas of intervention on the newborn hospitalized in the NICU 4. postural care, skin containment, the environment and sensory inputs, 5. Consolability, analgesia, feeding, biological rhythms, skin-to-skin contact. 6. Development of a "habilitative care" program intended for low-risk newborns/infants and/or newborns/infants discharged from the NICU. Postural, motor, sensorial facilitation, biological rhythms and communication/interaction. Setting up a home environment suitable for the child's developmental needs. Centrality of parents in habilitative care. 7. Follow-up as a tool for monitoring the developmental path and consolidating parental skills. Habilitation of the newborn and infant, therapeutic tools: skin-to-skin contact, gentle touch, baby carrier, holding, handling, infant massage. 8. Infant feeding: neonatal reflexes underlying sucking, the typical development of sucking in the first months of life, the phases of sucking. Disorders of feeding function: non-oral nutrition of the newborn. Short- and long-term consequences of non-oral feeding. 9. Psychomotor delay: from diagnosis to assessment, to treatment. Simple psychomotor delay 10. From psychomotor delay to the diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorder. Rehabilitative care. 11. Regulation disorder of the newborn: clinical characteristics, hyper- and hyporesponsiveness of the newborn to environmental stimuli. Assessment tools for Regulation disorder. Care procedure, intervention, neuro-psychomotor approach.

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