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FINE is the only programme that gives neonatal professionals of all disciplines opportunities to develop knowledge and skills in steps that can be paced to their career needs, whether that means orientation for beginners, developing competent practice or leadership.
With FINE we bridge the gap between theory and practice with a range of learning opportunities that can be adapted to different settings. We have universal appeal with activity in over 20 countries and translations into 12 languages.
For more information about FINE, view our resources page.
Inga, the primary author of the FINE programme and co-director of FINE International, is founder and director of FINE Neonatal UK. A wide-ranging career as an occupational therapist preceded 25 years specialising in neonatal development. She is a senior NIDCAP trainer with an Honorary Doctorate from Oxford Brookes University and a CBE awarded for her pioneering work with preterm babies. She is the co-author of our handbooks for parents, participates in international research and education projects, mentors FINE 3 and trains new FINE mentors and trainers around the world.
With a financial background, Veronica has over 30 years’ experience in administration and finance in both the commercial and not-for-profit sectors. Since 2008, she has worked alongside Inga Warren coordinating courses and helping to promote individualised developmental care for babies and parents. As a charity coordinator and fundraiser at St Mary’s Hospital, Veronica worked with the neonatal team to provide extra support for families and raised vital funds to buy specialist equipment. In her current role Veronica, who has been fully committed to the aims of FINE since its foundation, provides invaluable support for our team, with responsibility for financial governance and systems management.
Beverley is a paediatric occupational therapist who has specialised in neonates since 2005. She is a qualified NIDCAP and APIB professional and is currently in training to become a NIDCAP trainer at University College Hospital London. She has a special interest in neonatal stress and pain and collaborated on development of the Evaluation of Intervention (EVIN) scale. Beverley is a founding member of the faculty for FINE 1, 2 and 3 and is the coordinator for FINE 2.
Trish has over 20 years’ experience as a neonatal intensive care nurse. She works clinically in Level 1 and Level 3 neonatal units in the Southwest. Trish has completed all three levels of the FINE curriculum. Her FINE 3 projects include a short introductory presentation on infant and family-centred developmental care for doctors assigned to neonatal units, and an exploration of the impact of “The Golden Hour” (more information on our RESOURCES page). In her role as Coordinator for the FINE 1: Foundation programme she also provides guidance and support for other members of the team.
Jennie is a principal neonatal physiotherapist and NIDCAP professional with 25 years’ neonatal experience. She works with families and babies on the Level 3 NICU and neonatal follow-up in Sheffield. She has supported the development of a well-established AHP team and led on Infant and Family Centred Developmental Care (IFCDC) education and practise on the unit. She teaches/mentors on the Level 1 and 2 FINE courses. Jennie is also a senior NBAS and NBO trainer with the Brazelton Centre UK and has recently qualified as a Time to Think coach. Her particular interest is to support early parent-infant relationships to promote later developmental outcomes.
Emily is a clinical specialist neonatal occupational therapist at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. She has an MSc in Advanced Neonatal Studies from Southampton University. Emily is also a certified NIDCAP professional, and a trainer for the Brazelton Centre UK. Emily is an Advanced Practitioner in Sensory Integration (SI) and is co-author of Sensory Beginnings, an educational programme for health care and early educator providers.
Deanna is Director of Clinical Research for Neonates and Children at Barts NHS Trust and senior lecturer at Queen Mary University. Her research includes neonatal family-centred developmental care; parent experience in neonatal care; participatory action research; qualitative meta-synthesis. An occupational therapist by background, she has international experience in acute paediatrics and neonatology. Deanna is a FINE 2 mentor and researcher. She is also a senior trainer for The Brazelton Centre GB. Deanna is the primary author of a study evaluating the impact of FINE 2 and is now working on an international study looking at the impact on neonatologists.
Emily is a Speech and Language Therapist at Great Ormond Street Hospital. She is a NIDCAP professional and has worked with Neonates for over 20 years. She is particularly interested in infant-parent interaction and the development of feeding skills. She has facilitated training in the UK, Ireland and Romania.
Gillian worked as a consultant speech and language therapist and NIDCAP Trainer at UCLH. She has 3 decades of experience in neonatology and has a particular interest in feeding and the importance of comfortable digestion. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and was awarded an OBE in 2015. Although no longer active in clinical practice, Gillian continues to be an advisor and mentor for FINE.
Mary is the NIDCAP Clinical Nurse Specialist in The Coombe Hospital, Dublin with over 25 years’ experience in neonatal nursing and management. Mary is a qualified NIDCAP Professional and is currently training to become an APIB Professional. Mary has been instrumental in highlighting the benefits and necessity for developmentally supportive care in Ireland, organising FINE courses and the 2012 Infant Development in Neonatal Intensive Care (IDNIC) conference in Dublin. As a member of the FINE faculty from its inception, she has facilitated training in the UK, Romania and Hungary as well as Ireland.
Debbie is been a neonatal nurse since 2009 working in two level 3 intensive care units in the UK. She currently works at St Michael’s Hospital Neonatal Unit in Bristol as a neonatal sister and joint developmental care lead. She has worked with the Neonatal Transport Team and is the Family Integrated Care lead. She completed her NIDCAP training in 2016.
Rosy is a sociologist and lecturer at the Social Research Institute, University College London. Her focus is on the experiences of critically sick babies, young children and their families when navigating healthcare systems including a study on how non-evidence-based beliefs increase inequalities in the provision of infant and family-centred neonatal care (add link). Recent work includes a study of infant and family-centred developmental care in NICUs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rosie is a FINE research advisor and collaborator, currently working with Deanna Gibbs on an international study to explore the impact of FINE on neonatologists.
Edvige is a Professional Coach. One of her daughters was born extremely preterm and after a decade in communications, she gradually shifted her career to work on supporting premature children and their families in neonatal care. As part of our FINE 1 parent faculty, she provides a parent’s perspective and focuses on family participation. For FINE 2 she is developing coaching strategies for healthcare professionals to enhance their communication skills with parents in neonatal units. She also provides coaching support for faculty. She volunteers as a Bliss Champion and is a Parent Representative at St Thomas’ Hospital in London.
Silke joined the FINE team in 2023 as parent faculty. She contributes to FINE training through her professional and lived experience, having had two extremely premature babies at different times in her life. While being a faculty member with FINE she is also doing a counselling course with the aim of supporting parents who go through the experience of having premature babies. With a degree in Art History and a postgraduate degree in Education in Museums and Galleries, and a wealth of experience working in different roles in various educational and art institutions, Silke brings unique skills to our team.
Pani Pantelides is a NIDCAP and NBAS trained paediatric/neonatal physiotherapist in Cyprus who runs an innovative developmental clinic for families and infants who are at home after neonatal care. Pani has more than 20 years’ experience both in the NICU in Nicosia and in the community. She is an Ambassador of ESCNH and a member of the FINE faculty. With Inga, she has recently co-authored a book for parents of preterm babies at home during the early months of development. She is FINE 1 faculty and a FINE 2 mentor teaching in Greek and English.
Corina, the mother of twin girls born preterm, is the Founder and President of ARNIS, an association dedicated to improving babies’ health in Romania including the implementation of family-centred care. Among her many initiatives is the introduction of the FINE programme to Romania in 2018. ARNIS won an EFCNI award for the outstanding accomplishment of adapting FINE for online training in Romanian during the Covid pandemic. With Corina’s leadership ARNIS has funded and organised FINE training for over 400 neonatal professionals in Romania with FINE 2 graduates in 5 centres.
Livia is Founder and Vice-President of the Melletted a Helyem Egyesület association for preterm babies in Hungary. She is the mother of a preemie boy born at 27 weeks’ gestation who is now a teenage boy living with multiple disabilities. She is a member of the EFCNI Parent Advisory Board and is an NFI Family Council member. Livia coordinates FINE training in Hungary and received an EFCNI award for organising the adaptation of FINE for online training in Hungarian. She has completed FINE 2 and is currently involved in a FINE 3 quality improvement project on neonatal pain management at Semmelweis University Hospitals.
Monique Oude Reimer is a NIDCAP trainer at the Erasmus MC Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam where she works as a clinical development consultant in the NICU supporting individualized care for infants and families. She is a founding member and co-director of the international FINE team and makes a major contribution to the development of FINE materials. She presents at many conferences, teaches FINE courses in English, German and Dutch, and is coordinating the introduction of FINE to the European School of Neonatology Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in Neonatology. She is also a member of the EFCNI Scientific Advisory Board.
It is endorsed by many organisations including university medical centres, parent organisations, the European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants, the NIDCAP Federation International and Bliss.
FINE Neonatal UK Ltd has been set up to extend the reach of FINE through expansion of on-line and live training that will make it more accessible and responsive to demand.
Early evaluation of FINE shows positive changes in practice. Warren I, et al. 2019. Evaluation of the Family and Infant Neurodevelopmental Education (FINE) programme in the UK. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 25(2):93-98.
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