Nugent speaks at conferences in Norway and Ireland

J. Kevin Nugent, professor emeritus in the School of Education, addressed the 25th anniversary conference of the Norwegian Society of Perinatal Medicine held Nov. 7-9 at the Gamle Festsal, University of Oslo.

He spoke on "Family-centered Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit."

Nugent also spoke about the use of the newborn behavioral observations with at-risk infants and families at the International Infant Development in Neonatal Intensive Care-Ireland on Nov. 15 in Dublin, Ireland.

A member of the School of Education faculty since 1986, Nugent is the founder and director of the Brazelton Institute in the department of developmental medicine at Children's Hospital in Boston.