PLAYMATES
Play, Learning Activities Yearning to Maximize Attachment Through Emotional Connection Strategies
Create strong, joyful bonds with baby!
PLAYMATES is here to support you. We designed PLAYMATES to help you and your little one connect more deeply while bringing more joy to caregiving. Over 11 to 14 weekly sessions, we aim to strengthen your relationship with baby and make caregiving more fulfilling. In addition to boosting your own well-being and your baby’s outcomes, we want to improve caregiving practices for other families.
PLAYMATES is here to support you
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Purpose
Parents whose medically fragile newborns are admitted to an intensive care unit may feel overwhelmed, may feel they have limited involvement in their baby’s care and may have difficulty visiting in person. PLAYMATES uses evidence-based interventions to strengthen caregiver and newborn emotional connections, restore joy to parenting and help the caregivers contribute meaningfully to their baby’s development while simultaneously attending to their own health as caregivers.
- Caregivers who are at least 18 years old and who speak English or Spanish
- Medically fragile fetuses (estimated 28 to 32 weeks’ gestation) expected to be admitted to the intensive care unit for at least two weeks
- Medically fragile newborns expected to stay in the intensive care unit at least two weeks
Meet the PLAYMATES team
Research Manager
Associate Chief of Medical and Academic Affairs
T32 Research Postdoctoral Fellow
Clinical Psychologist
Director, Zickler Family Prenatal Pediatrics Institute
Director of the Advanced Physiological Signals Processing Laboratory
Research Postdoctoral Fellow
Director, Center for Prenatal, Neonatal & Maternal Health Research
Research Faculty and Biostatistician
Director, Neurocardiac Critical Care
Perinatal Psychologist
Data Research Analyst