NEONATAL NEUROSCIENCE
Training for the people who hold neonatal families together.
A neuroscience programme that translates what's happening in the brains of parents, babies, and staff into practical, compassionate bedside care. Built by Lottie King, founder of Leo's Neonatal, after nine years and over £1m of frontline delivery.
Built on polyvagal theory and trauma neuroscience • Faculty: Greer Kirshenbaum PhD, Dr Frankie Harrison, Jessica Maguire
Built on neuroscience
Polyvagal theory, neuroception, interoception, allostatic load. Explained in language a tired night shift can actually use.
Grounded in lived experience
Lottie has stood at both sides of the cot. She has lived the room, and she can explain what is happening in the brains of the people in it.
Designed for the bedside
Every module includes scripts, reflection tools, and resources your team can use the next day. A sharper way to do the work you already do.
A unit that learned to listen built this.
Lottie King is the founder of NICU Neuroscience and of Leo's Neonatal, a UK charity that has delivered more than £1m of mental health support to neonatal families over nine years. She is also a bereaved parent. She has stood at both sides of the cot.
NICU Neuroscience is the training she wishes had existed when she was the parent in the room, and the training she wishes had been there for the staff who were holding her.
Every module is designed so a clinician can engage with it on a busy shift and apply it on the next one. No jargon. No extra workload. A sharper way to do the work they already do.
Read Lottie's story →Start here. It's free.
Download the Nervous System States Guide — a short, practical resource on what nervous system states look like in parents, babies, and staff. Readable in ten minutes. Useful the same shift.
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What's in the guide
- What different nervous system states look like
- Why a dysregulated parent is not difficult behaviour
- How your own nervous system responds in the room
- Simple tools for reading and responding in the moment
- A one-page bedside reference
Training your whole team?
We offer unit-level and trust-wide access, with named onboarding and group facilitation options.
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