Course Details

How to Create a Safe Sleep Environment for Infants

Course ID 70025

Rainbow Fleet Child Care Resource and Referral

(405) 521-1426

Description

In this training, find out what you can do to reduce a baby’s risk of SIDS and other sleep-related causes of infant death and what you as a caregiver, can do to help increase the awareness of this important issue.

Fast Facts (http://www.cdc.gov/sids/data.htm)

Each year in the United States, there are about 3,500 Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths(http://www.cdc.gov/sids/aboutsuidandsids.htm) (SUID).

These deaths occur among infants less than 1 year old and have no immediately obvious cause. The three commonly reported types of SUID are

• SIDS. About 1,500 infants died of SIDS in 2013.
• Unknown cause.
• Accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed.

*This training meets the Oklahoma Child Care Services-Licensing requirement for safe sleep training.

2.00 Hours

Course Level

Formal

General Continuing Education

Course Category

Early Childhood

Formal Approved
Safe Sleep OCCHD
Oklahoma Registry Certificate of Achievement - Infant/Toddler

(1 Hour)

CDA Content Areas

Planning a safe, healthy, learning environment (2 Hours)

Infant Mental Health Core Competency Areas

Direct Service Skills (2 Hours)

Family Child Care Home Provider

Child Care Center Staff

Head Start/Early Head Start

Public School Teachers

Trainer

Parents

Infants (0-12 months)

Toddlers (13-24 months)

Goals and Objectives

As a result of this training, participants will be able to be better prepared and able to implement Safe Sleep practices to help reduce infant fatalities with children in their care.

There are no events currently scheduled for this course.