Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island 1 article published in JoVE Behavior Assessment and Evaluation of the High Risk Neonate: The NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale Barry M. Lester1,2, Lynne Andreozzi-Fontaine1,2, Edward Tronick3, Rosemarie Bigsby1,2 1Center for the Study of Children at Risk, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, 2Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, 3University of Massachusetts, Boston The NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale (NNNS) was developed as an assessment for the at-risk infant. The purpose of this article is to describe the NNNS, provide video examples of the NNNS procedures and discuss the ways in which the exam has been used.