Infant and Family-Centered Developmental Care Standards Implementation: Historical Perspectives on the Emergence of Evidence-Based IFCDC Standards: Part 2.

The article focuses on how emerging interest and research contributed to developmental or neuroprotective care in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Topics include theoretically based and empirically supported approaches, early conceptualization of the impact of sensory environments on babies, and a change in perspective to babies receiving too much sensory output.