100% Online Certified Course
A Comprehensive Guide for Child Care Givers
The unexplained and sudden death of an infant younger than one year of age is known as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). SIDS is the leading cause of death among infants between one month and one year of age in the US.
Childcare professionals who specialize in caring for newborns and infants play a critical role in the endeavor to reduce the occurrence of SIDS. This course offers crucial data about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and presents essential information to help reduce the occurrence of SIDS.
Topics covered include SIDS definitions, identification of SIDS as the leading cause of death of infants between one month and one year of age, knowledge of sleep environment dangers, identification of the connection between SIDS and childcare, identification of healthy infant motor skills development in the positions of sleeping infants, and identification of SIDS risk reduction strategies.
Also covered, the importance of early healthy brain development and the expansive growth that occurs every second as well as a description of how the brain develops and an emphasis on how healthy brain development is dependent upon responsive interactions and supportive attachment relationships is included.
In addition to illustrating the impact of trauma on the developing brain, we offer strategies for encouraging healthy brain development. Finally, we highlight the importance of predictable, consistent daily routines for supporting optimal brain development.
This online course was created by the Child Happiness Institute of Love Development operated by Belinda Bane and Valerie Joglar in alignment with guidelines set by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Child Care Licensing Division, and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Included: enrollment proof, course completion reminders emailed weekly and certificate of completion.
Value: Certified Clock Hours for Child Care Professionals
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Entry Survey: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the unexplained death, usually during sleep, of a seemingly healthy baby less than a year old. SIDS is sometimes known as crib death because the infants often die in their cribs.
(04:31) Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, pathology by Osmosis
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the sudden and unexplained death of a baby younger than 1 year old. A diagnosis of SIDS is made if the baby’s death remains unexplained even after a death scene investigation and autopsy.
(02:00) Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - Boys Town Pediatrics by BoysTownHospital
Sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) is a term used to describe the sudden and unexpected death of a baby less than 1 year old in which the cause was not obvious before investigation. These deaths often happen during sleep or in the baby’s sleep area.
(06:19) SIDS: What Every Parent Should Know | Children's National Health System by Children's National Hospital
Learning about how a child’s brain develops in the early years of their life is of practical worth both for the parents and educators. Rapid growth in the field of neuroscience is brining to light new amazing truths about child brain development stages.
(11:06) Nurturing Your Child's Early Brain Development by tvoparents
The early years of a child’s life are very important for later health and development. One of the main reasons is how fast the brain grows starting before birth and continuing into early childhood.
(04:44) The Baby Brain by First Things First
Neuroscience research has shown us that early childhood is a time of tremendous brain development. The young brain literally changes shape and size in response to everything encountered in the early years of life.
Quiz: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
10 Steps to Help Prevent SIDS: Your baby’s risk of SIDS is much higher any time they sleep on their side or stomach. (A baby placed on their side can roll over on their stomach.) These positions put your baby’s face in the mattress or sleeping area.
(18:53) Live Q&A: Safe sleep for babies and risks of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) by Children's Wisconsin
(10:39) New Guidelines to Reduce Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
New parents do everything they can to keep their babies healthy. But sometimes, a baby who seems perfectly fine passes away for no clear reason. When this happens to an infant under the age of 1, doctors refer to it as sudden infant death syndrome, SIDS
(02:24) Investigation of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome by Cambridge University Press - Academic
As SIDS can be a mystery, there is no cure. It is not a disease but a complex prognosis of which parents can help prevent by following some guidelines to make baby's sleep state more safe and comfortable.
(09:13) SIDS PREVENTION AND CRIB SAFETY by JJ Levenstein, MD
(02:07) Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Prevention Through Sleep Positioning by Best Doctors
(02:35) SIDS Can Happen to Anyone - A Pediatricians Story by American Academy of Pediatrics
What is Abusive Head Trauma? Abusive head trauma (AHT), which includes shaken baby syndrome, is a preventable and severe form of physical child abuse that results in an injury to the brain of a child.
Report Abuse, Neglect, or Exploitation: Report Abuse By Phone: 1-800-252-5400 Online: www.txabusehotline.org
Quiz: SIDS Risk Factors, Prevention Strategies and Brain Trauma
Exit Survey: SIDS
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