Adaptive positioning is one aspect of occupational therapy intervention with premature infants. This article reviews briefly the literature on the benefits of positioning strategies with premature infants, as well as the literature pertaining to infant alert states and the development of early parent-child interactions, in an attempt to present important roles for the occupational therapist working with this population: It is suggested that for successful implementation of positioning intervention, occupational therapists need to be able to recognise infant states and educate caregivers of their implications. In addition, occupational therapists should encourage caregivers to assume a greater responsibility for the positioning aspect of their infants care.
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