Neonatal Therapy Certification Board™

The Neonatal Therapy Certification Board™ (NTCB™) is a multidisciplinary board comprised of occupational therapists, physical therapists, and speech-language pathologists who have expertise in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) throughout the United States and around the world. The NTCB™ provides certification to neonatal therapists who have demonstrated the time, knowledge, and commitment to serve high-risk infants in the NICU. It is the mission of the NTCB™ to recognize and advance inter-professional neonatal therapy practice through evidence-based certification standards including validation of clinical experience and knowledge essential for effective delivery of neonatal therapy. It is the vision of the NTCB™ to build a body of Certified Neonatal Therapists™ (OT, PT, SLP) who work collaboratively to provide safe, effective, and evidence-based services to at-risk infants and their families in the NICU environment. What is a Neonatal Therapist? Neonatal therapists are an essential part of the NICU team. A neonatal therapist is an occupational therapist, physical therapist or speech-language pathologist who delivers holistic direct patient care and consultative services to premature and medically complex infants in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Using an integrated, neuroprotective, family-centered model, neonatal therapists provide highly specialized and individualized therapeutic interventions in the NICU. These interventions support optimal long-term development, prevent adverse sequelae, and nurture the infant-family dyad. Neonatal therapists provide education to the family and NICU team.