Resources for Professionals

MOST provides a variety of resources for professionals who work with families of multiple births and premature infants. The resources have been categorized to best meet the needs of the following fields:

Healthcare Providers    *     Hospitals    *    Educators

Researchers     *    Social Workers & EI Specialists     *     Media Professionals

• MOST Recommendations on the Use of Fertility Treatments

• Postpartum Depression (PPD)

• Comprehensive Review of PPD in Higher Order Multiple Births
• Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
• List of states with mandated PPD screening

• MOST Medical News (Summaries from recent medical research findings related to premature infants and multiples.)

• Research statistics on higher-order multiples (Key findings from past and ongoing MOST research studies)

• Links to Outside Resources (130+ resource in 14 categories from infertility & pregnancy to bereavement, special needs & more.) 

• Bulk orders of MOST’s SUPERTWINS magazine

• NICUniversity provides neonatologists and other members of the professional neonatology community with continuing education credits, as well as cutting edge neonatology research and information.
  

• PreemieCare NICU Glossary

• VOICES of Grief: Tips for helping families of multiples who experience a loss

• Tips to help parents of premature infants prepare for discharge

• Listing of local and national support groups for parents of premature infants

• Add your hospital’s parent of preemie support group to our listing [FREE]
• Bulk orders of MOST’s SUPERTWINS magazine

• Grams to Ounces Conversion Tool

• Articles on coping with bedrest and long-term antepartum hosiptal stays

• CarePages for patients to set a support website

• NICUniversity provides neonatologists and other members of the professional neonatology community with continuing education credits, as well as cutting edge neonatology research and information.

• MOST Policy on School Placement

• States with laws on school placement of multiples

• FAQs on school-age Multiples

• MOST Jr homework help links

• MOST FAQ on developmental delays

• Articles on school-age multiples

• Checklist for parent/teacher discussion on school placement of multiples

• Other resources and research on classroom placement of multiples

• Research statistics from past and ongoing MOST research studies

• Current and ongoing MOST research projects

• MOST Research Proposal Contract

• MOST Medical News  (Summaries from recent medical research findings related to premature infants and multiples.)

• Make a custom request for research statistics on multiples

• PreemieCare

• MOST Area Coordinators (AC) and Resource Volunteers

• Supertwins 101: Developmental Delay FAQs

• Developmental Milestones Charts

• CDC Growth Charts

• MOST Family Support Forums

• Free Products and Discount Programs for Families

• Outside Links on Special Needs Topics

• MOST Memorial Page and Bereavement Resources

• SUPERTWINS articles on special needs and developmental issues

Statistics On Multiples: 14+ pages of statistics on multiples from several MOST research studies, as well as outside sources like the CDC.

For example, find out what the odds are of having spontaneous or identical triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, or more as well as how many triplets, quadruplets, and quintuplets are born each year according to the CDC.

SUPERTWINS 101 FAQs:  101 of the most frequently asked questions about multiples

Print Materials on Multiples

Interview Opportunities: Talk with MOST's Executive Director or with one of our over 100 state volunteers, called Area Coordinators, who work with multiple birth families at the local level. To schedule an interview call (631) 859-1110.

Fun Facts About Multiples: These fun facts of goodnight kisses, school lunches, and bottles made in a year make cute fillers for media stories.

MOST's Media Kit: This kit contains additional information and statistics about multiples.

Multiples in the News Blog: News summaries from media sources around the globe about multiple births

Your Professional Input Can Make a Difference!

Professionals can also help multiple birth families and parents of premature infants by contributing to MOST and PreemieCare in a variety of ways:

• Donate to MOST/PreemieCare
• Become a MOST/PreemieCare partner organization
• Join MOST as a professional member
• Participate on the MOST Professional Advisory Board
• Answer questions as one of our Q&A experts
• Participate on the PreemieCare Small Talk Forum (for leaders of local preemie support groups)
• Contribute informational articles to our Preemie Resources database
• Contribute an article to MOST’s SUPERTWINS magazine
• Link your site to MOST
• Advertise your services in one of our publications
• Sign up for our free monthly e-news newsletter
• Contact MOST