Maintenance of NDC Accreditation
Why Maintenance of NDC Accreditaiton?
NDC Maintenance ensures our practitioners
- Are up to date with the latest research and NDC clinical approaches.
- Have an ongoing licence to use the NDC resources.
Membership of Maintenance of NDC Accreditation is foundational to the development of Possums as a social enterprise which promotes evidence-based innovation in early life care. We rely upon your support, as we continue to develop and bring the Possums work into the world!
What benefits does Maintenance of NDC Accreditation give you?
By joining Maintenance, NDC Accredited Practitioners retain the following benefits
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NDC Resource Hub, including updated parent handouts, clinical tools and guidelines, recorded clinical demonstrations, videos of talks and conferences, presentations, education articles, PowerPoint presentations, podcasts and NDC research articles
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Live Network Hours
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Regular live online Clinical Demonstrations by Dr Pamela Douglas
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Use of the NDC Accredited logo
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Promotion of your services on the Find an NDC practitioner map
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Opportunity to join The NDC Lactation Fellowship
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A 50% discount code for all patients you refer to The Possums Sleep Program or Possums Breastfeeding & Lactation (coming early 2025) or
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If you're a medical practitioner, discussion of cases with other NDC medical practitioners (only) and Dr Pamela Douglas on fourth Wednesday of each month
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Our monthly Guest Speaker program, free of charge, which showcases leading researchers and clinicians
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The Possums Baby and Toddler Sleep Program. Currently this also includes programs on
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The gestalt method of fit and hold
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The baby who cries a lot in the first months of life
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Supporting baby's motor development
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Caring for you (protecting perinatal mental health)
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Possums Breastfeeding & Lactation (under development, projected date of completion Q3 2025)
You can choose one of three Maintenance options.
1) STANDARD Maintenance
2) AUDIT Maintenance
3) INTENSIVE Maintenance
The requirements for each are outlined here.