Dr. Ricki Goldstein, Director of the Special Infant Care Clinic, has been actively involved in efforts to improve early intervention services for high-risk infants in North Carolina, including:

In addition, she has been the recipient of funding from The Duke Endowment for the development of an educational program aimed at improving the post-discharge care of high-risk infants by creating educational workshops for well-child care providers and community interventionists concerned with the special medical and developmental needs of premature and other high-risk infants.  This program includes:

• Workshops given at Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) located in Fayetteville, Williamston, Wilmington, Greenville, Greensboro, and Wake.

• Workshop presented at the NC Pediatric Society Annual Meeting (August 2005). 
  

• Workshop presented at the Pediatric Academic Society Meeting (May 2006).
  

• Workshop to be presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics Meeting (October 2007).
  

• Full day conference to be presented to pediatricians, family practice physicians, and pediatric nurse clinicians entitled Well Child Care for the Premature Infant (March 2007).

Dr. Goldstein is also the recipient of funding from The Duke Endowment for a program entitled, Community Pathways: Early Intervention for Hospitalized Children and their Families.  The success of this program led to the creation of a new hospital position, the Developmental Family Specialist, who educates families about the need for early intervention services and facilitates the transition from hospital to home.  The Developmental Family Specialist also serves as a liaison for families from hospital to community programs and serves on a local interagency council that promotes high-risk infants' eligibility for early intervention services.