Assessing parent-child interaction:
NCAST II Feeding Scale

Tuesday, April 11, 2006, and Wednesday, April 12, 2006
R140, R136 in the main hospital building, 8:00am – 4:30pm

Thursday, October 26, 2006, and Friday, October 27, 2006
R304, in the main hospital building, 8:00am – 4:30pm

Course description: NCAST II-A is an advanced course for nurses interested in learning to use the NCAST assessment tools in their practice. These tools provide objective nursing assessments of infant behavior and the parent-child environment, which are useful in early case finding of infants at risk and subsequent intervention. NCAST I is not a prerequisite but is encouraged.

The new NCAST II-A course primarily prepares nurses in the use of the Nursing Child Assessment Feeding Scale. A review of infant state and infant behavioral cues is also provided.

NCAST Instructor Sue Horner, RN, MS, 773.880.4488

Accreditation: This program has been accredited by the Illinois Nurses' Association for 15.8 contact hours for Part A.

Children's Memorial Hospital is an approved provider of continuing education by the Illinois Nurses Association, an accredited provider by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Registration is due one week before each course (Please call Clinical & Organizational Development at 773.880.4114 for more information.)