Training Manual
About Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
in Child Care Settings
 

  • A Train-the-Trainer Workshop for Child Care Providers about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

  • A Workshop for Child Care Providers about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

    • Reducing the Risk,

    • Safe Sleep Practices,

    • Handling the Crisis

    • Bereavement and Grief.
This Training Manual was developed to provide up to date information regarding research in SIDS and the best practices for reducing the risk of SIDS in the child care setting. The target audiences for the Training Manual include:
  • Health and Safety trainers of front line child care providers
  • Persons who train the trainers of front line child care providers
  • Individuals from Healthy Child Care America (HCCA) and Healthy Start Programs, Head Start and Title V programs.
  • Individuals from Child Care Resource and Referral agencies
  • Individuals from child care regulatory and monitoring agencies
  • Child Care Health consultants
  • SIDS Alliance staff and volunteers.

The Training Manual format allows trainers flexibility regarding the time they have to present the materials and the funds available to them in producing materials to distribute to child care providers. There is a PowerPoint presentation, handouts, and transparencies (overheads). As much as possible, we have included information and resources that are relevant. There is a breakdown of budget costs for reproducing the manual for workshops in the Training Prep segment.
We hope this Training Manual will be an invaluable tool for trainers and we appreciate any feedback regarding the materials. An evaluation form for the manual has been included in the front pocket with a self-addressed envelope.

Please contact Hanan Kallash, Assistant Program Coordinator, [email protected] or at 410.415.6628 for more information about the training manual.
 
Directory and Brief Description of the Training Manual
 
The Training Manual consists of several parts and is supplemented by PowerPoint presentations, Publisher documents (some converted to pdf files for your convenience) and Word documents.
 
  • The Training Manual - The training manual itself contains a Training Guide, a Presentation/Trainer Script, A Child Care Provider Packet, and an Additional Resources sections. The text of these sections can be downloaded here (Word document file of 462k or a zipped version of 277k). Additional files that make of the training manual are:
     
    • Training Guide (Section 1) material:
       
      • Train the Trainer Agenda - Word document sample agenda for the workshop. Download the Word document (96k) here.
         
      • Child Care Provider Workshop Agenda - Word document sample agenda for the workshop. Download the Word document (96k) here.
         
      • Sign In Sheet - Word document for roster sign in sheet. Download the Word document (26k) here.
         
      • Trainer Certificate - Publisher document sample certificate of completion. Download the Publisher document (1.3MB) here or download the pdf document (39k) here.
         
      • Pretest/Posttest - Publisher document. "What do you know about SIDS?" An evaluation tool to measure the impact on knowledge prior to the training and after. Download the Publisher document (73k) here or download the pdf document (10k) here.
         
      • Answer Guide to Pretest/Posttest - Word document that contains the correct answers to the Pretest/Posttest or download the Word document (25k) here.
         
      • Child Care Provider Workshop Post Survey -  Word document that measures satisfaction with the training or download the Word document (34k) here.
         
    • Presentation/Trainer Script (Section 2) material:
       
      • Presentation Slides and Trainer's Notes - Word document that shows a side-by-side display of the presentation slides and trainer's notes. The document can be downloaded here (Word document file of 4.9MB or a zipped version of 1.2MB).
         
      • Supplement 1 Presentation Outline and Trainer's Notes - The purpose of Supplement 1 is to assist trainers in addressing the question, "Why do we need to train child care providers in the Back to Sleep Campaign and SIDS?" The electronic version of the Word document that shows a side-by-side display of the presentation slides and trainer's notes can be downloaded here (Word document file of 370k or a zipped version of 90k)
         
    • Child Care Provider Packets (Section 3) material:
       
      • Child Care Providers Presentation - Main PowerPoint presentation, which can be adapted for either train-the-trainer workshop or child care providers workshop.
         
        • View the main PowerPoint presentation here.
           
        • Download the presentation (warning - this file is very large, more than 13.5 MB!) here.
           
        • Once you have downloaded the presentation file you will be able to print handout pages directly from PowerPoint.
           
      • Supplement 1 Presentation - The purpose of Supplement 1 is to assist trainers in addressing the question, "Why do we need to train child care providers in the Back to Sleep Campaign and SIDS?"
         
        • Download the actual Supplement 1 PowerPoint presentation (86k) here.
           
        • Once you have downloaded the presentation file you will be able to print handout pages directly from PowerPoint.
           
      • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Risk Reduction Standards from Caring for Our Children, 2nd Ed. - In an effort to make select subject areas more accessible to intended users for training and/or advocacy purposes, the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care (NRC) is developing smaller documents on specific subject areas from the larger Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards: Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care Programs, 2nd Edition. This document is a compilation of the 10 standards on reducing the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in child care settings.
         
        • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Risk Reduction Standards (HTML Version)
           
        • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Risk Reduction Standards (Full PDF: 340k)
           
      • SIDS Facts - pdf (247k)
         
      • Crib Safety Tips - Use Your Crib Safety - Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) - pdf (37k)
         
      • Crib Sheets - CPSC Safety Alert - pdf (52k)
         
      • Safety Tips for Sleeping Babies (CPSC) - html
         
      • Soft Bedding May Be Hazardous To Babies (CPSC) - English html and Spanish html.
         
      • Back is Best for Baby's Sleep - Ad from SIDS Alliance, not yet available electronically.
         
      • Setting Policy on Infant Sleep Position - Download (pdf file, 1237k or self-extracting zip file, 433k)
         
      • Emergency Procedures for an Unresponsive Infant - Download (pdf file, 320k)
         
      • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and the Child Care Provider - Download (pdf file, 510k)
         
      • Safe Sleep for My Grandbaby - Download (pdf file, 830k)
         
      • Sample Parent Letter and Sleep Position Waiver - not yet available electronically.
         
    • Additional Resources (Section 4) material: