The Reality of Full-term and Pre-term Birth

iDevice icon Reflection
  • As the starting point for this learning module, I would ask you to view the two video clips below, as examples of the first few minutes of life for a full-term and a pre-term infant.
  • Contrast the experiences and behaviours of these two infants. How do you think these experiences can alter the course of early infant development?
FULL-TERM BIRTH
PRE-TERM BIRTH