The Ignite Program is for OTs, PTs or SLPs seeking education and mentoring in the specialized field of neonatal therapy. Mentors also report that enrolling their mentees in the Ignite Program has proven incredibly valuable and efficient. Here, you’ll learn from nationally-recognized neonatal therapy mentors Jenene Craig PhD, MBA, OTR/L, CNT and Jenny Reynolds, PhD(c), CCC-SLP, CLC, CNT, BCS-S, throughout this 10-month mentoring program.
Group pricing for 3 or more NANT Members! Receive 10% off your group purchase. Contact NANT Support to enroll a group.
Enrollment Opens March 2026
17 contact hours/1.7 CEUs
Live Group Guidance Calls
Private Facebook Group
Practical Tools & Activities
Original Program Author
Enrollment for the 2026-2027 Program will open in March 2026
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Jenny is a speech-language pathologist practicing as an advanced clinical specialist in a level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. Jenny is a board-certified swallowing specialist with a focus in pediatric dysphagia. She is a certified lactation counselor and a certified neonatal therapist. Jenny is currently pursuing her small baby certification.
Jenny’s research interest is infant dysphagia and FEES. She is a co-investigator in multiple studies in the NICU. She has disseminated this research at conferences and published in peer reviewed journals. Jenny is the course creator and director of the Neonatal and Infant FEES course which has been shared internationally. Jenny is an adjunct lecturer at several speech therapy graduate programs. Jenny is a member on the NANT Professional collaborative and serves as a mentor for the NANT Ignite program. Jenny is currently pursuing her PhD in health studies at Texas Woman’s University.
Jennie graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a Master’s Degree in Physical Therapy in 2000. She entered the workforce in early intervention and has worked in all areas of pediatrics across her career including home health, outpatient, and inpatient areas. She began her NICU specialization in 2007 and continues to work in the NICU and follow-up clinic at Banner University Medical Center-Tucson. Additionally, Jennie was on the inaugural board for the Neonatal Therapist National Certification progress and has been clinical faculty for ArizonaLEND since 2015. She is active professionally within NANT as both the PT
Clinical Advisor and an Ignite Mentor and Instructor specializing in neuromotor topics. Jennie is a Certified Neonatal Therapist, is also certified in Neonatal Touch and Massage and Babywearing Education, and enjoys lecturing on a variety of neonatal topics. Jennie still finds passion in her daily work and continuously looks forward to learning and expanding her knowledge base.
Jenene is the Program Director for the Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health and Development PhD and MA programs in the School of Psychology at Fielding Graduate University. She has enjoyed a distinguished 40+ year career in leadership, management, clinical experience, and non-profit higher education.
Dr. Craig brings a unique context as a seasoned certified neonatal occupational therapist. Her professional work includes decades of emphasis in Trauma-Informed Care, infant and early childhood mental health, diversity and social justice, and parent-infant attachment. Dr. Craig’s focus is to translate interprofessional advances in the understanding of early life adversity, epigenetics and parental mental health into actionable improvements in the care of critically ill infants and families. Dr. Craig’s passion for infant mental health and the life-span impact from infancy through adulthood is revealed in her active professional organization work. Dr. Craig currently serves in leadership with the National Association of Neonatal Therapists (NANT), previous Board of Directors for the National Perinatal Association (NPA), and was the inaugural Co-Chair of the Neonatal Therapy Certification Board (NTCB). Dr. Craig’s work revolves around her own personal journey in neonatal trauma, her work as an OT, and her first passion as mother of six.
Christy is a neonatal occupational therapist from the Pacific Northwest who is deeply committed to advancing trauma-informed, neuroprotective, developmental care practices in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). She works at Fielding Graduate University as an Associate Professor in the Infant and Early Childhood Development Program and a visiting researcher at Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis, UMC Utrecht, in the Netherlands. Christy is the Communications Manager and Conference Co-chair for the National Association of Neonatal Therapists (NANT) and is PRN at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital in their level III NICU. Christy is a Certified Neonatal Therapist (CNT), a Certified Patient Experience Professional (CPXP), and a Certified Neonatal Touch and Massage Therapist (NTMTC). She is a National Perinatal Association Board Member and a new Executive Council Healthcare Partner for the Family Centered Care Task Force. Currently, Christy’s research and advocacy efforts target neonatal sleep initiatives and infant mental health interventions for underserved and vulnerable infant-parent dyads. Christy has a strong desire to elevate culturally responsive therapeutic interventions for Indigenous communities, families experiencing homelessness, and newborns and parents affected by substance use disorder. Dr. Gliniak uses her research, innovation, and advocacy efforts to elevate the human experience in neonatal healthcare and to optimize long-term developmental outcomes for medically fragile infants and their families. Christy is a clinical consultant, international speaker, military spouse, and mother of two.
Jennifer earned her occupational therapy degree from Creighton University and a master’s degree in child development from the Erikson Institute in Chicago. She has been a neonatal occupational therapist since 1990 and currently serves as Program Manager for Neonatal Therapy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital Neonatal Network, a 10-unit system.In her professional roles, Jennifer has guided clinical practice and program development across both small and large neonatal networks, nationally and internationally. She served as a former clinical advisor for the NANT Facebook page and continues to influence practice as a current member of the NANT Professional Collaborative.
Jennifer holds multiple certifications that reflect her expertise and commitment to neonatal care. She is a Certified Neonatal Therapist and was an inaugural board member of the Neonatal Therapist Certification Board. She became a NIDCAP Trainer in 2005 and serves as a Board Member for NIDCAP Federation International. Additionally, she is certified in Neonatal Touch & Massage and is a trainer in an infant mental health model called Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN).
Her professional activities include creating innovative tools such as the Safe Sleep Readiness Assessment and the SMART Feeding Assessment, which have advanced clinicians’ ability to understand infants’ emerging developmental capacities for daily activities. Jennifer actively promotes integration of developmental principles into standards of care and training for all NICU professionals, ensuring individualized, infant and family-centered developmental care.
She is passionate about elevating collaboration among neonatal therapists and medical teams, supporting clinicians in reflective practice, and embedding neurodevelopmental principles into everyday NICU care.
Emily is a Clinical Specialist Neonatal Occupational Therapist at Starlight Neonatal Unit, Barnet Hospital, Royal Free London, NHS Foundation Trust, where she leads on developmental care, neurobehavoural, neurodevelopmental and sensory assessment and interventions, including follow-up after discharge. Emily is a certified neonatal therapist (CNT). She has completed her MSc in Advanced Neonatal Studies at Southampton University. Emily is NIDCAP certified and lectures on The Family and Infant Neurodevelopmental Education (FINE) programme in the UK. She is a senior Brazelton trainer and is certified to teach the Newborn behavioural Observation (NBO) and Neonatal Behavioural Assessment Scale (NBAS). Emily is co-author and co-founder of Sensory Beginnings Ltd and is an Advanced Practitioner in Sensory Integration (SI) Emily has completed Neonatal Touch and massage certification (NTMC) and has completed the advanced course in The Prechtl General Movement Assessment.
Anjanette received her undergraduate degree from Baylor University and her graduate degree in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Texas at Dallas, Callier Center for Communication Disorders. She has been practicing in the NICU for over 25 years, receiving NIDCAP certification in 1999 and then helping her NICU’s quality improvement team incorporate family centered and neuroprotective care practices as standards of care. Anjanette is certified in Neonatal Touch & Massage and in 2017 became one of the first Certified Neonatal Therapists in the nation. Anjanette provides mentorship for other Neonatal Therapists and NICU staff both within the Memorial Hermann System and across the nation. She has co-authored chapters in Kenner & McGrath’s 1st edition of Developmental Care of Newborns & Infants, and also in Case-Smith and O’Brien’s 7th edition of Occupational Therapy for Children. Anjanette serves as co-leader of the National Association of Neonatal Therapists Professional Collaborative, serves on the NANT national conference planning committee and is an educator for both the NANT Ignite program and Educational Resources Inc.
