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March 16, 2016
The Brazelton Touchpoints Center (BTC) is proud to announce that Ann Coleman Stadtler, DNP, MSN, CPNP, received the Loretta C. Ford Distinguished Fellow Award at the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners (NAPNAP) Annual Conference in Atlanta, GA on March 16, 2016. This award is named for Dr. Ford who founded the nurse practitioner movement in 1965, and recognizes a member of NAPNAP for contributions to the expansion or improvement of pediatric healthcare, and advancement of the profession of pediatric nurse practitioners at the local community, state, or regional level.
Dr. Stadtler, a nurse practitioner, is a founding faculty member of the Brazelton Touchpoints Center who led the professional development program for 20 years and is presently the Center’s director for Outreach & Network Development. She has traveled nationally and internationally sharing the Brazelton Touchpoints approach and the Newborn Behavioral Observations (NBO) system with a diverse array of practitioners. Among other current projects, Dr. Stadtler is leading a team at Boston Children’s Hospital in the development of a simulation to support nurses providing family-centered care.
“I am delighted that Ann’s contributions to the field are being recognized by this award,” said T. Berry Brazelton, MD, founder of the Brazelton Touchpoints Center. “Ann was a key player in the team that realized the vision of the Brazelton Touchpoints Center to support children’s healthy development through their relationships, and the wellbeing, of their families.”
Dr. Stadtler was a pioneer in the nurse practitioner movement. She had a successful practice in Montgomery County, MD and credits Dr. T. Berry Brazelton for his important influence on her practice. At Boston Children’s Hospital she was associate director of the Medical Diagnostic Programs, director of the Preschool Function Program, coordinator of the Asthma and Allergy Program and the Pain and Incontinence Program. She is one of the developers of Toilet School, a successful intervention for children who fail to toilet train by age four.
Dr. Stadtler received the Wong Hock Boon Professorship from the Singapore University Hospital, the Massachusetts March of Dimes Nurse Practitioner of the Year, the Boston Children’s Hospital’s “That’s the Spirit” award, the Touchpoints Distinguished Leader Award, and the St. Mary’s Academy Bay View Alumna of the Year. She is co-chair of the Doctorate of Nursing Practice program at Northeastern University where she is adjunct faculty and she is a lecturer at the University of California Davis Extension–Faculty for Infant-Parent Mental Health Fellowship Program, Napa, CA.
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