Newborn Behavioural Observations System (NBO)
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The NBO is a strength-based assessment.
The outcome is an individualized description of an infants neurobehavioral capabilities.
Strengths based and infant led assessment
Objective[edit | edit source]
The objective of the NBO is to encourage parent education and active care-giving. It allows for the development of handling and caregiving techniques that caregivers can use in the home environment in order to respond to infant behavioral cues.[1]
Intended Population[edit | edit source]
The NBO is performed with infants (newborns to 3 months of age) together with their caregivers.[1]
Components[edit | edit source]
The NBO is constructed of
Method of Use[edit | edit source]
Duration of assessment[edit | edit source]
The duration of the assessment is usually 20-30 minutes. [1]
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lean RE, Smyser CD, Rogers CE. Assessment: the newborn. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics. 2017 Jul 1;26(3):427-40.
