Family support and education.

Family involvement is essential to the developmental outcome of infants born into Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). In this article, evidence has been presented on the parent's perspective of having an infant in the NICU and the context of family. Key points to an educational assessment are also reviewed.

Effectiveness of the Test of Infant Motor Performance as an educational tool for mothers.

Purpose: To determine if the Test of Infant Motor Performance (TIMP) could be used as an educational tool for mothers; if learning is dependent on the format used or the tester; and if mothers could retain information provided on motor development of infants born prematurely over a short period of time.

Method: Twenty-eight mother-infant pairs were assigned to either a pictorial format group or a text-only format group. Mothers completed a survey before and after observing 1 of 2 therapists perform the TIMP on their infant.